Chocolate Pudding Cookies

For some reason lately I’ve been wanting to try out new cookie recipes. However, my husband is a purist and thinks the only cookie you need is chocolate chip cookies. Despite his wishing I would stick to that formula, I found this little gem over at Spoonful of Sugar and had to try it out. They were delicious! A couple of words of warning…#1 This is a HUGE batch of cookie dough. Next time I will be cutting it in half. #2 There is no box of pudding that is a 6.8-oz size. I sat for the longest time trying to figure out what that would be. The smaller boxes are 3.9 oz and the bigger box is 5.9 oz. So I put in just shy of two small boxes equaling 7.8 oz. and it turned out fine.

Ingredients:
2 cups butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
6.8 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
4 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars.
Beat in the pudding mix.

Add in the eggs and vanilla beat until well mixed.
Mix in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Then mix in the chocolate chips.

Drop a heaping tablespoonful of batter onto the cookie sheets for each cookie.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cookies are set in the middle.

WW Points: 2 per serving