Red Fruit Pudding is a recipe from Gourmet that I've used in mini desserts so it should work as a filler of choc cups. 1/2 recipe makes approx 10 demitasse cups of pudding so it would fill a lot of cups! What better combination than choc & raspberries - & the red is perfect for Valentines Day.

RED FRUIT PUDDING

yield: Makes 8 to 12 servings
active time: 25 min
total time: 4 hr (includes chilling)NOTE: I let mine setup overnight because I didn't see any noticeable thickening in 30 minutes

Ingredients
3 (12-ounces) packages unsweetened frozen raspberries, thawed
2 (1/4-ounces) packages unflavored gelatin
1 cup bottled pomegranate juice
2 cups bottled wild lingonberry sauce or lingonberries (from two 14-ounces jars)
1/2 cup sugar

Accompaniment: lightly sweetened whipped cream

Preparation
Purée raspberries with their juices in a food processor, then force though a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding solids.

Sprinkle gelatin over pomegranate juice in a medium saucepan and let stand 1 minute to soften. Cook over low heat, stirring, until gelatin has dissolved. Stir in lingonberry sauce and sugar. Cook, stirring, until sugar has dissolved and sauce has melted. Stir into berry purée.

Quick-chill in an ice bath, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to mound, about 30 minutes. Pour into dishes or glasses and chill until set, at least 3 hours.

Puddings can be chilled up to 3 days.

How chocolaty do you want it. This one from all recipes is so very good. It's a chocolate truffle pie. Instead of the cookie crust you can use your cups and top with whip cream and sprinkle with chopped candied almonds, or raspberries, or more chocolate, or caramel (I could go on all day with this). I usually use a good chocolate but this past weekend used chocolate chips and was still very happy with the outcome.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Rich-Chocolate-Truffle-Pie/Detail.aspx

Chocolate or white chocolate mousse garnished with fresh raspberries and shaved chocolate. Yum.

Tracey

I keep thinking of fruit. Chocolate and fruit are so good together. My favorite is orange. On the below listed blog, it's paired with chocolate orange mousse. That sounded good.

P.S. for those who don't have chocolate cups, there's an inventive way to make some.

Here is a link that might be useful: The wicked noodle blog

Cookie8, I am having company over for dinner tonight and decided at the last minute to make a dessert. Glad you posted the recipe. I'm not much of a dessert eater, and I think it'll be too sweet for my taste, but I have a feeling everyone else will be very happy. I am just serving it in small bowls and topped with something since I don't have the eight hours in which to let it chill. Thanks! It was super fast and easy.

Judi

And rob333, I also think it's going to be fun to make and serve in the chocolate bowls from The Wicked Noodle. Pretty creative.

Judi

Got it!! Those bowls will be great fun for Family Dinner Night.