Our Favorite Pudding Recipes

Pudding can be retro and comforting while also feeling sophisticated and fancy at the end of a dinner party. With everything from dark chocolate to rice pudding, caramel and banana you’re sure to find at least one pudding recipe that captures your eye. These aren’t the snack cups your mom used to pack for you, they’re the perfect sweet treat to make.

Dark Chocolate Pudding with Candied Ginger

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Candied ginger is the shining star in Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s dark-chocolate pudding. The chef liked using ginger everywhere from marinades to desserts and the spicy-sweet kick pairs perfectly with chocolate here.

Double-Chocolate Pudding

Julia Hartbeck

This recipe from the late, great cookbook author Richard Sax has everything one could ask for in a chocolate pudding — an intense flavor and a silky texture that’s still firm enough to stand a spoon in. For the best possible pudding, use top-quality cocoa powder and chocolate.

Chia-Seed Pudding

As chia seeds soak in almond milk, they create a tapioca-like pudding We love topping it with sliced fruit and toasted nuts.

Goat Cheese Puddings

For this pudding, molecular gastronomist and pastry chef Dana Cree blends tangy goat cheese and lemon juice with a rich vanilla bean base to create a dessert that’s packed with complex flavors.

Creamy Caramel Pudding

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This delicious pudding gets its rich flavor from a simple homemade caramel. Top it with a crunchy nut brittle for an extra treat.

Rich Baked Chocolate Puddings

Baking in a water bath gives this deep, dark chocolate pudding a smooth and creamy texture. Traditional ramekins are an easy choice, but it’s also fun to bake and serve in small glass jars.

Hasty Pudding

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With its delightful contrasts of warm spicy pudding and cold vanilla ice cream, this version of an American classic is the ultimate comfort dessert. Homey as it is, though, it looks elegant when served in stemmed bowls. While Indian pudding is frequently stodgy, our version is soft and light and altogether tempting.

Banana Pudding with Vanilla Wafer Crumble

David Guas, a New Orleans native, remembers this comforting dessert from his childhood. It’s a spectacularly creamy banana pudding topped with a crumble made from vanilla wafer cookies.

Chocolate Puddings with Miso Caramel

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Miso-enriched caramel intensifies the deep, chocolaty flavor of these silky puddings from pastry chef Clarice Lam. Be sure to bring the leftover caramel to the table; its savory, bitter, and sweet flavor will have guests reaching for more.

Sholeh Zard (Saffron Rice Pudding)

This sweet Persian rice pudding called sholeh zard is made with three distinct ingredients: saffron, cardamom, and rosewater. It’s delicate in flavor but so deeply aromatic that it’s hard to stop eating it.

Almond Rice Pudding with Sweet Cherry Sauce and Caramel Cream

Ditte Isager

This creamy and fluffy rice pudding is good enough on its own, but it’s even better with two great sauces: a fruity and tangy sweet cherry sauce, as well as a creamy caramel sauce.

Mayan Chocolate Pudding

This simple chocolate pot de crème is spiced with cinnamon and allspice. A touch of ground habanero chiles that were dried over an open fire gives it a slightly smoky flavor.

Popcorn Pudding

Jonathon Sawyer and his family love chocolate-covered pretzels. That gave Sawyer the idea to create this luscious dessert that brilliantly combines the flavor of salted popcorn with a sweet, creamy pudding.

Milk-Chocolate Pots de Crème

Pot de crème (“pot of cream”) is a traditional French custard typically served in a pot-shaped cup. This milk-chocolate version from pastry chef Frank Urso is supersilky and dense.

Coconut Rice Pudding

Creamy coconut milk pairs with arborio rice for a chewy rice pudding with sweet, tropical notes from Stephanie Prida. Toasted coconut is a must for the garnish, but if you love chocolate you can add some freshly shaved flakes too.

Sticky Toffee Pudding

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While technically this dessert is sponge cake combined with warm toffee sauce, the combination of the two create a pudding-like consistency that’s rich and buttery. A classic for a reason, serve this British fave with whipped cream.

Tapioca Pudding

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Small, pearl tapioca combined with whole milk and contrast whisking, creates the perfect creamy texture in this pudding. This is a great dessert to make ahead, as it needs a few hours to firm up in the fridge. Serve with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

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