Halloween Pudding Recipes

HALLOWEEN PUDDING

Steps:

• In 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat 2 cups of the milk to boiling. Remove from heat; add dark chocolate, stirring with wire whisk until smooth. Set aside.
• In small bowl, mix granulated sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and cinnamon. Stir in remaining 1/4 cup milk. Add cocoa mixture to melted chocolate mixture in saucepan, beating until well blended. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat; simmer 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• In medium bowl, beat eggs with wire whisk. Slowly beat in about 1 cup chocolate mixture. Add to remaining chocolate mixture in saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Transfer pudding to large bowl. Cool 15 minutes. Cover top of pudding with plastic wrap to prevent skin from forming. Refrigerate 2 hours or until chilled.
• In medium bowl, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and food color with electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form. Remove pudding from refrigerator. Beat pudding until smooth. With rubber spatula, fold whipped cream mixture into pudding for swirled effect. Serve or refrigerate.

SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN PUDDING CUPS

Steps:

• Make pudding according to the directions on package.
• Add food coloring.
• Refrigerate if using the cooked kind or instant to allow to cool and or set up.
• Crush entire package of oreos.
• Divide amount in half.
• Distribute the first half evenly among the cups.
• Add 1/2 cup pudding to each cup (this recipe makes 16).
• Evenly top each cup with remaining oreos.
• To make the ghosts on top you can fill a large baggie with the coolwhip and snip off a nickel sized portion of one corner.
• Pipe on the ghost.
• Add eyes with anything you would like, I used black icing gel, you could use M&M's, chocolate chips etc.

CHOCOLATE HALLOWEEN PUDDING

Steps:

• In 2-quart saucepan, stir together pudding mix, milk and coffee powder. Cook 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture boils and thickens. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and chocolate chips with whisk until chocolate chips are melted. Divide mixture among 6 (4-oz) ramekins or custard cups. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate 2 hours.
• With cookie icing, write RIP on each chocolate cookie for tombstone.
• Just before serving, sprinkle tops of puddings with crushed wafer cookies; insert 1 tombstone cookie in each.

HALLOWEEN PARTY KIDDIE PUDDING SNACK

Steps:

• Stir chocolate pudding and whipped cream together in a bowl. Add about 10 gummy worms.
• Divide chocolate ice cream between 5 bowls. Spoon chocolate pudding over ice cream and top each with sprinkles and remaining gummy worms.