15+ Best Pudding Desserts to Try

There is more than just one pudding dessert in this world. From soft steamed puddings in Britain to other layered recipes, you can have all types of texture with these pudding dishes.

And depending on the weather, people will want to enjoy different desserts. That’s why I have divided my list based on seasons so that you can have the best taste of those sweet treats.

Also, don’t worry if you don’t have any experience in making desserts. All the recipes here don’t require any special cooking skills or tools. Some of them are so straightforward that you can consider them foolproof.

With These Pudding Desserts, You Can’t Stop At Just One Bite

Brace yourself, for the desserts I’m about to show you is incredibly addicting. You might even begin to consider whether it’s possible to store puddings in freezers so that you can always enjoy them whenever you want. Yes, they’re that addicting.

Desserts For Cold Days

1. Steamed Treacle Pudding
2. Christmas Pudding
3. Jam Roly-Poly
4. Sticky Toffee Pudding
5. Bread Pudding
6. Tembleque (Puerto Rican Coconut Pudding)

Desserts For Hot Days

7. Mississippi Mud Pie
8. Chocolate Lasagna
9. Banana Pudding
10. Blancmange
11. Watergate Salad
12. Pudding Pops

Desserts Suitable For All Weather

13. Rice Pudding
14. German Semolina Pudding
15. Sex In A Pan
16. Pudding Cookies

Are you ready to learn more about them? Let’s go now!

6 Luscious Pudding Desserts To Enjoy On Cold Days

When the temperature starts dropping, just hearing these sweet treats is enough for your stomach to growl. What can be better than having desserts hot enough to warm you up without burning your tongue?

Some of these pudding recipes are so well-loved that they are used to celebrate winter holidays like Christmas. Can you guess what they are?

Steamed Treacle Pudding

The first look at this pudding may leave you wondering: Is this really a pudding? Well, yes, it does belong to the pudding category. A dessert created by the British, this mesmerizing sweet treat is a pudding prepared by steaming methods.

Aside from the moist, soft sponge cake, the highlight of this dessert lies in the thick, sticky treacle syrup made with sugar. However, sometimes when I’m a bit tired of treacle sweetness, I’ll switch to the butterscotch sauce instead. And it’s no less tasty.

Christmas Pudding

No British Christmas party is complete without this steamed pudding. Traditionally, this cake is made at least six weeks ahead. But today, you can make it right before serving. However, that comes with one risk of the cake falling apart when eating.

What sets this holiday version apart from other steamed puddings is it’s filled with fruits and brandy. This alcohol ingredient gives this dessert a more complex flavor. However, you should warn your guests beforehand.

You don’t have to wait for six days to complete this Christmas pudding! Watch this video:

Jam Roly-Poly

You may ask whether this dessert is similar to jam-filled Swiss rolls. The answer is no because Swiss rolls use sponge cake, while jam roly-poly is made with suet pudding, a British steamed pudding.

Don’t feel like steaming the cake? You can bake this classic and famous British dish instead. Don’t forget to pour warm vanilla custard on this pudding before eating for more flavors.

Sticky Toffee Pudding

This pudding has appeared in British cuisine since forever. No one has any clue how it came to exist. But one thing is clear; this dessert got the heart of millions of people for its richness and stickiness.

Despite its vague origin, this recipe is super simple as you just need to make a sponge cake with dates and a toffee sauce. When serving, coat your cake with this sticky sauce and top it with a scoop of ice cream or some nuts.

Bread Pudding

If you don’t know what to do with your days-old bread, let’s use them for this pudding recipe. And I promise you can’t find any desserts easier than this. Just pour a mixture of eggs, milk, and sugar on your diced bread and bake them in the oven.

So, why does this simple dish become so yummy? The answer is the dressing sauce going with it. My favorite is a bourbon-based one for more aroma and flavor. However, if you make this pudding for your children, skip it and use caramel or vanilla sauce instead.

Bread pudding is also a suitable dessert for busy households, as it’s a dessert anyone can make with instant pots. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that you can make this dessert in slow cookers as well. These two appliances can surely save quite a lot of your cooking time.

Soft and full of butter fragrance; this bread pudding is your dream-like dessert. Watch this video:

Tembleque (Puerto Rican Coconut Pudding)

If British people celebrate Christmas with their wine-infused steamed pudding, in Puerto Rican, people enjoy this tembleque on these holidays. Try out this gob-smacking dessert from Puerto Rico right today, and you’ll understand why it’s so beloved.

Made with cornstarch, this decadent food from Puerto Rico will jiggle if you give it a light shake, making eating it a fun experience. This is also why this dessert got its name (“tembleque” means “to tremble” in Spanish).

For the best flavor, opt for fresh coconut milk to make tembleque. But if you can’t find any in your area, canned ones are a decent substitute.

