Salted Caramel Chocolate Pudding ~ An Easy Summer Dessert

When I was a kid pudding was one of my favorite desserts.  I grew up in a home where there weren't snack foods....like, ever, and certainly not desserts but sometimes Mom would break down and we would have PUDDING!  Chocolate was always my favorite ~ I relished every single spoonful and every lick.  It was as though I had entered another dimension...just me and my pudding.  🙂 Fast forward to now, I am far less structured with my kids (not sure whether that's good or bad) ~ I love to cook, bake and eat and there are always sweets in my house but pudding is still special.  

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Summer is here and it is one of my favorite times of the year.  We've had a lot of rain and with the rain comes a lot of time spent inside.  While I love having the kids around all the time, sometimes my husband and I need a little 'alone time' and so we decided to make it a bit of an event with Kozy Shack chocolate pudding.  

I made these delicious but easy dessert cups for the kids as well but they had to eat IN the house while Daddy and I had a mini date in the sunroom.  

Ingredients:

Kozy Shack Chocolate Pudding (it's my pudding of choice ~ it's made with simple, wholesome ingredients and it's gluten free ~ a plus for my oldest son)

Salted Caramel Sauce 

Ready Made Whipped Topping

Salted Caramel cookies or cookies of choice {chocolate chip would work well}

Garnishes::  any or all of these:  mini chocolate chips, chocolate jimmies, pretzel rods, cookies

Place a cookie on the bottom of your cup or bowl.  Tops with Kozy Shack Chocolate Pudding, then whipped topping and caramel sauce.  Now garnish as desired! Enjoy 🙂

Kozy Shack is celebrating the #SummerofPudding {cute, huh?} and they will be having giveaways on their social channels all summer long ~ be sure to follow them on facebook, twitter and instagram.  

I love a dessert that comes together this easily, tastes this good and doesn't require me to turn the oven on.  What's your favorite pudding flavor?