Summer is the perfect time to indulge in cool, refreshing treats, and what could be better than homemade pudding pops? These creamy, delightful desserts are not only easy to make but also a hit with kids and adults alike. With just a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can create your own delicious pudding pops at home.

It is hot hot hot here! We are craving anything cold! My kids would be satisfied with a regular popsicle but mom is missing those old Jello Pudding pops.  What happened to those? I loved them! So after four recipe trials—-soy milk versus regular milk and with and without the addition of Cool-Whip these were our favorite!

Pudding Popsicle Ingredients

1 small box instant pudding
2 Cups milk
1 Cup Cool-whip thawed ****see update

How to Make Pudding Pops

Mix  together and fill popsicle molds. Freeze.  They are not as firm as a juice popsicle so it helps to release them by running the molds under hot water.  First I must say that these are good but don’t taste like like the real thing. The addition of Cool-Whip did make the popsicles smoother but they are just not as creamy and sweet as the originals.  I obviously didn’t add those extra chemicals (besides what is already in the jello and non-dairy frozen topping) and probably insane amount of corn syrup! The addition of Cool-Whip gave the popsicles a  good flavor but we were not able to easily remove the popsicles from the molds ***UPDATE I don’t think we had frozen the ones with Cool-Whip long enough. After about 24 hours in the freezer they were great and could be easily removed from the mold by running them under hot water.****

We drink soy milk around here but it just didn’t work for us in the popsicles.  The soy milk gave them a slightly funny taste and also made them have more ice crystals.

Next time I would save a whole lot of time and effort by putting a popsicle stick into a pre-made pudding cup and freezing.

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Pudding Pops

Prep Time 10 minutes
Freeing Time 1 day
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Ingredients  

  • 1 small box instant pudding
  • 2 Cups milk
  • 1 Cup Cool-whip thawed

Instructions 

  • Mix  together and fill popsicle molds. Freeze.  They are not as firm as a juice popsicle so it helps to release them by running the molds under hot water.  First I must say that these are good but don't taste like like the real thing. The addition of Cool-Whip did make the popsicles smoother but they are just not as creamy and sweet as the originals.  I obviously didn't add those extra chemicals (besides what is already in the jello and non-dairy frozen topping) and probably insane amount of corn syrup! After about 24 hours in the freezer remove from the mold by running them under hot water.

Notes

We drink soy milk around here but it just didn’t work for us in the popsicles.  The soy milk gave them a slightly funny taste and also made them have more ice crystals.

Nutrition

Serving: -2g
Servings: 0
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Cindy Hopper

If you have a favorite popsicle recipe, I would love to hear about it (and since I just made my chemical pops I would especially like knowing some healthier recipes).  You may leave recipes in your comments so everybody can see!

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  2. wow i could use this and well i love puddinng pops and well home made pops on a stick are allways fun to make

  3. For a healthier summer treat– we make tomato juice popsicles. (Sometimes sweet just doesn’t sound good).

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  4. Oh, the pudding pops brings me back to my college days of eating the Jello brand pudding pops in chocolate/vanilla swirl..Yum!

  5. My four kids would love these! They eat popsicles every chance they get and make a huge mess.

  6. These are really handy. The only handmade popsicles we make are by filling ice cube trays with juice and putting saran wrap over it to hold the popsicles sticks in place. My kids would rather have store bought popsicles over our homemade ones anyday.

  7. Ooh, what a great idea! This would be wonderful for my daughter! We used to just freeze juice or Kool-Aid in the tupperware popsicle cups that the lid had a stick on it already. Other than that we just bought them! 🙂

  9. ive been juicing really ripe fruit that i need something to do with A LOT this summer. it always makes it’s way into popsicle molds. we’ve had cherry, berry, strawberry, but now we’re bigtime into peaches. maybe peach pudding pops will be next!

  10. I miss those pudding pops too! My husband and I were just talking about them and the Bill Cosby commercials!

    This would really be great for summer, and thank for the recipe!

  12. That looks very useful. Currently I use muffin liners; they work pretty well, but don’t provide any insulation.

  14. I find pudding pops at the store every once in awhile. They are from the brand Popcicle now and when I see them I buy several boxes to stash in the freezer. The dripstick is brilliant!

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