If you want to cool down and enjoy a creamy frozen pudding, these are easy steps on how to make that frozen delicious confection.
Pudding pops are not only easy to make they also can be transformed into many flavors and we are going to give you all those tips below to make your favorite flavor with our mix-in suggestions.
These frozen pudding pops are much more economical to make than any frozen brand names and you don't need to buy anything expensive to get great results.
We have tried pistachio, chocolate and vanilla, plain pudding pops, or dressed to the nines.
Scroll down to this printable recipe card and make some that will wow your family, on plain to gourmet style pudding pops made right in your own kitchen.
Pudding Pops Two Ingredients and Garnish Ideas
- first, these are made with just milk and instant pudding any flavors
- chopped strawberries, peaches, blueberries, red raspberries, and bing cherries can all be added to the pudding
- add extracts to change vanilla to orange, lemon anisette, butterscotch, almond, or another extract to make your favorite flavored pudding pop
- add chopped nuts
- add chopped dried fruits
- add chopped candy bars
- layer with two different flavored puddings for a marble-swirled
- roll in sprinkles or add sprinkles to the pudding
- add your favorite cookie crumbs
- add crushed graham crackers
- crush up mint candy canes
- use the frozen pudding inside a layer cake for an ice cream cake
- in a hurry use snack pack premade pudding or premade store-bought in the dairy case in the supermarket
Suggestions For Pudding Pop Flavors (using instant pudding flavors):
- vanilla and diced strawberries
- vanilla and diced peaches
- vanilla and diced pineapple
- vanilla and toasted pecans
- vanilla and coconut
- vanilla and colorful funfetti
- vanilla and coconut, chopped almonds and mini chocolate chips
- vanilla with maple extract and walnuts
- chocolate chopped maraschino cherries or bing cherries
- chocolate with mini chocolate chips
- chocolate with toasted walnuts, chopped toffee bars
- chocolate and crushed chocolate mint candy chopped
- chocolate and mini marshmallows and mini chocolate chips
- pistachio with mini chocolate chips and additional chopped pistachios
- any instant pudding with dried chopped fruits, or freshly chopped fruits
- extracts to try to change the flavors: almond, banana, rum, anisette, maple, lemon, orange
- make a boozy pudding pop for adults only by adding flavored liqueur in place of some of the milk
Tips
- for a richer pudding pop add some heavy cream
- change the flavor of vanilla or another flavor to whatever ice cream flavor you prefer
- use small disposable paper cups if you don't have a popsicle mold
- do not put the stick all the way to the bottom
- make sure these are frozen before trying to remove them from the molds
- It's great for cake fillings for ice cream cakes
- try swirling some ice cream toppings in the molds and layer them
- chop the fruits very small for best results and blot dry if using
- use sugar-free puddings for dietary needs
Ingredients You Will Need To Make Homemade Pudding Pops
Scroll down to the recipe card for exact measurements
- instant pudding any flavor (snack pack puddings and dairy case pudding will also work)
- milk
- see mix-in suggestions and extracts to make your favorite flavors
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Making Homemade Pudding Pops Easily
These are all some suggestions of what we've experimented with over the years.
If you have a favorite flavor just change the vanilla, chocolate with extracts and mix-ins and create your own pudding pop flavor.
Summertime never tasted so good and refreshing until you've tried making pudding frozen in a pop!
Pudding Pops
Yield: 8
A delicious frozen treat made with instant pudding into a creamy ice cream-style pudding pop treat!
Ingredients
- 2 small boxes of instant pudding of any brand or flavor
- 3 1/2 cups of whole milk, half and half, or for a richer pop add 1/2 cup of heavy cream to substitute the milk
- refer to the notes for mix-ins and flavor suggestions
Instructions
- Place the two boxes of dry instant pudding mix in a bowl with the milk.
- Beat this until it thickens.
- Spoon into disposable small cups or use any popsicle mold ( I find the 4-ounce cups to be much easier to remove after being frozen.
- Place a stick inside each cup and freeze until solid around 3 hours.
- Tip: if they are hard to remove from the cups, sit them in an inch of hot water for easy quick removal.
Notes
Pudding Pops Two Ingredients and Garnish Ideas
- first, these are made with just milk and instant pudding any flavors
- chopped strawberries, peaches, blueberries, red raspberries, and bing cherries can all be added to the pudding
- add extracts to change vanilla to orange, lemon anisette, butterscotch, almond, or another extract to make your favorite flavored pudding pop
- add chopped nuts
- add chopped dried fruits
- add chopped candy bars
- layer with two different flavored puddings for a marble-swirled
- roll in sprinkles or add sprinkles to the pudding
- add your favorite cookie crumbs
- add crushed graham crackers
- crush up mint candy canes
- use the frozen pudding inside a layer cake for an ice cream cake
- in a hurry use snack pack premade pudding or premade store-bought in the dairy case in the supermarket
Suggestions For Pudding Pop Flavors (using instant pudding flavors):
- vanilla and diced strawberries
- vanilla and diced peaches
- vanilla and diced pineapple
- vanilla and toasted pecans
- vanilla and coconut
- vanilla and colorful funfetti
- vanilla and coconut, chopped almonds and mini chocolate chips
- vanilla with maple extract and walnuts
- chocolate chopped maraschino cherries or bing cherries
- chocolate with mini chocolate chips
- chocolate with toasted walnuts, chopped toffee bars
- chocolate and crushed chocolate mint candy chopped
- chocolate and mini marshmallows and mini chocolate chips
- pistachio with mini chocolate chips and additional chopped pistachios
- any instant pudding with dried chopped fruits, or freshly chopped fruits
- extracts to try to change the flavors: almond, banana, rum, anisette, maple, lemon, orange
- make a boozy pudding pop for adults only by adding flavored liqueur in place of some of the milk
- dip in chocolate then sprinkles or nuts
- roll in sprinkles after frozen
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