Store vs Homemade Pudding Taste Test

My boys decided that they would love for me to make something and taste test it against the store made option.

Wasn't that sweet?  I got volunteered to make it while they eat it~ LOL:)  They do help me in the kitchen so it is all good :)  And since making homemade pudding was on my list of monthly projects, it was a win win :)

This week, they wanted to taste Walmart brand Instant Pudding VS Laura's Homemade Pudding recipe.  The flavor of choice~ Chocolate ~ secret yay from me.  I love all things chocolate :)

We got all the ingredients out for both recipes:

First we made the instant pudding.  Pretty simple~ pour pudding mix in bowl, pour in milk, whisk and refrigerate.

For the homemade pudding recipe, it was easy and not over complicated.  Place all ingredients except butter and vanilla in pan and heat until it thickens.  I was whisking like a mad woman :)  Following the directions were easy.

I would love to say that I made both puddings with out incident but that would be fibbing.  We had a slight mess.  For the homemade recipe, you have to use 3 egg yolks.  Does anyone know of an easy peasy way to separate yolks from eggs?  If so, I am all ears and would love to hear it.  Since I am using double yolk eggs, I only used 2 eggs.  I was so proud of myself, I had almost separated the first yolk from the egg white.  Silly me, I set the egg yolk in the shell on the table thinking it would stay and I could use it:

Boy was I wrong:)  Luckily, it just oozed out of it's shell and didn't make too much of a mess.

When all was said and done, I had 2 puddings made:

Homemade VS Instant~ Can you tell which one is which?

The 3 important taste specialists, who take their taste testing jobs very seriously, were ready for business, the 4th taste test specialist was unusually cranky this day and elected not to participate in this taste testing:

Now for the taste testing results:

2 for Walmart brand
1 for Homemade pudding

The homemade pudding was much thicker than the instant.  The homemade pudding also had a nice dark chocolate taste.  The only thing we didn't like was putting the pudding in the refrigerator to cool, it formed a skin on the top that made the pudding have sort of a chunky feeling to it.  I think that is what did it for 2 of my taste testers.  The next time I make it, I am going to place a piece of plastic wrap on the top to prevent the skin from forming and see what they think then:)

They are now requesting that I make the homemade pudding and make pudding pops out of it and see if they like that any better :)

They are coming up with what to taste test next for the next installment.  Stay tuned....