March 15, 2011

feed a fever chocolate pudding

I never get sick.

Never say never.

Today is day eight of what shall forever be known as Sickfest 2011.

Good times.

So for today, I'm going to give you a choice. You can either hear all about my sickness, or I can talk about chocolate pudding.

You pick chocolate pudding? Good choice!

Sometime on Sunday evening, I got a hankering for chocolate pudding. After a week of nothing sounds good, nothing tastes good, I all of a sudden needed chocolate pudding and I needed it bad. It was too late to go the homemade route, and I've never found a recipe I really liked anyway, and I came up empty handed in my pantry search for a box of instant to hold me over, so in a phenylephrine/dextromethorphan/chlorpheniraminemaleate induced fog, I went to bed puddingless.

The next morning, I was gazing in wonder and amazement at these adorable Lego cake pops, and they made me realize I had not visited Bakerella and her cake pop wonderland in ages.

Are you a Bakerella fan? My boys were pretty much past the cake pop stage when cake pops came into fashion, but I still think they are about the coolest treat on a stick imaginable.

As I was catching up on Bakerella's latest happenings, I came across this pudding cup post, complete with a delicious homemade pudding recipe, and knew I had to get up off the couch right that minute and give it a try.

So glad I did.


It is smooth and delicious, rich and creamy. Pudding perfection.

You can find the recipe here. I wasn't in a peanut butter mood, so I left it out this time, and substituted a few tablespoons of butter instead. Butter seems like such a strange pudding ingredient, but every pudding recipe I've ever seen calls for it, so who am I to argue.

I started feeling better from the very first spoonful, so I think chocolate pudding will forever be my very favorite sick food.

Chocolate pudding....it cures what ails ya.

48 comments:

  1. This is a dangerous place to visit if you're trying to avoid desserts. Good thing I'm not. Trying to avoid desserts, that is. Homemade chocolate pudding is one of my all time favorites and I happen to have an emergency carton of whipping cream on standby so I think we know what's going to happen next.

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  2. Looks delicious!! Especially when served in that jadeite dish! Hope you all are feeling better soon.

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  3. Aaaaah! I LOVE this picture! Your style of photography is wonderful :) :)

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  4. I haven't made homemade chocolate pudding in years... I have a recipe from my mother in law that is easy and good. She actually used to make it and serve it on top of vanilla ice cream!

    Hope the pudding making finds you on the mend. I too bragged about never getting sick (last year) and ended up sick at home for 3 days, back to work for 1, then back at home for 2 more days... like you said, never say never!

    ~Chris

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  5. oh mercy! I have been a cakepop making girl lately and am a huge fan of Bakerella and Shannan.
    This pudding will be tried here soon! Gell well!

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  6. Oh my - does this ever look yummy. Hope you'll be feeling better soon Teresa! ~Sally

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  7. Teresa, I'm sorry you are feeling sick. I can't even remember the last time I was sick. But never say never!! I don't understand those long words you used but so I'm sure they are something in the medicine. Your chocolate pudding looks very yummy. I will have to give it a try even if I'm not sick. Thank you for sharing!
    Julie

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  8. Oh T - I hope you do feel better. If that puddin' don't cure what be ailin' ya - well - I don't know what will. I shant be eating pudding for sometime. I'm baking shamrock cookies today in preparation for the boychild's visit tomorrow...life be good. Get better! Beautiful pudding picture!!

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  9. I do hope you feel better soon, imagine if you can do this getting off your sick bed... This pudding looks awesome and so does your photography. The picture looks good enough to eat. I was doing good at laying off sugar but blew it several days ago so this will be my next project!

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  10. That was a really tasty looking recipe. Hope you feel better soon. I am on day 9 of not feeling fine and I would so like to be better.
    - Joy

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  11. Anything chocolate will surely cure whatever ails you. Ask any menopausal woman! Hope you feel better soon!
    Brenda

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  12. So glad you got your pudding fix.

    Have you tried making cake pops? Not as easy as it looks. Mine were gigantic flops, but they tasted good. That counts for something, right?

    Feel better soon!

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  13. I totally sympathize with you. I'm on day 10 of Sickfest 2011. Will I ever EVER stop coughing? I have heard predictions of anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 weeks. I'm really hoping the 2 weeks prediction is correct. That would mean I'd feel like me again in just a few days! Meanwhile, the chocolate pudding looks really good!

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  14. When the going gets tough...the tough eat chocolate!! In any form really. For example, today my daughter wants to bake with momma...I happen to have nasty, rotting bananas on the kitchen counter...we shall make banana bread...with chocolate chips in it. See...any form, any way, any time!!

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  15. I think that it's important that no one should ever eat, talk, or dream of chocolate alone, soooo, I grabbed a chocolate no-bake cookie, in honor of your post, and ate it in a flash. I'm completely sympathetic to anyone who has had this "bug". Maybe you really are on to something with the pudding because it could be the official cure for what ails us...Must...Make...Puddin'!

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  16. I just bought the Cake Pops book! I am going to attempt the egg pops for easter. Hope you are feeling better soon.

