4.5 from 60 votes
The Best Chocolate Pudding Frosting Recipe
Delicious creamy chocolate pudding frosting is perfect on cupcakes or by itself for a rich dessert!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 8 cups
Calories: 232 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1½ cups whole milk
- 1½ cups unsalted butter
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Whisk together the sugar, flour, and cocoa.
- Whisk in the milk then transfer to a small saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly for 4 to 6 minutes until it begins to boil.
- Once boiling, boil for 30 seconds only then remove from heat.
- Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap touching and covering the surface and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Melt the chopped bittersweet chocolate at 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until fully melted, then let cool.
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter then add the pudding mix in small amounts, mixing a couple of times in between additions.
- Add the melted chocolate to the stand mixer and beat just until combined.
- Add the vanilla and salt and mix on medium speed for 6 to 8 minutes until light and fluffy and light brown in color.
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Notes
- Once whipped, this frosting recipe yields about 8 cups of frosting, the perfect amount to frost an 8 or 9-inch two-layer cake or a 6-inch 4 layer cake or 24 cupcakes. You would have excess frosting if used on a 9x13-inch cake.
Nutrition Information
Serving
2tbsp frosting
Calories
232kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
6g
Cholesterol
32mg
(11%)
Sodium
99mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 232
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 2tbsp frosting | |
| Calories | 232kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 32mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 99mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.