I decided to do food now. Some of these are just too awesome to resist!
Ingredients: 3/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup cornstarch, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 cup of 2% milk, 2 cups of whole milk, 1 egg plus 3 egg whites, 2 tbsp unsalted butter, 1 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract (have it clear if you can) or 1 vanilla bean, gel food coloring in rainbow colors.
Supplies: Saucepan, whisk, 1 small mixing bowl for each color you use, clear bowls small clear juice glasses or tall shot glasses, a disposable pastry bag for each color.
Step 1: Add the sugar, cornstarch, and salt to a medium saucepan (preferably stainless steel). Whisk the ingredients then add 1/2 a cup of whole milk. Stir until it's thick.
Step 2: Whisk the remaining milk (2% and whole), cooking over low heat. Constantly stir with a wood spoon for 15 minutes. Do NOT let the mixture boil.
Step 3: In a medium bowl, whisk 2 eggs until gently beaten. Slowly add about 1 cup of the hot milk mixture to the eggs, whisking as you do so. Then pour the egg and milk mixture into the remaining milk mixture.
Step 4: Cook over low heat again for 5 minutes. Don't let it boil. Remove from heat, then stir in butter and vanilla.
Step 5: Add the pudding to a medium bowl and cover it with plastic wrap, pressing it against the pudding until it's airtight. Refrigerate for about an hour.
Step 6: Divide the pudding evenly among the medium mixing bowls. Add a different color food coloring to each bowl. Stir and add more food coloring until it reaches the desired color.
Step 7: Divide the colored pudding into the pastry bags, or just spoon the pudding into bowls. Snip off the end of each pastry bag so there's a half-inch diameter hole. Pipe the pudding into each bowl so it shows rainbow colors like the picture above.
These are pretty looking and probably taste delicious. Tip: you can skip steps 1-4 if you already have vanilla pudding. Well, I hope you have fun making (and eating) these!
Source: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/03/kids_kitchen_rainbow_pudding.html
