Chocolate pudding gone wrong

I used to think that anything you make with chocolate can't go wrong, until I tried out this Best Chocolate Pudding. Originally I intended to use up leftover gelatine to make something similar to Indonesian puding that uses agar.

I knew that pudding and puding are not the same thing but when I looked at those ramekins filled up with that dark gooey chocolate substance, I could not resist the temptation. I had all the ingredients on hand--they were not many, read the instruction--quick and easy, and convinced myself for the last time reading the comments that follow the recipe. At 10.30 pm we went to bed hoping for nice chocolate pudding to gobble after brunch (it was weekend).

In the morning...

It was gooey--exactly which the author raves about--and was not anything that we had expected. It had cornstarch in it and I could still taste it. The next day the upper layer formed a skin to the rich chocolate liquid underneath. The next two days, my husband and I believed that it was chocolate ice cream. It had the kind of consistency of ice cream that you move from freezer and leave in the fridge for an hour.

I'm not sure how to rate this recipe but I'm sure not making this again.