Chocolate pudding (plus: a frightening experiment with whole-wheat flour and a breadmachine)

Well, we always need dessert, right? Right! So I made this chocolate-peppermint pudding. I had tried the recipe before, but the amount of cornstarch hadn't seemed quite right, and since our microwave is a pain I used the stove top instead and (eeekk!) burned some of the chocolate.
Do not give up. Do not give up.
So I tried it again last night, and (shock and awe) it was actually pretty good. I added more cornstarch than before, which made it a touch too sticky, so I added a bit more soymilk to compensate. The texture wasn't, you know, like this stuff, but it was good.
(And a note to all you adventuring types: it says 1/8 teaspoon of peppermint extract. Do not use more than that.
It's dangerous stuff, people. I added 1 tsp. to my hot chocolate once and felt like I'd just been bludgeoned with a peppermint patty.)

All in all, good chocolate, good peppermint, good recipe, good pudding, good dessert, happy Hooded Chef.
As for this:
One day!! One day!! One day, I swear to Gordon, I WILL MAKE WHOLE WHEAT BREAD!! AAAaaaarghhhHHHhh!!!!
I'm gonna go lie down now.