Dessert to Go

Yield: 6 servings

This dessert is best eaten with a spoon.

Recipe Ingredients

• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
• 3 cups whipped topping
• 1 (4 serving size) box any flavor instant pudding
• 1 3/4 cups cold milk
• 6 flat-bottom ice cream cones
• Colored sprinkles and/or maraschino cherries, for garnish

Instructions

1. Put a colander or strainer in a bowl. Pour cherries into the strainer, draining the juice into the bowl. Save the juice to add to orange juice or other drinks; you do not need the juice for this recipe.
2. Put the drained cherries on a cutting board. With a sharp knife, carefully cut each cherry in half. Set aside.
3. Prepare pudding according to package directions using 1 3/4 cups cold milk.
4. Refrigerate pudding for 10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, put cherry halves in a large mixing bowl.
6. With a rubber spatula, scoop whipped topping into the bowl. Stir gently until cherries are mixed with whipped topping.
7. Fill each cone with 1/4 cup pudding.
8. Top each with 1/2 cup cherry mixture.
9. Decorate with colored sprinkles or a maraschino cherry.
10. Serve immediately.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: National Cherry Growers Foundation