Ingredients
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- Salt
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped (1 cup)
- 1/2 teaspoon pure mint extract
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 10 chocolate wafer cookies
- Garnish: mint sprigs
Directions
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Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan. Combine cream, milk, and vanilla in a liquid measuring cup.
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Pour 1 cup cream mixture into sugar mixture, and whisk until cornstarch is dissolved. Add remaining cream mixture, and whisk until smooth. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly, and cook until thick, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, and add chocolate. Whisk until chocolate melts, about 1 minute.Remove from heat. Add mint extract and butter, and whisk until butter melts. Quickly divide pudding, whisking as you work to prevent sides from setting up, among eight 4-ounce glasses or glass flowerpot votive candle holders (candle4less.com), leaving about 1/2 inch of space at the top of each. Refrigerate until set, about 1 1/2 hours.
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Just before serving, pulse cookies in a food processor until finely ground. Top each pudding with 1 tablespoon ground-cookie "dirt," and garnish with a planted mint sprig. Serve chilled.
This is absolutely adorable! I am going to make this for sure!
that's so great!! what a lovely idea!
These are so great! Especially refined without the gummy worm. 🙂
These are so cute. I want chocolate pudding now. 🙂 Or worms in dirt. 🙂
Absolutely wonderful presentation! Beyond cute. I am in love :-). Retwitting this and following this site!
Thank you! 🙂
How adorable! And they look absolutely delicious!
OMG, these are totally adorable! Chocolate pudding at its best!:)
can I use anything else than cornstarch?
thank you so much!
You can try to substitute arrowroot for the cornstarch (use 2 tablespoons arrowroot for this recipe) but the texture may be altered. For best results, try sticking to cornstarch.
These are so cool! Kind of similar to the Carvel ice cream cakes I used to have for my birthday parties as a kid. Chocolate and vanilla ice cream with chocolate cookie crumbles between the layers. I will definitely try this recipe soon 🙂
My husband constantly begs me to make the mud pudding for him – I'll have to try this recipe next time he asks. They are really adorable!