Individual Desserts, Part 1

Yesterday Jonathan and I joined in a progressive dinner with two other couples on our block: appetizers at Justin and Kirby's, dinner at Ryan and Meghan's, and dessert at our house. I couldn't really decide what to make, although I love making desserts. You see, I had two problems:

1. I didn't want to make a HUGE dessert with lots of leftovers that I would be forced to consume by myself over the next week.
2. My friend Meghan has been super strict on eating healthy lately and I didn't want to derail her too bad, so I didn't know if I should make a healthy option or an unhealthy option.

Solution: make two types of individual desserts, one healthy, one... not so healthy. I'll detail the healthy option first, and the unhealthy in a later post.

Healthy Option: Individual Smore Desserts

Source: http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/recipes/2013-02-individual-smore-desserts.html

Unfortunately, I didn't take play-by-play pictures, so I'll have to use the picture from the original website.

Ingredients:

• 2 - 1.4 ounce boxes of sugar-free instant chocolate pudding
• 4 cups of skim milk
• 6 graham cracker sheets (large rectangles, not the squares)
• fat free Cool Whip
• mini chocolate chips

Instructions:

• Mix pudding powder and skim milk according to package instructions. Chill in fridge for 5-10 minutes. 
• While chilling, place graham crackers in baggie, then crush into pieces with hand/rolling pin.
• In individual parfait cups (I used small drink glasses), layer:
• pudding
• graham cracker
• Cool Whip
• pudding
• If you're not ready to serve yet, chill them (covered) in fridge.
• When ready to serve, add another layer of Cool Whip (I tried Reddi-Whip in the can for the top layer and it didn't hold up well), then sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Delicious! And quasi-healthy!