Frozen Pudding Pops!

You can find molds for these at Target/ Walmart for pretty cheap.

Mint-Chocolate Cookie Pudding Pops
1 small box instant chocolate pudding
1 3/4 C half and half
10 Oreo cookies, crushed (about 1 heaping cup)
1/4 t peppermint extract

Blend pudding mix, extract, and half and half in a blender until smooth. Stir in crushed cookies by hand. Place in molds and freeze.

Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Pudding Pops
1 small box cheesecake instant pudding
1 3/4 C half and half
1 C blueberries
1 t lemon zest (or more if you like your lemon!)

In a blender mix cheesecake pudding mix and half and half until smooth. Add in lemon zest and blueberries and pulse a couple of times to break up the blueberries. Place in molds and freeze.

Cherry Almond Fudge Pudding Pops
1 small box instant Chocolate Fudge Pudding
1 3/4 C half and half
about 20 cherries ( 1 1/4 C) pitted and halved
1/4 t almond extract
1/3 C mini-chocolate chips

Blend pudding mix, half and half, and almond extract in blender until smooth. Add in cherries and pulse 2-3 times. Stir in chocolate chips by hand. Place in molds and freeze.

PB Banana Pudding Pops
1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 3/4 C milk
1 ripe banana*
1/4 C Peanut Butter

Blend all ingredients until smooth. Place in popsicle molds and freeze. *Bananas that aren’t quite ripe yet tend to taste especially bitter when frozen, so make sure you use a sweet, ripe, banana.

Strawberries and Cream Pudding Pops

1 small box instant vanilla pudding
1 C milk
6oz vanilla yogurt (strawberry is great too)
12 medium strawberries (about 1 3/4-2 C roughly chopped)
2-3 T sugar

remove stems from berries and pulse with 2 T sugar in a food processor until completely smooth. Taste and add more sugar if needed. You should have just over a cup of puree. Set aside.

In a blender combine pudding, yogurt, and milk and blend until combined. Layer or swirl the pudding mixture with the strawberry mixture in popsicle molds and freeze until solid.

Ol' Fashioned Banana Pudding

Like G'ma used to make...
From Bakerella

Ingredients:
1 (14 oz) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 1/2 c cold water
1 (3.5 oz) package instant pudding and pie filling
2 c (1 pint) whipped cream, whipped*
36 vanilla wafers
3 medium bananas, sliced and dipped in lemon juice


Directions:
* In a large mixing bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk and water.
* Add pudding mix and beat until well blended.
* Chill 5 minutes in refrigerator.
* Fold in whipped topping. (Do this slowly and as few times as you possible to combine, so the mixture will retain its thickness.)
* Spoon 1 cup pudding mixture into 2 1/2 quart glass serving bowl.
* Top with 1/3 each of wafers, bananas and pudding. Repeat twice.
* Garnish as desired.
* Chill thoroughly. Refrigerate any leftovers.

You can also layer in individual serving dishes.

She says "* I’m not quite clear what “whipped cream, whipped” means, but I just used Cool Whip and let it thaw slightly before I started to fold. It may work even better if you let it thaw in the fridge before using.

Update – I’ve learned it may also be heavy whipping cream that is whipped. If you can find Borden whipping cream, which I can’t, then that’s it. Either way, It will be good!"

I used thawed cool whip though and it tasted great