The Best Chocolate Pudding You’ll Ever Make — The Mom 100

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• ⅔ cup sugar
• Pinch kosher salt
• 1 cup light or heavy cream ((at room temperature))
• 3 large egg yolks ((at room temperature))
• 2 cups whole milk ((at room temperature))
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter ((at room temperature))
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• Copious amounts of Sweetened Whipped Cream ((for serving))