This is Russell Wright the original poster of this recipe. Just thought I would state a few things: If you use a large box of pudding double everything else in the recipe. You can also use chips (choc. PB butterscotch etc.) coconut or other things instead of walnuts as needed. Please post what results you have had with various pudding flavors. For example in my experience lemon has had the best results.
The first batch I tried came out crumbly so the next batch I used unsweetened applesauce for the oil and used sugar-free instant pudding and added 1/3 cup brown sugar and they came out very moist and light. Also, they only have a trace of fat and sugar in them. I tried butterscotch pudding with a handfull of mini chocolate chips and they were good. Next time I will try the chocolate pudding. Thanks for the receipe - I love pudding & cookies-great combination!
This is the kind of recipe I was looking for tonight! I doubled the basic ingredients, but I used vanilla pudding. To that I added: 1 tbsp vanilla, 2 tbsp lemon juice, the zest of one orange, and 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Oh, and I used the "add water only" pancake mix, rather than the "add milk & eggs" kind. The didn't spread hardly at all, and were very soft. We'll see how they are tomorrow, but tonight they were excellent! I almost forgot - even though I doubled the recipe, and added extra stuff, I only came out with 30, small-medium cookies.
If you're using sugar free pudding mix be sure to add either 1/4 cup sugar or brown sugar or a few tablespoons of light corn syrup. Otherwise your chocolate cookies will taste quite bitter as other reviewers have mentioned.
Wow! Easy to make. I mixed it which was a little hard since they are not creamy. My 6yr old put them on the cookie sheet. He loves them!!! He would eat all of them if I let him. I used pancake mix. Can't wait to try different flavors of pudding.
This was listed as a "low carb" dessert but it is very heavy in carbs!
Cookies taste great. Very tasty and super quick and easy. I use a little less oil since the batter was very slick and oily the first time I made the recipe.
This recipe was very easy and quick to make but I used sugar-free pudding and it had a very bitter taste. I think if I had used regular pudding it would have been much better.
These werent so great. I used sugar free white chocolate pudding. I changed these up because my batter didnt taste good at all. It was so thick & chunky so I added abbout 3 tbs buttermilk and 1 tbs water. I also added a little sugar free caramel ice cream topping and chocolate syrup (no exact measurement). The finished product was decent and okay for wanting a quick dessert. However I dont think I'd make these to impress someone.
