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I made this recipe today that involves making instant pudding with chocolate ice cream instead of milk. It was supposed to come out as a super chocolaty mouse but it tasted a little grainy, like not all the pudding got incorprated. I rarely use box pudding but I was thinking this could be a quick dessert to yank out if needed. Anyway, I was wondering what the best way to knock out the graininess was. Should I add some milk or just use more ice cream?

The original recipe was from serious eats : http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/08/cakespy-chocolate-ice-cream-pie-recipe.html

Aaronut
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    One quick question for an Englishman. What is pudding (in the US-sense you are using it)? We use the word a lot, but it is another (more common) word for dessert, or specifically a hot dessert, particularly one cooked in a basin. – Orbling Dec 08 '10 at 22:17
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    @Orbling, *pudding* in US parlance is something akin to eggless custard: a milk-based dessert thickened with a starch of some type. In practice, this most often means getting the box of instant pudding & pie filling from the pantry and combining it with cold milk according to the recipe on the box; but you can also buy cook & serve pudding (milk is still the only ingredient you need to add, but you cook it for a short while); or you can make your own using milk, sugar, flavoring, and flour or cornstarch. – Marti Dec 09 '10 at 00:39
  • @Marti: Cheers for that. Trying to think if we have anything similar, there are various "puddings" of that type, but usually more than just a starch, usually some sort of solid lumps, be it tapioca, semolina, or most commonly short-grain rice. – Orbling Dec 09 '10 at 02:36

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Part of the problem could be the refreezing of the ice cream. You know when you take out ice cream, eat at it for 5 or 10 minutes and then put it back in the freezer...and then the next time you take it out, some of the ice cream is a little icy and bit grainy?

I'm not sure you can solve this if you use the same recipe. Instead, I would recommend using the highest fat chocolate milk you can find instead of using melted chocolate ice cream.

I really doubt the pudding didn't get dissolved completely. If that really was the case, you could heat the mixture before you put it in the pie crust.

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