Peanut Butter Chocolate Pudding

That time of the year has rolled around again, that time when grown men are allowed to cry and hug each other unabashedly, hurl insults and other throw-able objects at the TV (or other nearby people wearing the wrong colors) and everybody feels just a little bit Canadian (except for actual Canadians, who just feel pretty normal). Yup, the NHL Playoffs are here and Eric is that excited. Actually, he's more excited than that, but we can't print that level of excitement here, this is a family blog! Really the only thing that's been able to cut into talk about his new job has been the start of the playoffs. He spent some serious time getting ready this year: washing all his sharks shirts, getting his jerseys in line, polishing his Sharks gnome (a gift from Cherlyn and Dave that Charisse has restricted to the garage, yes still finds it sitting on shelves around the house) and watching as much hockey has he can take. In other words he's like everyone else who lives in San Jose, Sharks obsessed. Since we don't have tickets this year (yet!) we'll be watching on TV and having people over for assorted Sharks viewing parties and one of the best things to have a viewing party is DESSERT! Last season, we had our friends Dan and Jen over for one and right in the middle of the game, there was a distinct hankering for Ice Cream. Eric like to pretend it was the girls who sent us to the store during intermission and give them a hard time about it, but everyone knows he wanted the ice cream just as bad. This time around, we're not going to get left without, not when we've got Peanut Butter Chocolate Pudding! It's seriously half chocolate pudding, half peanut butter pudding, all awesome. It's like a Reece's peanut butter cup in pudding form, but better.  

Printable Recipe

Peanut butter pudding layer
What You Will Need
1/2 cup sugar
5 tsp cornstarch
1/8 tsp salt
1 3/4 cups whole milk
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla

Chocolate Pudding Layer
What You Will Need

6 Tbs sugar
2 Tbs cornstarch
2 Tbs coco powder
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup cream
5 ounces milk chocolate
1 tsp vanilla

Make the peanut butter pudding first:

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt, whisk in the milk and cream and bring to a boil. Whisk constantly until thick, remove from heat, mix in the peanut butter return to heat and continue cooking until thick again. Let cool a couple of minutes, stir in vanilla and pour into prepared cups.  Set aside

Make the chocolate pudding

In a large saucepan, combine  the sugar, cornstarch, coco powder, and salt, whisk in the milk and cream and bring to a boil whisking until thick. Remove from heat and mix in the milk chocolate, return to heat and cook until thick. Stir in vanilla and pour on top of peanut butter pudding layer and chill in fridge for at least 2 hours.

Top with whipped cream and chopped up peanut butter cups.