German Chocolate Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• 1. preheat the oven to 350°. coat a 9 inch springform pan with the 1 tablespoon softened butter. Melt chocolate chips, one stick butter, and 1 cup Brown sugar for the pudding in a pan over low heat. Stir mixture frequently until it is smooth, about eight minutes.
• 2. Whisk together milk, eggs, vanilla, espresso powder and salt. Pour over bread cubes. Toss well so bread absorbs most of the liquid
• 3. Fold melted chocolate mixture into the bread mixture. Transfer to the prepared pan. Bake pudding until center Springs back when gently pressed, 60 to 75 minutes.Cover pudding with foil if it begins to get too Brown. Cool pudding in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes, then remove the springform ring.
• 4. Melt the 2 tablespoons butter with 1/2 cup Brown sugar for the sauce in a pan over medium heat. Stir in the 1/2 cup cream, egg yolk, and pinch of salt. Boil until slightly thickened, about one minute. Remove sauce from heat. Add pecans, coconut and the 2 teaspoons Brandy. Transfer sauce to a bowl. Cool to room temperature.
• 5. Using a hand mixer, beat together the 3/4 cup cream, powdered sugar, and the 1 to 2 tablespoons brandy for the whipped cream until soft peaks form. To serve, spoon sauce over warm bread pudding. Top servings with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Melt chocolate and butter together.
• Add chocolate mixture to beaten egg yolks; then add 2/3 cups powdered sugar.
• Chill, then fold in whipped cream.
• Beat egg whites until peaks form.
• Add remaining 1/3 cup sugar into eggs and fold into chocolate mixture.
• Crush vanilla wafer and line a 9X9 inch pan with part of crumbs.
• Spread 2 cups of chocolate mixture over the crumbs.
• Repeat with more crumbs and then the pudding mixture.
• Top pudding with crumbs.
• Refrigerate 24 hours before serving.
• Cut and serve.

Steps:

• In a heavy medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt. Whisk in about half of the milk to make a smooth paste and stir in the rest. Place the saucepan over medium heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil and begins to thicken, about 6 minutes. Continue to cook, stirring, for 1 minute longer, until smooth and very thick. Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the chocolate, butter and vanilla, stirring until they are both melted. Pour the pudding into 4 dessert bowls or one larger serving dish. Place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming on top and refrigerate until firm. (This will take about 30 minutes for individual dishes, longer for the large bowl.) Serve plain or topped with the optional whipped cream.

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Spoon into individual serving dishes. Chill until serving. If desired, garnish with whipped cream and M&M's.