Jello Pudding Cream Puffs

1 pkg Jello vanilla or chocolate pudding - prepared as directed on the box
1 cup milk
1 stick butter
Pinch salt
1 cup flour
4 eggs
2 tbsp heavy cream
1 cup chocolate chips, or chocolate melting disks (that you get at the craft store)

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Heat the milk, butter and salt over medium heat until hot, but do not let it come to a boil. Once the butter melts, add the flour and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the mixture starts to form a dough. Cook for an additional 2 minutes.
Transfer the dough to a mixing bowl, or stand mixer with paddle attachment. Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time until they are well incorporated and the dough is thick.
To form the puffs, you can use either two spoons, a small ice cream scooper or a pastry bag. What you want is small mounds of the dough about 1-2 inches wide and 1 inch high. There should be about 18 puffs.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Poke a hole in the sides of the puffs to allow the steam to escape. Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes.
Once cool, cut the puffs in half horizontally and put a heaping teaspoon of the pudding inside. Put the tops back on.
Melt the chocolate with the heavy cream over a double boiler or in the microwave. Stir until smooth and completely melted. Drizzle the chocolate over the tops of the cream puffs.

*This recipe seems very involved and complicated, but it's really not. There are really just three elements to it: the pudding, the puffs, and the chocolate sauce. The hardest thing to make is the puffs, and they are not hard at all. This is a wonderful treat to make your sweetie for Valentine's Day (or any day for that matter!). And, the best part about the puffs is that you can put anything you want inside them - pudding, whipped cream, ice cream, even savory ingredients like cheese (skip the chocolate sauce in that case). It may take you one or two tries to perfect this recipe, but it is soooo worth it once you do!

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:4-5