Oryana’s Two-ingredient Chocolate Pudding

Tastemaker

By Lynda Wheatley | Feb. 5, 2022

Two-minute microwaved coffee-mug cakes used to save us in sweet-tooth emergencies. Rubbery though they are, those quick oooey-gooey cakes sated the cravings. Then we found Oryana’s recipe for Two-ingredient Chocolate Pudding. By combining one (5.46 ounce) can of coconut milk and ½ cup of bittersweet chocolate chips in a small, heavy saucepan over medium heat and stirring until the chips are melted, you’ll have your own ultra-rich, utterly decadent, near-instant chocolate pudding. The rubber cake in the coffee mug cooks faster, yes, but it also requires far more ingredients — and several more minutes to search the cupboards and drawers for them. Here, two easy-to-find ingredients are enough. Though if you want to make this pudding taste even sweeter and richer — and you know we did — Oryana suggests stirring in a pinch of sea salt and ¼ teaspoon of vanilla after you remove the melted mix from heat. Of course, the Traverse City co-op also recommends pouring the pudding into two serving bows and letting it cool completely. You know we didn’t. Find the ingredients at either Oryana location in Traverse City to treat your valentine — or your sweet self. www.oryana.coop