Comments | cooking: Mexican chocolate pudding

madame_manga in cooking

Mexican chocolate pudding

May 31, 2009 19:40

Dad wanted chocolate pudding tonight. :-) Mom was happy to make him some, and then she realized she was all out of cocoa. :-( But Mom did have Mexican drinking chocolate on hand... and it turned out that it makes some very tasty pudding! And it was even quicker and easier to put together than the standard recipe ( Read more... )

dessert: jello, dessert: chocolate

Comments 6

jewel_case June 1 2009, 03:57:02 UTC

This sounds wonderful! Thank you!

kadevha June 1 2009, 04:05:00 UTC

I know that it's available in WV, of all places. Granted, I live near the capital city. Anyway, I was first introduced to Mexican Hot Chocolate by my friend's mom. Yum!

The only kind I have seen here is Abuelita. I may have to try some of this!

madame_manga June 1 2009, 04:29:59 UTC

Measuring dry cocoa powder can make a mess, and it takes a while to get all the lumps out while you're whisking it with the sugar, so making pudding with the sweetened tablets instead struck me as a real improvement in ease and speed. And yummy!

daydreamingone June 1 2009, 04:09:17 UTC

Interesting. I'll have to give it a try sometime.
And what do you mean it isn't suitable for eating plain? ;)

madame_manga June 1 2009, 04:24:12 UTC

If you like your chocolate crunchy, then it could be eminently suitable for nibbling plain! ;-) Anyone judging Mexican chocolate by American assumptions is liable to miss the whole point, though -- I actually saw an article by a so-called professional cook dumping on it for being 'gritty'.

khasael June 1 2009, 16:23:38 UTC

I was going to say the same thing. :) I've been nibbling on that stuff since I was a kid--my grandmother always kept a box of the Ibarra brand around (I've tried the Abuelita brand, and let me just say... no thanks). I have most of a box sitting in my pantry now. Will have to try this recipe soon.