Malt Whopper Pudding Cookies

As most of my friends know I have been trying to lose weight for a while now. And while my weight loss story is a long one I would just like to comment on the last month or so. My family has been through a lot of stuff since the beginning of this year. Both my husband and I lost our jobs within a week of each other. While his was unexpected he still understood why they did it. For me however I was completely blindsided (that's all I'm going to say on the matter). We both started to search frantically for jobs while we both applied for unemployment. I was approved but he wasn't. But he did end up getting a job shortly after being let go which was good. The only thing that kind of stinks is it was no where near what he was making at his last job. I was worried. Because all of this I thought I was going to spiral back into eating my feelings. There were days I would just stare at the cookies or chips and just think I could have a few and be ok. But I never gave in. I thought back to how far I have come and it was great motivation to keep going. I've been doing Weight Watchers since the end of June and so far have lost about 47.5 pound. Once everything was all settled I was able to figure out finances and as of this moment we will be ok going forward. It just goes to show that even in your worst times there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

And with that I think it's time for a new recipe! 

Again this is another one I found on Pinterest. I love Whopper candies and thought they would be fun to make. They are pretty simple and only require a few extra ingredients like the pudding and the whoppers. 

Credit for this recipe goes to:  Chef in Training

Malt Whopper Pudding Cookies

INGREDIENTS

o   3/4 cup butter softened

o   3/4 cup brown sugar

o   1/4 cup sugar

o   1 small box instant vanilla pudding dry, do not prepare

o   1/4 cup malt milk powder

o   2 eggs

o   1 tsp. vanilla

o   1 tsp. baking soda

o   2 1/4 cups flour

o   1-2 cups Whoppers

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cream butter, brown sugar and sugar together in a large bowl.

2. Add in vanilla instant pudding mix and malt milk powder and beat until well combined.

3. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.

4. Add flour and baking soda and beat until well combined.

5. Mix in Whoppers until evenly distributed.

6. Roll dough into 1" balls.

7. Place them on a greased baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes.

This recipe yielded about 4-5 dozen cookies. 

I used Jell-O's sugar free vanilla instant pudding to cut down on the calories. 

Also when I rolled them into balls I made sure there were two whopper candies per ball. Any more and the ball would be too big.

Don't eat them when they first come out of the oven! Wait for them to cool! If you don't the whopper candy insides get to be a bit chew and hurt your teeth. But once they are at room temperature they are really soft and the candies return to normal.

They are sinful but only 3 PPV's!

Well there you have it! I hope you enjoy them and again if you make them please let me know! 

Amy Sue *^_^*