Pudding snacks

“If you can't control your peanut butter, you can't expect to control your life.” - Bill Watterson author of Calvin & Hobbes comic strip

What happens when you mix peanut butter with pudding? Hmm, it sounds really really yummy doesn't it?  I discovered this recipe for peanut butter pudding while browsing Yum Sugar the other day.  The full recipe was to make two puddings, one peanut butter and one chocolate, then combining those to make the pudding version of a chocolate peanut butter cup.  This sounds completely amazing and I am totally going to make the full recipe at some point in time but for today I was intrigued (as well as a bit lazy) by simply making the peanut butter pudding, pure and simple.

Peanut Butter Pudding adapted from yum sugar Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pudding Cups recipe. 
Ingredients:

1/2 cup sugar

5 teaspoons cornstarch

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 cups whole milk

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup creamy natural peanut butter (made with only peanuts and salt)

Directions:

1.  Whisk first 3 ingredients in large saucepan.

2.  Gradually whisk in milk, and then the heavy cream. Whisk over medium heat until mixture comes to boil. Boil until thick, whisking constantly, about 30 seconds.

3.  Whisk in peanut butter; boil until thick again.  Keep whisking the mixture about 1 minute longer. Remove from heat.

4.  Pour into a large bowl and refrigerate for a few hours.

As one can well imagine this is pure bliss! I am by no means a peanut butter freak, but this treat could very well make me one! 

This is what the smell of peanut butter does to Levi.  It makes him act all cute and stuff!