6 Chilling Pudding Treats Are Born For Hot Summer

Opposite to those pudding desserts above, these recipes I have in this part can cool your body no matter how hot outside. For the best result, I suggest you prepare them the night before and let them chill in the fridge overnight before serving.

Mississippi Mud Pie

Don’t churn your nose just yet! I know this dessert has an unappealing name but believe me, you’ll love it right at first bite! There’s a reason why it’s considered a staple sweet treat in American cuisine, so don’t let the cake’s name put you off from enjoying it.

Imagine a crumble crust with pecans, white chocolate cream cheese, and chocolate pudding. Standing alone, they’re enough for your mouth to water. But now, you can have them all in one pie. What can be more delightful than this?

And once you’re used to the basic recipe, feel free to alter it to your likings, like adding a marshmallow layer or favoring this pie with liquor.

Chocolate Lasagna

No, it isn’t your savory lasagna with pasta and meat sauce, though this dish is also a layered recipe. Instead of these ingredients, you’ll have cheesecake, chocolate pudding, whipped cream, cookie crust, all layered beautifully on top of each other.

You may think this recipe is fixed and leaves no room for improvement. However, that’s not true; you can still make some changes to this dish, such as turning it into a white chocolate version or using shaved chocolate to replace chocolate chips as the topping.

This chocolate lasagna will be the star for your next potluck party. Watch this video:

Banana Pudding

If you are a fan of layered desserts, then this dish is absolutely for you! Containing various layers of sliced bananas, pudding, cookies, and whipped cream, it has everything you need for a dessert: Richness, sweetness, creaminess, and crunchiness.

And do you know what’s better? It’s that you don’t need to bake it, which means no more heat or sweating. Just place all the layers in a glass and chill it in the fridge for hours before serving.

Blancmange

Don’t confuse blancmange with panna cotta, as these two are entirely different! Blancmange is actually what Commonwealth countries called American jelly-like pudding thickened with starch.

Blancmange literally means “white eating,” and no one knows why it got that name. Most people think it’s because of its appearance, mainly white with milk as the main ingredient. However, now, you can see various blancmanges with different colors.

Watergate Salad

It’s a salad, but it’s also a dessert. Is it strange? Not at all! It’s because this dish consists of pistachio pudding, a green pudding made of pistachio nuts, pineapple, and marshmallows, all of which are familiar ingredients for a dessert.

Aside from them, feel free to add other components for more textures. For example, if you want some crunchiness, pecans are a perfect choice. Or whipped cream will make your salad fluffier and airier.

It may look old, but this watergate salad can blow your mind instantly! Watch this video:

Pudding Pops

Using pudding mix makes these pops incredibly smooth and silky. No more dense, thick ice! With this recipe, your pudding pops will melt in your mouth the moment you bite into them.

Also, the reason I love this dessert is that I have all control over it. I can add other ingredients like fruits, nuts, crackers, or even sprinkles to the mixture, and these pops still come out delicious.

These Pudding Dishes Are Fantastic In All Weathers

Of course, not all desserts are only suitable at one specific time. These pudding treats below can satisfy you and your family no matter when it’s hot or cold, sunny or rainy.

Rice Pudding

There is hardly anyone who hasn’t heard about this dessert. Almost all American people grow up with rice pudding as their childhood sweet treat. And not only America, but other countries in several continents also have their distinct versions.

American rice pudding is not so different from the original ones from Britain: Both include simmering rice in milk with sugar until it thickens. The most significant gap is that while British chefs use short-grain rice, America prefers long ones more.

No matter how many years have passed, this rice pudding can still steal anybody’s heart. Watch this video:

German Semolina Pudding

Also known as semolina porridge, this scrumptious dish from Germany is also enjoyed in many other European countries as a sweet treat or a breakfast. Making this pudding is simple with only a few ingredients required: semolina and milk.

From there, you can elevate it according to the way you want, like adding dessert wine, lemon juice, or salt. Also, feel free to serve this dessert either hot or cold since it all tastes delicious.

Sex In A Pan

What a naughty name this dessert has! No one knows why this name was born, but let’s just say it’s because this dessert is too good to be true. Also, it has another name, Robert Redford dessert, so you can freely introduce this sweet treat in front of your kids.

And don’t be afraid of its layers. It’s ok if you mess up for a bit. In fact, doing so makes all the flavors from the crumb bottom, cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and others blend with each other perfectly.

Pudding Cookies

Why add pudding mix to cookies instead of making it the traditional way? Well, it does have its reasons. First, the pudding mix makes your cookies so much softer and chewier, especially if you use the instant one.

Also, by adding pudding mix, you can create as many flavors for your cookies as possible, from simple vanilla to strawberry or pistachio. Just buy the powder with your favorite taste and mix it with your cookie dough. That’s all!

Now, You Don’t Have To Worry About Pudding Desserts Anymore!

You now can even hold a party full of pudding dishes for your family and friends with these recipes above. Remember to read the instructions carefully because some of them taste better if you give them some time to rest.

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