There is a lot to love about chocolate pudding. It is comforting, delicious and an appropriate dessert for every season. Some us even love pudding skin -- the thin layer of extra-dense pudding that forms on top of the dessert. We didn't think we could love chocolate pudding any more, until we realized all the other ways you can eat it beyond its pure, natural, in-a-bowl state.
Chocolate pudding desserts take something great and include it in other great things. We're talking chocolate pudding-filled cupcakes, chocolate pudding pie and -- our favorite -- chocolate pudding pops. If you need us, we'll be over here dreaming up a new dessert in which to include chocolate pudding.
Today just happens to be National Chocolate Pudding Day, so we thought it only appropriate to round up some of our favorite chocolate pudding dessert recipes. Let us know in the comments if you have a secret chocolate pudding recipe we should know about.
Without further ado, here are 29 chocolate pudding recipes to check out on National Chocolate Pudding Day.