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  17. It looks absolutely delicious! I hope it makes you feel better soon. :)

    Pam

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  18. Bakerella's site is so much fun! The pudding looks dee-lish, and the photography is lovely as per usual :)

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  19. OH this looks yummy. I hope you are feeling better. Rest up and have the others make you more pudding.

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  20. Mmmm...I love chocolate pudding. I was just talking to a friend of mine about it yesterday. I was telling her how I used to like to write things in the top film of homemade pudding with my spoon.
    Sorry you are feeling yucky! :(

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  21. HOpe you are feeling better. This flu is really knocking people on their butts for many days.

    Chocolate pudding...other than jello? Who knew?

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  22. So sorry you've been under the weather! Hope you are feeling better! The pudding looks delicious!! The photo is gorgeous as always!! Have a great week!

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  23. Yummy looking pudding and beautiful photo. We've had the yucks here for the last week, too. Today's the first day I feel normal. Glad your on the mend. Looking forward to another camera post when you're up to it.

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  24. So having never seen or heard of a cake pop, I hopped over to Bakerella's site to see what they were. Very cute indeed. But poor Bakerella-have you read her recent news? Very tough.

    About chocolate pudding-my hubby and I have a running argument about it; I hate the 'skin' that forms on the top of home-made. It's hubby's favorite part. Does your recipe have 'skin'?

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  25. Sounds delicious, and what a gorgeous photo!!

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  26. Tee hee! Thank you for this cute and funny post! I hope you are feeling better and glad you found a new comfort food... I might need to try that one too!!! ;)

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  27. I don't feel even remotely ill (and I never get sick either), so I might have to make this my feeling good pudding. Goodness it looks a wee bit fabulous. I don't love peanut butter either, but I might give it a go, who knows what will happen!

    I hope you feel better soon, keep up with the puddings, you need your strength.

    ali.

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  28. Choco pudding as a comfort food, too tempting makes me want to get sick but no, I want to make one now. LOL. Hope you get better. XO

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  29. Chocolate pudding makes everything better.

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  31. I. Love. Chocolate. Pudding.

    Just go on ahead and put it on the menu, Beth.

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  32. First, I hope you feel better very soon!
    Second, that pudding looks delicious - *save*
    Lastly - Is that Jadite? So pretty!

    Dana
    Vintage lover and Jadite admirer.

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  33. I too have been dreaming of chocolate pudding!! I bought a box of organic instant yesterday and it was ok but I will have to try this one!. Glad you are feeling better!!

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  34. Chocolate pudding has medicinal properties ... everyone knows this. There's nothing like good old Jello cooked chocolate pudding. On your recommendation, I'm going to try this one.

    I hope you begin to feel better!

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  35. Sorry to hear that you have been sick. Go for all the comfort food you can get your hands on!

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  36. It looks delicious! Hope the pudding did the trick and that you're feeling better!

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  37. Honestly, won't chocolate cure nearly anything?! Glad you're feeling better!

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  38. Behold the medicinal value of chocolate. I think the 2 (at least) dark chocolates I've ingested every day for the last 6 months have kept me healthy. Let that be a lesson to you. I hope you are on the mend. 8 days is entirely to many to enjoy the sick/lounging/reading cycle.

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  39. AMEN, Sister!

    I am a faithful follower of the
    CHURCH of The Sacred Chocolate!!!

    (Makes me feel better EVERY time!) Seriously, I am not kidding.

    Love the post. Gorgeous photos.
    Hope you are feeling better and better.
    xx
    Alison

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  40. I agree! It definitly looks capable of curing all ills. I happy that you feel all better! Happy weekend!

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  41. Hope everyone is better because this would definitely cure all ills!!! Yum!
    You photos are always simply GREAT!!

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  42. Hey Woman, I hope you are feeling much better now. I agree that chocolate anything cures most ailments. This looks so delicious and of course your photo is the cutest ever. You should do photography for food magazines. Love the little dish it is in too!
    Hugs, Amy

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  43. Hi Teresa, thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your nice comment. I have really been working on my photography skills (working with the point and shoot that I have.) Your photos are always so inspiring. Did you see the barrel of flowers on an earlier post? I got that idea from you. I saw a barrel of beautiful flowers on your blog and just had to have one, too. Hope you are feeling better.
    Jane

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  44. I think this was
    the year of THE
    Sickfest!!! So many
    succumbed who hadn't
    in recent memory : )
    If this is as delish
    as your carrot cake
    was, I'm in trouble.
    Or maybe I'm in luck,
    if it cures Sickfest!!
    xx Suzanne

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  45. You don't know me but I follow Debbie's Ribbonwood Cottage but I saw this...and I'm a major chocolate pudding fan! And you are HILARIOUS! I love this!

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  46. The cake pops work great for mailing a care package... birthday cake that can be mailed!

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  47. AMAZING PUDDING!!!! Topped it with strawberries (makes it healthy - right?)
    Debora - to not have skin on the pudding, put plastic wrap right on the pudding, not on top of the bowl - right against the pudding. Even if the pudding is hot.

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