A layered chocolate pudding dessert cup with cookie crumbs, fresh bananas, creamy pudding, and rich chocolate topping. Perfect for a laid-back treat or sweet pick-me-up. Shall we?
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This no bake dessert pudding cup is great when you want to whip up something sweet and tasty fast. It's perfect for sharing, bringing to a gathering, or serving to guests.
The dessert consists of three layers in between which is fruit. The bottom consists of cookie crumbs, on top of which is pudding. Everything is topped with melted chocolate.
It's an elegant sweet without much effort, and everyone gets their own beautifully layered treat. Chocolate dessert cups are truly a bespoke dessert.
Why You'll Love No Bake Pudding Dessert Cups
- Indulgence.... in layers! Texture in every bite - crumbly, creamy, fruity, and chocolaty - all at once!
- Versatile to the max! Swap banana for apples, berries, kiwi, or pineapple depending on what’s in season, and what you're craving! Alternatively, swap pudding flavors.
- Small and large servings! Makes individual cups (or big bowls) that are incredibly satisfying.
Ingredients
Here are ingredients needed to make the dessert pudding cups.
- Bananas. Semi-ripe bananas are perfect. Substitute with kiwi, apples, pineapple, etc.
- Sugar. Granulated white sugar. Exchange with brown sugar.
- Cook and serve pudding mix. Chocolate flavor pudding mix that's cooked. Substitute with another flavor. Avoid instant pudding mix.
- Milk.
- Chocolate. Baking chocolate, dark chocolate, or chocolate chips.
- Heavy cream. Heavy whipping cream works also.
- Cookie crumbs. Most will do great, like petit beurre, Plazma, graham crackers, vanilla wafers, etc.
- Vanilla. Sugar or extract..
Instructions
Here are simple instructions for dessert cups.
Step 1. Make the pudding.
Step 2. Make the chocolate layer.
Step 3. Make the cookie crumb base.
Step 4. Assemble: cookie crumb, bananas, pudding, bananas, chocolate, bananas.
Variations
Pudding cups are versatile. Here are a few ideas:
- Fruit swaps. Use berries, kiwi, apples, pears or pineapple instead of banana for a different flavor profile. You can even use candy like gummy bears or M&Ms.
- Alcohol twist. Instead of vanilla use a splash of rum in the crumb base.
- Pudding flavor. Chocolate is only a suggestion. Strawberry and vanilla would be our second choices, but you can really play around here.
Handling
Handling instructions for the dessert cups with pudding and chocolate are super simple.
- Serving. Enjoy warm right away, or chill in the fridge.
- Handling. Keep in the fridge and eat within 24 hours.
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Chocolate Pudding Dessert Cup
Equipment
- 4 10-ounce glasses (300 ml) suggestion only
Ingredients
- 3 bananas peeled, cut into rounds
Pudding Layer
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 ounces cook and serve pudding mix avoid instant mix pudding
- 2.5-3 cups milk
Chocolate Layer
- 7 ounces baking chocolate or dark chocolate or chocolate chips, crumbled
- 1.8 ounces milk
- 7 ounces heavy whipping cream substitute with heavy cream
Cookie Crumb Layer
- 7 ounces cookie crumbs (ground cookies) graham crackers, petit beurre, etc.
- 1.5-2 cups milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract substitute with vanilla sugar or rum
Instructions
Make the pudding layer
- In a small mixing bowl combine sugar, pudding and 5-6 tablespoons of milk. Mix well until pudding becomes liquid. In a medium pan bring the remaining milk to a boil on high, then immediately reduce temperature to low. Pour pudding mixture into milk while stirring. Cook pudding on low for several minutes until it's smooth and thick. Stir continuously. (It'll still be on the thinner side.) Set aside.
Make the chocolate layer
- In a small pan add milk and then chocolate. Melt on medium while stirring. Lower temperature and add heavy whipping cream. Continue stirring until everything is integrated and smooth. Set aside.
Make the cookie crumb layer
- In a mixing bowl mix cookie crumbs with milk and vanilla extract until the mixture has a smooth and wet (but not watery) consistency.
Assemble
- Take out 6 larger cups and start layering in this order: 1. cookie crumb layer, 2. banana rounds, 3. pudding layer, 4. banana rounds, and 5. chocolate layer.
- Serve warm, or cool in the fridge if eating later. Store in the fridge for up to 24 hours. Do not reheat.
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Notes
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- Pudding Dessert Cup Variations
- Fruit swaps. Use berries, kiwi, apples, pears or pineapple instead of banana for a different flavor profile. You can even use candy like gummy bears or M&Ms.
- Alcohol twist. Instead of vanilla use a splash of rum in the crumb base.
- Pudding flavor. Chocolate is only a suggestion. Strawberry and vanilla would be our second choices, but you can really play around here.
Sarah amena says
Ok- I am going to try to do this recipe but I’m going to layer it in a pan - I don’t have any nice / cups and this is for my husband and he will most likely treat the pan as a large cup and eat from it!
Aida says
Sarah,
that's hilarious. We like the way your husband thinks and we'll steal his idea next time.
Cheers!
Sarah Amena says
Hey Aida-
I made this dessert and it was a hit with the super picky Bosnians (my husband’s family) I used the slag and pudding in packets which I think are Croatian- so it makes it Balkan!
https://www.shugarysweets.com/chocolate-eclair-cake/
Aida says
Sarah,
Great! This one is a hit or a miss depending on how sweet people like it, as it's a super sweet dessert.
Fantastic that the husband's fam enjoyed it. And I hope you did too!