Chocolate Malt Pudding

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups half-and-half 
• 8  malted-milk ball candies crushed
• 0.3 cup malted-milk powder such as ovaltine
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
• 5 tablespoons sugar 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• whisk
• plastic wrap

Directions

1. Whisk together malted milk powder, sugar and cornstarch in a medium size saucepan.
2. Whisk in 1/2 cup half-and-half until mixture is smooth.
3. Add remaining half-and-half and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens and begins to boil, 2 to 3 minutes.
4. Remove pan from heat and whisk in chocolate, until smooth.
5. Whisk in vanilla. Spoon pudding into 4 dessert dishes.
6. Serve warm, sprinkling each dish with some crushed malt candies. Or, if serving cold, scrape pudding into a large bowl, press a piece of plastic wrap onto pudding surface, and refrigerate for up to 1 day. Just before serving, divide pudding among 4 dessert dishes and sprinkle crushed malt candies on top.