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Pink Pudding Dessert

Pink Pudding Dessert

-- Last updated on December 5th, 2021 --

My grandmother used to make us this most delicious dessert that she called Pink Pudding. It’s a really simple recipe consisting of just a few ingredients.

Written on a 3×5 index card, my grandmother’s Pink Pudding recipe has been with me for more than 30 years. I am not sure if my grandmother invented this recipe or not but I like to believe that she did.

If she didn’t, then I have no idea where she got the recipe from however, I can tell you that it was not online. She made this dessert for us when we were kids and that was a long time before the internet was invented.

This Pink Pudding Dessert was one of my favorites as a kid. It has a light and foamy texture and is sweet yet has a little bit of tartness from the pineapple as well. Topped with chopped walnuts, the Pink Pudding Dessert is a refreshingly delicious summer treat.

Pink Pudding Ingredients

  • 1 small box of Jell-O (cherry, mixed fruit, lime, any flavor)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 8 oz package of Philadelphia cream cheese
  • 1 large can of crushed pineapple
  • 1 can of refrigerated canned milk (Carnation)

*The following steps and pictures are for a double batch. For this double batch, we used a single large box of Jell-O and then just doubled everything else.

Pink Pudding Ingredients
Pink Pudding Ingredients

Lets get started…

In a saucepan mix the Jell-O and sugar.
In a saucepan mix the Jell-O and sugar.
Add the can of crushed pineapple including the juice.
Add the can of crushed pineapple including the juice.
Add the cream cheese.
Add the cream cheese.

*** My grandmother would not melt the cream cheese completely allowing small chunks to be in the pudding. I actually liked it this way however, if this is not desirable you can go ahead and allow the cream cheese to melt completely.

Heat and stir over low heat until cream cheese melts. Let it cool completely.
Heat and stir over low heat until cream cheese melts. Let it cool completely.
Pour the canned milk into a separate bowl. Make sure the canned milk is cold.
Pour the canned milk into a separate bowl. Make sure the canned milk is cold.
Whip up the cold canned milk in a bowl until it is frothy.
Whip up the cold canned milk in a bowl until it is frothy.
Fold the canned milk into other ingredients (mixture of Jell-O, sugar, pineapple and cream cheese from above).
Fold the canned milk into other ingredients (mixture of Jell-O, sugar, pineapple and cream cheese from above).
Pour into dessert cups or bowls or all into one large bowl. Refrigerate until set.
Pour into dessert cups or bowls or all into one large bowl. Refrigerate until set.
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Options

  • Add chopped walnuts or pecans on top.
  • Another option is to pour it into a graham cracker pie crust.
  • This is also good served with Vanilla Wafers.

Serve and enjoy.

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