{"id":136,"date":"2012-06-25T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T13:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/?p=136"},"modified":"2012-06-25T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T13:08:49","slug":"chocolate-peppermint-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/2012\/06\/25\/chocolate-peppermint-pudding\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peppermint Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 400px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/files\/2012\/06\/choco_peppermint_pudding.png\" alt=\"Image of chocolate pudding with a candy cane sticking out of it\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/> <span class=\"attribution\">Composite Image by Michelle A. Hoyle based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/linnybinnypix\/\">Lin Pernille Photography&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">attribution licensed<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23701579@N00\/437069665\/\">photo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theamarand\/\">Amarand Agasi&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\">attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licensed<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98005720@N00\/3064305913\/\">photo<\/a>.<br \/> Image: Chocolate pudding with a candy cane.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>I was inspired to try this out by following the trail of a <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\">LifeHacker<\/a> blog post on making <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5920815\/make-non+processed-macaroni-and-cheese-in-a-coffee-mug\">macaroni and cheese in a coffee mug<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.babble.com\/family-kitchen\/\">The Family Kitchen blog<\/a>. My eye was caught by a side panel link to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.babble.com\/family-kitchen\/2011\/12\/08\/microwave-chocolate-peppermint-pudding-in-5-minutes\/\">&quot;Microwave Chocolate Peppermint Pudding in 5 Minutes!<\/a>. I did store the URL away but then when I went to make it, I couldn&#8217;t be bothered to check my stash and came up with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fatfreevegan.com\/2007\/03\/chocolate-peppermint-pudding.html\">&#8220;Chocolate-Peppermint Pudding&#8221;<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fatfreevegan.com\/\">FatFree Vegan Kitchen<\/a>. My final recipe was an adaptation of the latter and took more than 5 minutes, but not much longer. The result is something that tastes an awful lot like After Eight mints! Note that this is gluten-free and can be vegan.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Time &amp; Results<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preparation time: 5 &#8211; 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Cooking time: 5 &#8211; 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Servings: 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons cornstarch (<a href=\"#fn:1\" id=\"fnref:1\" title=\"see footnote\" class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>250 ml (\u00bc cup) sugar <a href=\"#fn:2\" id=\"fnref:2\" title=\"see footnote\" class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>375 ml (1 \u00bd cups) milk <a href=\"#fn:3\" id=\"fnref:3\" title=\"see footnote\" class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1.25 ml (quarter teaspoon) peppermint extract<\/li>\n<li>Peppermint sticks for garnish (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preparation<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>In a 1-litre (4-cup) microwavable bowl, blend the cocoa powder, cornstarch, and sugar together.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly, while stirring well, mix in the milk. Stir until most of the cocoa powder seems blended in. Some may seem to remain but this will mix in during cooking.<\/li>\n<li>Microwave on high power for 1 -minute, then stir well.<\/li>\n<li>Repeatedly heat for 30 seconds and stir until the mixture boils, watching carefully to ensure it doesn&#8217;t boil over. The mixture will gradually thicken as it cooks.<\/li>\n<li>When it boils, heat it for another 30 seconds, stopping the microwave if it threatens to boil over.<\/li>\n<li>Add the peppermint extract, stir the pudding well, and ladle into 2 serving bowls.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with peppermint sticks, if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"fn:1\">\n<p>Cornstarch is known as &#8220;cornflour&#8221; in the United Kingdom. <a href=\"#fnref:1\" title=\"return to article\" class=\"reversefootnote\">&#160;&#8617;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn:2\">\n<p>I used caster (raw) sugar, but regular white granulated sugar would be fine. FatFree Vegan Kitchen suggests you can halve the sugar and add 2 tablespoons of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stevia\">stevia<\/a> or other sweetener instead. <a href=\"#fnref:2\" title=\"return to article\" class=\"reversefootnote\">&#160;&#8617;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"fn:3\">\n<p>To make this vegan, use fat-free soymilk, rice milk, or any other non-dairy milk. <a href=\"#fnref:3\" title=\"return to article\" class=\"reversefootnote\">&#160;&#8617;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Personal Notes<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fatfreevegan.com\/2007\/03\/chocolate-peppermint-pudding.html\">The FatFree Vegan Kitchen<\/a> notes you can experiment with other flavours, like orange extract or even peanut butter, or even cook it on the stove. I didn&#8217;t try any of those variations. I did, however, put my pudding in the fridge to cool. The consistency later seemed a little rubbery. Perhaps I should have left it to cool to room temperature? Nevertheless, it was tasty!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composite Image by Michelle A. Hoyle based on Lin Pernille Photography&#8217;s attribution licensedphoto and Amarand Agasi&#8217;s attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licensed photo. Image: Chocolate pudding with a candy cane. I was inspired to try this out by following the trail of a LifeHacker blog post on making macaroni and cheese in a coffee mug to The Family Kitchen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[169],"tags":[4819,284],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooke1n","tag-chocolate","tag-recipe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/einiverse.eingang.org\/ein2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}