Camper’s style vanilla pudding
A batch of instant pudding, any flavor, has always been a family favorite around our campsite. It has always been made by the children. You see, I have long felt, the cook is on vacation, too, so others need to pitch-in. This pudding is easy enough Dad, as well as toddlers, can make. And the variations are many.
Let the children get creative with the final product. The purest will probably be happy with varying the cookies crumbs. Another child will want to make a batch of chocolate and other batch of vanilla and layer the pudding in a cup, alternating flavors. My personal favorite is any flavor topped with berries picked during a hike that day.
Camper style vanilla pudding recipe
Put 2 cups of milk (or substitute powdered milk and water – see below) and a box of instant vanilla pudding mix in a clean mayonnaise jar. Screw cap on and have the child shake until it begins to thicken. Then pour into paper cup or jelly jars and top with whatever is handy – fresh picked berries, or cookie crumbs, powdered chocolate drink, go crazy – and enjoy. Eat right way or store in ice chest until needed. Try other flavors, too.
Lessons learned on many camping trips
Afraid you might not have enough milk for the whole camping trip? Substitute 2/3 cup of powdered milk and two cups water for the 2 cups of milk as called for on the package.
An alternative is to put cookies in the bottom your container and then pour in some pudding and top with fruit. Note: cookies will get softer as it sits so you might want to do this alternative very close to when you serve it.
If the pudding doesn’t thicken up properly, congratulation you have invented pudding soup 🙂 which is almost as good as vanilla ice cream soup.
