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What Is Pudding and How Can I Use It?

Wondering what to do with pudding? This guide covers how to pick it, cook it, store it, and swap it, plus 23 recipes to put it to work.

In Chinese:
布丁
British (UK) term:
Pudding
en français:
pudding
en español:
pudín

Recipes using pudding

There are 23 recipes that contain this ingredient.

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Heavenly Cream Cake

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Heavenly cream cake built from a store-bought angel food cake split into three layers, filled with vanilla pudding, and draped in a quick homemade chocolate sauce that pools on the plate.

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Nainamo Bars

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Mint Nanaimo bars layer a chocolate-graham crumb base, a peppermint vanilla pudding cream center, and a glossy chocolate top. The Canadian no-bake classic with a cool mint twist.

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Microwave Peanut Butter & Kisses Layer Pie

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Microwave Peanut Butter and Kisses Layer Pie recipe

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Low Calorie Chocolate Layer Pie

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Low calorie chocolate layer pie with a press-in flour crust, sweetened cream cheese middle, sugar-free chocolate pudding, and light whipped topping. Three layers, lighter guilt.

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Bananan Cream Cake

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Banana cream cake with a three-layer sponge cake filled with vanilla pudding and sliced bananas, frosted with sweetened whipped cream, and topped with toasted coconut.

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Chocolate Cheesecake 2

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Double-chocolate cheesecake with cooked chocolate pudding folded into the cream cheese filling, baked in a graham cracker crust, and topped with tangy sour cream. Creamy, dense, and deeply chocolatey from edge to center.

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Nanaimo Bars - Revisionist

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Nanaimo bars with a peppermint twist: cocoa graham cracker base, vanilla pudding buttercream middle, and a dark chocolate top layer. No-bake Canadian classic.

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Olga's Pumpkin Pie

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Low-calorie pumpkin pie with a crunchy cornflake crust and a creamy butterscotch pudding filling. No-bake filling made with dietetic pudding, pumpkin, and nonfat milk.

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Marbled Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Walnut Filling

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Marbled Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Walnut Filling recipe

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Kaesetorte (Cheesetorte)

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Käsetorte is the German cheesecake with a buttery shortcrust pressed into a springform and topped with cream cheese filling thickened by vanilla pudding mix. Lighter and softer than New York-style, with old-world Bavarian charm.

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Chocolate Pudding Pies

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No-bake chocolate pudding pies in single-serve graham cracker crusts with cinnamon, whipped topping, and chocolate curls. Ready in 10 minutes flat.

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Easy Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter Cake

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Easy peanut butter cake from a doctored cake mix, made extra moist with vanilla pudding and studded with peanuts, then frosted with chocolate-peanut butter frosting. The Reese's-lover's layer cake, no fuss required.

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Nainamo Bars - Revisionist

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Nanaimo bars revisionist with a peppermint twist on the Canadian classic. A chocolate-graham cracker base, vanilla pudding buttercream middle, and melted chocolate top layer. No-bake and ready in an hour.

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Springtime Pudding Cake

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A four-layer sponge cake with three different pudding fillings: cherry-almond, crushed pineapple, and chocolate-pecan, all wrapped in fresh whipped cream. A showstopping no-bake dessert that chills overnight.

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Springtime Pudding Cake

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A four-layer sponge cake with three different pudding fillings: cherry-almond, crushed pineapple, and chocolate-pecan, all wrapped in fresh whipped cream. A showstopping no-bake dessert that chills overnight.

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Banana Berry Pie

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An easy no-bake pie that's packed with strawberries in a luscious banana custard-like filling.

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Boston Creme Cake

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For those who love the donut, this decadent cake will have you hooked after every bite!

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Ghosts in the Graveyard

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Halloween Ghosts in the Graveyard dessert with chocolate pudding, crushed Oreo dirt, and whipped topping ghosts. No-bake party favorite kids love decorating themselves.

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Moist Coffee Orange Fudge Cake

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Moist coffee orange fudge bundt cake doctored from a German chocolate cake mix with Kahlua, orange zest, sour cream, instant pudding, and chocolate chips. Bakery-quality from a box.

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Moist Boston Cream Pie

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Easy Boston cream pie made the no-bake way: a split yellow cake layer sandwiched with silky vanilla pudding, then crowned with a glossy chocolate-cream topping spiked with almond extract.

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Wowie Cake

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Ultra-moist tube cake made with cake mix, sour cream, and pudding, layered with chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts. The kind of easy, show-stopping dessert that earns its name.

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Cantalope Cream Pie

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Creamy vanilla pudding pie loaded with fresh cantaloupe chunks on a buttery vanilla wafer crust, folded with whipped cream and chilled until set. A cool, fruity summer pie that tastes like sunshine.

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Lady Bird Johnson's Famous Lemon Cake

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Lady Bird Johnson's famous lemon cake with 8 egg yolks, fresh lemon, and a tangy lemon icing. The First Lady's favorite recipe straight from the Texas White House.

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