Description
Beach pudding cups bring tropical paradise right to your dessert plate, offering a delightful escape with each creamy spoonful. Layers of sandy-hued pudding, graham cracker crumbs, and blue gelatin waves create a playful seaside treat you’ll want to savor slowly.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 (3.4 oz/96 g) box instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup whipped topping (like Cool Whip), thawed
- 6–8 gummy fish or sharks
- 8 vanilla wafers or golden Oreos, crushed (for sand)
- 6–8 mini drink umbrellas or paper straws (for decoration)
- 6 small clear plastic cups
- Blue food coloring (optional, for ocean effect)
Instructions
- Pudding Preparation: Vigorously whisk pudding mix with cold milk for precisely two minutes, allowing the mixture to set and thicken for an additional five minutes.
- Texture Enhancement: Gently fold whipped topping into the pudding until completely integrated, creating a smooth and creamy consistency.
- Ocean Transformation: Introduce a few drops of blue food coloring, stirring thoroughly to achieve a uniform aquatic-like hue reminiscent of tropical waters.
- Layering Technique: Carefully distribute the azure pudding into transparent serving vessels, ensuring an even and aesthetically pleasing presentation.
- Sandy Topping: Sprinkle crushed cookies across the pudding surface, mimicking a beach-like texture and adding delightful crunch.
- Themed Embellishment: Garnish with playful gummy fish, miniature beach umbrellas, or other whimsical oceanic confections to enhance visual appeal.
- Chilling Protocol: Refrigerate the completed dessert cups for half an hour to solidify the texture and intensify flavor profiles, maintaining optimal serving temperature until consumption.
Notes
- Whisk pudding mix and milk exactly 2 minutes to ensure smooth, lump-free consistency without over-mixing.
- Add blue food coloring gradually, stirring thoroughly to achieve realistic ocean water shade without making it too dark or artificial.
- Refrigerate for minimum 30 minutes to allow pudding to set completely and enhance flavor melding between ingredients.
- Crush cookies finely and evenly to create realistic “sand” layer that complements pudding’s creamy texture without becoming soggy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: None
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg