Enjoy some old-fashioned, homemade chocolate pudding mini s’more pies. They are perfect for snack time and the kids love them!
Mini S’mores Pudding Pies
So… after I made three batches of Macarons, I had some leftover egg yolks.
I saved them in a small container in packs of two yolks. I’ve also seen suggestions of putting your yolks into an ice cube tray to freeze separately.
Anyway, I wasn’t sure what to do with them, so I Googled “What to make with 6 egg yolks”. And low and behold, there are a lot of recipes that use egg yolks! I found this website to be very useful because it breaks it down into 2, 3, 4, 5, etc egg yolk recipes.
I have NEVER made pudding from scratch before. I always thought it would be magical to make pudding. I mean, I’ve been “making” pudding for the past 30 years from a BOX! It’s just so easy to add milk and powder and have pudding in five minutes. So easy.
And, come to find out, it’s easy to make pudding on the stove top. It took a bit more than just five minutes, but it was so worth it!
The recipe called for semi-sweet chocolate, but all I had was milk chocolate. (I know… and I call myself a dessert baker. Why don’t I have semi-sweet chocolate in the house?? I don’t know.) So, when I saw THIS recipe, I decided, that I CAN do this!
However, what kind of blogger would I be if I just gave you basic pudding??
A pretty boring one. Pretty, but… boring. So, to jazz up the wonderful milk chocolate pudding that I made, I decided to give it a S’mores twist!
I put the pudding into mini graham crusts and top it with marshmallows and MORE chocolate!
Toast up them ‘mallows and your campfire dessert at home is ready!
Here are a few more great s’mores treats to enjoy –
Mini S'mores Pudding Pies
Enjoy some old-fashioned homemade chocolate pudding s'more pies. Perfect for snack time!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 1/2 Tablespoons arrowroot or cornstarch
- 1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 2/3 cup Milk, divided (not skim) – 1/3 C +1 1/3 C
- 1/3 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 3 Egg Yolks
- 3 oz. Milk Chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature (cut into small pieces)
- 6 Keebler Mini Graham Cracker Crusts
- 1 cup Mini Marshmallows
- 1/2 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Place the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa powder, and salt into a glass bowl. Then whisk in 1/3 cup milk to make a thick paste.
- Add the egg yolks and whisk them into the cocoa paste mixture. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan, pour in the remaining 1 1/3 cups of milk and the cream. Bring this mixture just to a boil (the milk will start to foam up) and then remove it from heat.
- Gradually pour the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Transfer the pudding mixture to a clean, heavy-bottomed medium-sized saucepan and place over medium-low heat.
- Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens to the consistency of mayonnaise (about 3 – 5 minutes).
- Add the milk chocolate, vanilla extract, and butter, stirring gently until the mixture is smooth
- Pour into a glass bowl and cover with plastic wrap ON TOP of the pudding. This will prevent a skin from forming. Place in fridge for 1 – 2 hours.
- Spoon into Graham Cracker Crusts. Top with mini marshmallows and mini chocolate chips.
- Place them on a cookie sheet and place them under the broiler for 1 – 3 minutes. WATCH CLOSELY!!
- Remove from the broiler when the marshmallows start to become puffy and toast. This will not cause the pudding to warm up, just soften and toast the marshmallows.
- Enjoy with some sweet friends and family!
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Oh, I love these!! Homemade pudding is SO much better than the box, I learned that just recently. Those marshmallows…swoon!
Yep, sometimes you just don't know what you are missing in life! Can't wait to make homemade pudding again!
These are absolutely adorable and would make wonderful neighbour gifts! Pinning 🙂
Looks RIGHTEOUS, Karyn! Homemade pudding–still need to try it but it looks incredible!
Give it a try. I'm sure you can stuff it into some cupcakes! YUM!
I love smores in any form! 🙂 These are so fun!
I love s'mores!! This post makes me so happy. 🙂 Love the idea of individual pies…definitely pinning this and making the next time I get a s'mores craving.
I like the mini pies better than a big pie. The Cuteness factor if it all!
These look awesome and something my kids would love! Great idea!
Hi Karyn. These look delicious.
Debi @ Adorned From Above
Love this! I just pinned it to make for the kids when they "camp" in the living room. Thanks for this.
Michele @ Better Organized Living
Look wonderful, must make these for my girls
Elizabeth
Karyn,
What a great idea to dress up the pudding, a great dessert! Hope you have a fantastic weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
Oh this looks SOOO dangerous! 🙂 Yum!
they were dangerous! I brought them to a dinner with friends so I could get it out of the house!
This looks delish!
They look so scrumptious! Very lovely!
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I love this! They look and sound so delicious! Thank you for sharing. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House which goes live at 8am CST on Monday. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Hopping over from On The Menu. These are so fun. Wouldn't it be fun to have these on the Thanksgiving menu? I would definitely pick these over Pumpkin pie and they are so cute in little individual shells.
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Those look awesome! Your blog is great. I am your newest follower on G+. Stop by sometime 🙂
Karyn,
This is Genus! I love the look of the individual pies, so cute. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
Michelle
How wonderful these are! So cute and yummy looking. Come and visit us this week. We have a wonderful giveaway – a $75 swank bag from Pick Your Plum!
Karyn-
Absolute Genius! I need to try this recipe as I too have never made my own pudding before! Thanks for sharing!
I love all the roasted marshmallows on top!!! There is just something about homemade pudding that beats the box stuff:-)
Wish i could grab that plate now…..looks so tempting!!
How cute these chocolate pudding pies are looking!! You’re so talented!