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Summer Fruit Cups

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This is a fresh, light dessert with just a little bit of chocolate and lots of summer fruit. It's a great  recipe to get the kids in the kitchen. Ingredients: Cherries (pitted and halved) Blueberries Cantaloupe (cut in chunks) Mini marshmallows Melted chocolate  (about 1/4c of chocolate chips melted in the microwave or in a double boiler) You will also need muffin papers Step 1: Fill the muffin papers with the fruit starting with the larger pieces. Any fruit combination works for this dessert. Step 2: Top the fruit with a couple of marshmallows and drizzle with the melted chocolate  Tip: prepare this dessert in a muffin tin and refrigerate until dessert time. Bon appétit!

Easy Chocolate Pudding Dessert

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Moms love coffee (well this one does!) This is an easy coffee cup inspired dessert that the kids can make all by themselves for a Mother's day treat! Ingredients 1 package of chocolate pudding 1 cup of  chocolate chips 4 tbsp of whip cream Step 1 Prepare Pudding as directed on the package. Spoon into 4 glass coffee mugs. Refrigerate Step 2 Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute stopping at 30 seconds to stir. When the chocolate is melted, remove from the microwave using oven mits. Using a spoon make an S like design dripping the chocolate onto a flat piece of wax paper. Make one design per cup of pudding. Freeze until ready to use. Step 3 Remove the pudding cups from the fridge and the chocolate designs from the freezer. Spoon (or spray) a thin layer of whip cream into each cup. Smooth out with the back of a spoon. Insert the chocolate design in the middle of each cup to look like steam. Serve right awa...