Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding

Tastes like a peanut butter cup.  Eaten with a spoon.  Enough said.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding

Ingredients:

1/4 cup cornstarch

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup cocoa powder

3-1/2 cups half-and-half or whole milk

6 egg yolks

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1.  Sift together the cornstarch, sugar, salt, and cocoa powder in a medium saucepan.  Slowly whisk in the half-and-half or whole milk until smooth.  Add the egg yolks one at a time, whisking after adding each one.

2.  Cook the pudding over medium heat, whisking continuously.  When the pudding begins to chicken and bubbles begin to pop, reduce heat to low and cook for 1 more minute, stirring continuously.  

3.  When pudding is thick enough (to check, run a finger across the back of a spoon coated in the pudding to see if a trail remains), remove from the heat.  Add the vanilla, peanut butter, and chocolate chips.  Stir until smooth.

4.  Pour pudding into small bowls or one large bowl.  Cover the surface of the pudding with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

5.  Serve with whipped cream and sprinkles, if desired.

Source: iVillage