Party Pudding Parfaits

Party pudding parfaits are layers of creamy homemade pudding with whipped topping and your choice of cookie crumbles. This from-scratch dessert is always a favorite and is fun to make with your kids!

Why we love this recipe so much!

These fun cups of deliciousness offer endless possibilities. Everyone loves them, young and old; they are a favorite treat to celebrate almost any holiday or special occasion! Pudding parfaits are perfect for the busy holiday season for so many reasons. They can be made ahead of time. You can also make it in disposable cups. So you can get a jump on your menu and look forward to not having anything to clean up in the end! Party Pudding Parfaits are also great for a crowd; the recipe can easily be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled to make dozens of individual desserts. They will need to be refrigerated until ready to serve, so make sure you have room in your refrigerator or rent out space in your neighbor’s fridges. You can pay with parfaits! Did I mention that they are also a great recipe to enlist the help of your kiddos? They can smash the cookies and help layer the parfaits. What is not to love about this dessert?

 

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Not only is this dessert fabulous, and easy, it’s an awesome recipe to enlist the help of your kiddos!  Layering the pudding and whipped topping, with favorite cookies and candies, is easy and a fun activity.

 

You could make this recipe with boxed pudding mix, but why? Honestly,  homemade pudding is so easy, you will ask yourself why you haven’t made it before! No preservatives or extra coloring. Just simple easy ingredients, you always have on hand! Flour, sugar, vanilla, butter, cocoa, and milk! Cooking with milk is an easy and delicious way to add calcium and other essential nutrients to your holiday dishes. Winner, Winner eat Pudding for Dinner!!

How to make pudding from scratch

1. Measure dry ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, and cocoa for the chocolate pudding) into a medium-sized saucepan and whisk together. 
2. Add milk, vanilla, and egg yolks to a large pourable bowl or measuring cup and whisk until smooth and frothy. 
3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Whisk together until there are no clumps and the sugar is starting to dissolve. 
4. Place the pan over medium-high heat and whisk continually until the mixture comes to a low boil and becomes thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. 
5. Remove the pudding from the heat and stir in the butter. Continue to stir until the butter is melted and completely incorporated. 
6. To avoid skin forming on the top of your pudding, cover it with plastic wrap, making sure the plastic wrap covers the surface of the pudding. 

 

If you know you me,  you know that more than anything I am passionate about getting families around the table together and making sure that kids are cared for, by having healthy food available to them. I would love for you to help me raise money, this holiday season, for the Great American Milk Drive.

I did not know an interesting fact until recently: Of the thousands of pounds of food available in food banks, only 5.3%  is dairy, and 95% of food banks say they don’t receive enough milk to meet their client’s needs. Without milk, families miss out on high-quality protein and milk 9 essential nutrients kids need to grow healthy bodies!

Disclaimer:  I am proud to be a part of  blogger network that works with the American Dairy Association Mideast.  Thank you for helping support Eat2gather by supporting your local dairy farmers!