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What Is Instant pudding mix and How Can I Use It?

If instant pudding mix has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 127 recipes to try it in.

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Where found

Instant pudding mix is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

In Chinese:即时布丁组合
British (UK) term:
en français:pouding instantané
en español:mezcla de pudín instantáneo

Recipes using instant pudding mix

There are 127 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Cake Mix Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

Cake Mix Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

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Lemon poppy seed bundt cake uses a doctored lemon cake mix with instant pudding for a moist crumb, finished with a glossy lemon glaze. The bakery-style shortcut every home baker should know.

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

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Whole wheat chocolate chip pudding cookies: a box of instant pudding keeps them soft and chewy for days, while whole wheat flour adds a nutty depth. Loaded with chips and nuts.

Huge Hit Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

Huge Hit Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

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Invent your kind of cookies with this scrumptious recipe that won't disappoint you or your sweet tooth!

Favorite Chocolate Bundt Cake

Favorite Chocolate Bundt Cake

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This cake is very moist, rich and decadent, and yields at least 12 servings.

Easy & Yummy Banana Cream Pie

Easy & Yummy Banana Cream Pie

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Easy to make and tastes delicious. A great pie for a party.

Light & Fluffy Better Than Sex Cake

Light & Fluffy Better Than Sex Cake

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Not sure who names this cake, but all I can say this cake tastes absolutely delicious. It's moist, fluffy, and soft. The cream on top adds extra creaminess and richness, it's a decadent dessert that everyone will ask for second piece.

Pig Lickin' Cake

Pig Lickin' Cake

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A delicious and super moist cake made with mandarin oranges, pineapple and whipped topping.

Quick & Easy Frog's Eye Salad

Quick & Easy Frog's Eye Salad

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A delicious kind of salad made with mandarin oranges, pineapple chunks, flaked coconut and whipped topping.

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Bacardi Rum Cake From Loren Martin

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This classic Bacardi Rum Cake bakes a yellow cake mix with vanilla pudding, dark rum, and pecans in a Bundt pan, then soaks it in a buttery rum-sugar glaze. Moist, boozy, and irresistible at any gathering.

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Black Beauty Pie

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No-bake chocolate pudding pie layered with stewed California figs, a hint of coffee and cinnamon, toasted almonds, and vanilla whipped cream. A showstopper dessert that comes together without turning on the oven.

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Triple Chocolate Mess

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A scrumptious and delicious cake that will satisfy anyone's sweet tooth or chocolate craving.

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Sybil's Quick Peanut Pie

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This recipe is certain to satisfy your sweet tooth.

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Friendship Cake Mix Style Two

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Friendship cake made with brandied fruit starter, butter pecan cake mix, and instant pudding for a dense, moist Bundt cake loaded with pecans and boozy fruit.

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Green Glow Cake

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Pistachio pudding cake made with white cake mix and soda water, baked in the microwave and topped with a fluffy pistachio whipped icing. A retro green dessert in 30 minutes.

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Green Glow Cake

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Pistachio pudding cake made with white cake mix and soda water, baked in the microwave and topped with a fluffy pistachio whipped icing. A retro green dessert in 30 minutes.

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Mocha Bundt Cake

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Mocha bundt cake: a doctored cake mix bundt with chocolate pudding, vodka, and Kahlua coffee liqueur, finished with a Kahlua-spiked powdered sugar glaze. Boozy and easy.

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Cheese Pudding Pie

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Cheese pudding pie with a buttery nut crust, cream cheese filling, chocolate pudding layer, and whipped topping. A no-bake layered dessert with pecans that chills until set.

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Double Chocolate Pudding Pie

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Double chocolate pudding pie layers devil's food and white chocolate fat-free puddings folded with whipped topping in a graham cracker crust. A no-bake 5-ingredient lightened-up dessert.

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Hawaiian Cake #2

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Hawaiian cake layered with cream cheese vanilla pudding, crushed pineapple, whipped topping, coconut, walnuts, and maraschino cherries over a yellow cake base. A retro potluck showstopper.

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Strawberry Tart

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Strawberry tart with a no-bake vanilla pudding filling in a graham cracker crust, topped with fresh berries and a hint of orange zest. A simple diabetic-friendly dessert in 30 minutes.

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Pineapple Cheese Pie

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No-bake pineapple cheese pie with a cookie crumb crust, cream cheese pudding filling brightened with orange juice and zest, and a glossy pineapple-juice glaze. A tropical fridge dessert.

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Lotsa Chocolate Cake

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Lotsa chocolate cake is the classic doctored-cake-mix bundt with devils food mix, instant fudge pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips. Dense, moist, foolproof.

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Poppy Seed Snack Bread

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Poppy seed snack bread is a shortcut quick bread built on white cake mix and coconut instant pudding, studded with poppy seeds. Two loaves in one bowl, mixed in under 5 minutes.

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Loren's Rum Cake

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Pecan rum bundt cake made with cake mix and pudding mix, soaked in a buttery rum sugar glaze. Dark rum in the batter and the glaze for double the boozy flavor.

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Peanut Butter Pie #2

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Five-minute chocolate peanut butter pie made with instant pudding mix, peanut butter, and milk in a graham cracker shell. Five ingredients, no cooking, ready before dinner ends.

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