Potted Chocolate-Mint Puddings with Cookie Crumble “Dirt”
I know a lot of people start their gardening projects in March, but I think Earth Day (which happens to be April 22nd) is the perfect day to celebrate the start of the gardening season. The weather is usually a little bit less rainy, and there is more sunshine to go around to help all of those plants and seedlings grow and grow. But to me, a holiday (or day of importance) isn’t special unless there is dessert, and I’ve got some cute Potted Chocolate-Mint Puddings topped with cookie crumble “dirt” to help ring in Earth Day!
Earth Day is the perfect day to gather a bunch of friends together and have a potting party. Everyone brings pots and dirt and seeds and plants, and you spend the whole day getting your hands dirty. And then to celebrate, serve up these cute chocolatey-minty treats. I think what really makes this dessert adorable is that, covering the creamy, cool chocolate pudding is a quite believable surface of cookie crumble dirt, and then the “planted” mint sprig completes the illusion!
I think what really makes this dessert adorable is the chocolate cookie crumbs (dirt) and the little mint sprig placed on top! I mean, how darling.
Speaking of mint and gardening, mint is one of those herbs that could live through a nuclear disaster. It thrives all year long on my deck here in the Pacific Northwest. So even if you think you have a “black” thumb, you cannot kill mint. It’s the perfect herb to start your gardening year off.
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp from 1 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (1 cup)
- 1/2 tsp mint extract
- 1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp unsalted butter, chopped into small pieces
- 10 wafer cookies, crushed
- mint sprigs for garnish
- Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, cocoa powder, and salt in a medium saucepan. Combine cream, milk, and vanilla in a liquid measuring cup.
- Pour 1 cup of cream mixture into sugar mixture and whisk until cornstarch is dissolved. Add the remaining cream mixture and whisk until smooth. Bring to a boil, whisking constantly, and cook until thick (about 5 minutes). Reduce heat to low and add in chocolate. Whisk until chocolate is melted, about one minute.
- Remove from heat and add in butter and mint extract, whisking until butter melts. Quickly divide the pudding into 8 4 oz mason jars, leaving about a 1/2 inch from the top. Refrigerate to set the pudding, about 1 1/2 hours.
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- Just before servings, pulse cookies in a food processor until finely ground. Top each pudding with about 1 tablespoon of cookie dirt and garnish with a mint sprig. Serve Chilled.
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Used In This Project:
- Small Canning Jar Toppers • I chose the “Champagne” style in grass.
- Scallop Hang Tags • I chose the “Champagne” style in grass.
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I love love love this and your photos! a potting party for earth day is such a good idea. thanks for sharing.