Double Chocolate Pudding

double chocolate pudding
double chocolate pudding
Double-chocolate dessert!

As we mentioned on Tuesday, we’d made those Chocolate Sables as a treat to entice people to stay for a meeting. It must have worked, because they, along with a batch of Pecan Sandy Bars, were long gone, meaning that we were Jonesing for a chocolate dessert that night, and we couldn’t rely on the leftover cookies. Fortunately, there are some desserts that take almost no time to whip up, and, if they’re chocolate, so much the better.

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Chocolate Pudding

Baker's Favorite Chocolate Recipes booklet
The Baker’s Famous Chocolate Recipes booklet, published in 1943, might be a treasure trove of tasty recipes. It is definitely interesting reading.

Who doesn’t like chocolate pudding? That’s what we thought, too, so we decided to make some up for our Sunday dinner. Of course, we decided that before we had a recipe in mind, so afterward we set out to find one. We found several, some that seemed pretty involved for a simple dish, and a couple that looked pretty easy, including the one we settled on from Baker’s Famous Chocolate Recipes. This little tome was published by Baker’s in 1943 so it has a some interesting tips and ideas on “how to meet these very special times and needs.” I.e., World War II. We figured the least we could do is try out one or two of the recipes used and consumed by the greatest generation.

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