Pudding Teddy Bears

Name: Pudding Teddy Bears
Ingredients: 1/4 cup baking cocoa; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; Dash salt; 2 cups milk; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 8 individual graham cracker crust; 1 strip red shoestring licorice; 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut, toasted; 16 vanilla wafers; 16 M&M's; 8 red-hot candies

14 ingredients

2 steps

Ingredients

1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
Dash salt
2 cups milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 individual graham cracker crust
1 strip red shoestring licorice
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
16 vanilla wafers
16 M&M's
8 red-hot candies

Directions

1

In a saucepan, combine sugar, cocoa, flour and salt. Gradually stir in milk until smooth. Add eggs; bring to a gentle boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Spoon into crusts; refrigerate.
2

Cut licorice into eight 1-in. pieces and eight 1/2-in. pieces; set aside. Just before serving, sprinkle coconut over pudding. Insert two vanilla wafers in each for ears. Add M&M's for eyes and red-hot for nose. Bend 1-in. pieces of licorice into a semicircle; place 1/2 in. below nose for mouth. Connect nose and mouth with 1/2 in. pieces of licorice.