Chocolate Covered Cherry Pudding Pop Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 (3.4 ounce) box Vanilla Instant Pudding and Pie Filling
• 1 ¾ cups of Milk
• 15 Maraschino Cherries, cut in half
• 4 to 8 ounces of semi-sweet Chocolate Baking Bar
• 1 teaspoon of Shortening
• 10 to 12 popsicle or lollipop sticks

Instructions

1. Combine pudding and milk. Whisk together until smooth.
2. Stir in cherries.
3. Pour pudding mixture into Mini Cups or 2 oz. paper cups. Insert stick in center of each.
4. Freeze for several hours.To remove from plastic cups, run hot water around sides for 1 to 3 seconds.
5. In small bowl, melt chocolate and shortening for 1 minute in microwave. Stir until smooth.
6. Working quickly, drizzle chocolate over top of each frozen cherry pop using a teaspoon.
7. Keep pops in freezer until ready to enjoy.