Dear early 20’s,
I MISS YOU!!!
When I think of St. Pat’s I think of my college days, not too far behind, but behind enough to make me feel a bit of nostalgia. Ahhh – I really miss those days of bar hopping! We would spend the entire week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day just hopping from one bar to the next. I behaved, I promise… 😉
Now, since we’re no longer in college, and because we must act like responsible adults in front of our children, I am not going to present to you the best St. Pat’s drink I ever had… no, I am not going to do that… Ana is celebrating with us.
Instead, I made a St. Patty’s green pudding that people of all ages can enjoy! Yippee! (sigh) 😉
Pistachio Vanilla Wafer Pudding
- Thanks to J.E.L.L.O., I used Pistachio flavored Instant Pudding.
You will need:
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 package (3.4 oz.) Pistachio flavored Instant Pudding
- 1/2 tub (6oz.) whipped topping, thawed
- 8 vanilla wafer cookies, crushed
- shavings of dark chocolate for garnish
- chopped pistachios for garnish
Directions:
- Pour milk into large bowl.
- Add pudding mix and beat with wire whisk for 2 minutes.
- Let stand 5 minutes.
- Gently stir in whipped topping; combine.
- Put half of the crushed cookies on the bottom of a medium-sized serving bowl, or two large glasses, then pour in the pudding mixture.
- Garnish with the rest of the crushed cookies, chopped pistachios and shavings of dark chocolate.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
I sure don’t miss my 20’s. The 30’s were awesome though. I’m also pretty fond of my 40’s. 🙂 Give me this pudding and I’ll like every age I’ve ever been, I promise.
Lol, Im in my early 20s and we decided we just couldnt hang this year at the local pubs. (we did have a lot to deal with last week to be fair but I giggled when I read the first few lines of this post thinking how dull I must be.)
Ive been seeing a lot of love for the pistachio lately. This pudding looks good 🙂
Oh that looks awesome – I so much love Pistachios!! And your little one is adorable – look at her smiling, curious, shiny and beautiful eyes!!!!
Adorable picture of the baby. I love that pistachio pudding and had forgotten all about it. You’ve inspired me to head to the store for a treat.
Kristi
Looks tasty! And festive! And ADORABLE picture of Ana!!!! 🙂
This is such an exotic pudding.I love anything pistachios.Gotta try this soon.Thanks for sharing.You have a beautiful blog and photos.
Looks just wonderful! Thank you for sharing, have a nice weekend 🙂
Oh Kate this is too cool! Love how you made this and Ana is so adorable!
Thanks for sharing!
What an ADORABLE picture of your daughter! and yummy pudding!
Green pudding is the perfect way to celebrate March 17th with kids. You took it to new heights!
I feel the same way about St. Patrick’s Day now that I’m older. This dessert looks great!
Mmm, I wish we lived closer so I could come over for these !! Ana is so cute !!!
Love pistachios … bet this pudding tastes great.
Looks really nice and is very easy to make 🙂
Simply delicious! Yum.
Come on – this is good for all ages. So creamy, welcoming and (almost) naturally green? Loving it. And sometimes growing up is hard to but – but it has its rewards. You just showed us yours!
This pudding looks so creamy and delicious! I miss my early 20’s too!!!
Definitely a fun dessert for St. Paddy’s and way more G-rated than your old college days! 😉
LOL at Jill’s comment!
Perfect family treat…I know Ana enjoyed…I know I would!
I have 2 boxes of Pistachio pudding in my cupboard, Woo-hoo!
I use pistachio pudding in various desserts over the years, and your pudding is perfect t St Pats Day, and kid friendly, too. thanks for the picture of Ana.
Pistachio pudding has such a pretty color – looks delicious! I would have this over green beer any day!
OMG! I love pistachios!! This sounds like heaven!!!
looks perfect Happy St Paddy’s Day!
Absolutely lovely post! Really looks yummy! 🙂
Aww, too cute! This sounds like a winner on a day like today, for sure!
These treats are just fabulous….I love it! The pistachio pudding is going to be stalked very shortly as I have a craving now. 🙂
It looks so good! I’ll take one please 🙂
looks fab. i love pistachio, so a st. patty’s day of pistachio instead of beer is just my thing. but there’s always beer fondue, right? that’s kid friendly 😉
So simple and so delicious! It’s funny because I was just looking through pictures of old St.Patty’s Day past 🙂 ha Hope you have a lovely day!
Love love love this.
Kate, that looks divine with the different textures in there. Yes, college days sure were fun doing the pub crawls 😉 Your comment made me laugh…also your lovely first photo. Were you standing on the table? 😉
Another great post!
Yes, I was standing on the table! 🙂 It was the only way that I could get a shot of the entire glass.
Mmm! I bet Ana loved the green pudding! ♥- Katrina