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I like dessert a lot. It's my favorite part of eating, really. Sometimes I'll eat lunch only so I can get to dessert. So if I'm planning a party. you can rest assured that I will have dessert covered. Dinner may be an afterthought, but there will be dessert.

If you're planning a bridal shower, you can have dessert covered too. Just make our homemade pudding cups. This homemade pudding cups recipe is so easy, and you probably have all the ingredients for it in your kitchen right now (I did).

Homemade Pudding Cups (perfect for bridal showers)

What's great about this recipe is you can make it ahead of time, then keep it in the fridge until you're ready to serve it at the bridal shower you're hosing.

What You'll Need:

• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons real vanilla
• Mini chocolate chips
• Whipped cream

What You'll Do:

Separate the eggs. Put the whites in a container to save them. You don't need them for this recipe, but you could use them for breakfast tomorrow.

Whisk the egg yolks by hand for about a minute until they start to foam up. Whisk in the cornstarch and 1/4 cup of milk.

Set aside.

Put sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and the rest of the milk in a sauce pan. Cook over medium-high heat until bubbles start to form, stirring constantly. 

Remove from heat. Slowly pour 1/4 cup into the bowl with the egg yolks. Stir quickly until completely combined. Repeat four times.

Pour the contents of the bowl back into the sauce pan and cook on high until it reaches a full boil. Turn the heat down and it will basically thicken instantly. Stir it, then remove from heat.

Stir in the vanilla.

Pour it into a cool plastic bowl and cover it with plastic wrap, making sure to press the plastic wrap on to the surface of the pudding.

Set it in the fridge for about three hours.

Using an ice cream scoop, place three scoopfuls into a 4oz. mason jar.

Top with a layer of mini chocolate chips.

Add a generous helping of whipped cream and drop on a few extra mini chocolate chips.

Serve immediately (before the whipped cream starts to melt).

Best toppings for homemade pudding cups:

I topped our homemade pudding cups with chocolate chips and whipped cream. But you could also top them with:

• Homemade sprinkles
• Crushed nuts
• Crushed vanilla wafer cookies
• Homemade Chocolate Shell
• Homemade chocolate sauce

How long does homemade pudding last?

Homemade pudding will last in the refrigerator for up to one week. So if you're planning a bridal shower and you have other things to do, know you can make this homemade pudding ahead of time and keep it in the fridge.

Of course, if you do that, be sure to store it in an air tight container. And don't spoon it into the mason jars until you're ready to serve.

Planning a bridal shower?These links will help:

More bridal shower desserts:

• Mint To Be Mint Chocolate Muffins
• Mini Bundt Cakes
• Italian Rainbow Cookies
• Red Velvet Pound Cake Hearts
• Yogurt-Covered Grapes Dessert

Bridal shower games:

• Bridal Shower Word Search
• Famous Couples Bridal Shower Game
• Bridal Shower Word Scramble
• What's in your purse game

Bridal shower favors:

• DIY "She Got Her Rock" Rock Candy Favor
• Bridal Shower Soap Favors
• Mint Sugar Scrub Bridal Shower Favors

BRIDAL BABBLE: Would you top this homemade pudding with anything else?