Happy Easter to one and all! We are getting ready for a busy Easter day...but I have ham in the oven, am soon to start on a batch of homemade butter and just took my favorite easy dessert recipe out of the oven....triple chocolate bars!! They are soooo good, and soooo easy...but I do not actually count them as from scratch cooking. Why you may ask? Well, because they rely on convenience items instead of the usual from scratch flour, sugar, eggs, etc. So why am I including them here? The easy answer is because, well, they're easy and darn tasty. Also, they are great to throw together at the last minute, say, oh, I don't know, 9:00 at night when you are informed by your child that she needs two dozen of something to take to a class party the next day. Or, say Easter morning when you forgot to buy more flour, were out late the night before with friends, and don't feel like going to the store. Plus, they are made with items you probably have right now in your cabinets....don't believe me?? Go ahead and look, I'll wait.......ah ha, see I was right, wasn't I? Now use those few items and in 20 minutes you will have yummy, hot from the oven triple chocolate bars that everyone will think you slaved over. Don't worry, I promise not to tell how easy they are...well, that is if you don't tell anyone either. It'll be our secret!
Anyway, here's all you need:
1 box of chocolate cake mix-I prefer dark chocolate, but use whatever you like
1 small box of instant chocolate pudding (the one that only needs 2 cups of milk)
2 cups of milk (you knew that was coming, didn't ya'?)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or whatever kind you have leftover from the last time you made cookies)
1 bag of chocolate chips (you can use mini if you prefer...and again I use dark chocolate)
Here's what ya' do:
Add the milk to a bowl. Dump in the pudding mix and, well, mix it up. Wait about 3-5 minutes for it to become....pudding!
Next, dump the cake mix into the pudding and mix together. It will be kind of thick, but don't worry...it's suppposed to be.
Next, throw in the nuts and the chocolate chips and mix again. Don't overmix, just get everything combined.
Spread the mixture on a greased cookie sheet as evenly as you can.
Pop in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes, and that's it!
Here's what ya' get....
Not the best quality photo in the world this morning, but hey, you get the idea! Now go ahead and enjoy with an icy cold glass of milk! You know you want to :)
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