TBT: Snack Pack Chocolate Pudding

There are some food products I will always enjoy no matter how many fancier/homemade versions I encounter.  Case in point, Snack Pack pudding, one of the many forbidden fruits of my childhood thanks to a mom who did not allow me to take desserts regularly in my lunch box and made her own pudding (how dare her!?!) .

This child (left) needs a pudding cup. The other (right) is content to dance.

My two favorite flavors were chocolate and tapioca. One time I recall I even had the opportunity to mix them together at a sleepover at the home of a friend whose parents were far more permissive with processed snacks. 

Now, since I'm a grownup (albeit not necessarily always mature) I can have Snack Pack pudding whenever I want. And while these days I'm inclined to make my own large pearl tapioca with fancy vanilla or whip out some high-grade gourmet dark chocolate for pudding, there are times when the sweet nostalgia that comes with Snack Pack is just what I crave.