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.
Pudding Pops
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
Nutrition
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!
More Sweet Treats
- Frozen Peppermint Cheesecake
- Frozen Tumbleweed Drinks (Adults Only)
- Ice Cream Pie
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie
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Wow, what a great invention! I have never heard of these but would love for my boys to give them a try. Sign me up!
My favorite recipe is old fashioned sugar free kool aid. It is the best. I would love to get this for my gbaby she has discovered popsicles and the dog has too!
What a great invention! My dd likes to “savor” her popsicle by licking it SLOWLY which equals a BIG MESS!
I kind of want this just to walk around NY City with it next month. How cool would I be? (My daughter can borrow it to, I guess)
Wow, the dripstick looks like it would work way better than a paper towel. That’s what we currently wrap around the bottom of all Popsicles to reduce stickiness. 🙂
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That is awesome, what a cool idea!
What a wonderful idea. My daughter isa popsicle junky so no sticky hands would be a great thing.
That dripstick is ingenious! How cool!
This is the coolest gadget madoohickey. I love gadgets! Thanks!
What a great idea! I think we all look at those and say: why didn’t I think of that? Also, found Jello pudding pops at my local Wal-Mart the other day. They are made by popsicle brand and come in the yellow box, but say Jello pudding pops on the box. They aren’t quite as good as I remember, but mmmm you can just taste the nostalgia!
Dripsticks….why wasn’t this around years ago?I take care of my 14 month old grandson and this would be so great for him.
Ah! What will they think of next?
I like it! It’s big, it’s bright, it’s functional; it’s right!
Ha! Do I win for the poem?
This is so neat! We could definetly use dripsticks around here! My 2 year old is always dripping popsicals and ice cream.
My mom used to freeze grape juice and put popcicle sticks in the trays. It was so good!
The Dripstick is a fantastic idea.
The Pudding Pop recipe sounds good.
I used to make homemade pops with lemonade or juice.
I have thought about making them with yogurt.