Sweet Tapioca Pearls
People usually have strong feelings about tapioca — and if you grew up on the gooey tapioca pudding cups served in school cafeterias, those feelings may be strongly negative. Get ready to redress your [more…]
Creamy Rice Pudding
Rice pudding is the queen of comfort desserts. Enjoyed around the world in infinite versions, rice pudding is always creamy and soothing, and it has just enough chewiness to satisfy. [more…]
Chocolate Custard
Creamier than traditional chocolate pudding, this chocolate custard is smooth on the tongue and rich in taste! Making chocolate custard in your slow cooker makes for a rich pudding experience. [more…]
Traditional Bread Pudding
Creamy, custardy bread pudding, a favorite dessert, developed generations ago as frugal cooks found ways to use up stale bread. This recipe for bread pudding features dried fruit and a touch of rum. [more…]
Dark-Chocolate Mousse
This dark-chocolate mousse is light, soft, and creamy with a lot of dark chocolate flavor. You can jazz up this mousse by accompanying it with fresh raspberries or strawberries, if you want. [more…]
Crystallized-Ginger Crème Brûlée
This recipe takes the classic crème brûlée and bumps up the flavor with an Asian twist, crystallized ginger. Crème brûlée is a custard that’s baked in the oven, chilled until firm, and finally covered [more…]
Baked Chocolate-Hazelnut Pudding (Gianduia)
In this baked pudding, chocolate and hazelnut combine to create what Italians call gianduia. The full flavor of toasted hazelnuts and chocolate make this baked gianduia pudding to die for — especially [more…]
Rustic Apple Bread Pudding
The cubes of bread give this pudding a pleasing, lumpy-bumpy texture. The fragrance and flavor of cinnamon and apples make this apple bread pudding a comfort food that you can enjoy any time of day. [more…]
Zabaglione
Zabaglione, a foamy, wine-sweetened pudding from Italy, is wonderful with any kind of fresh fruit or with cake. The trick with making zabaglione is to keep whisking the mixture while it cooks — if you [more…]
How to Make Christmas Pudding with Rum Cream
A classic steamed Christmas pudding contains suet, which is animal fat. This recipe for Christmas pudding with rum cream excludes the suet and is much lighter as a result. Dried fruit and rum provide the [more…]
How to Make Pear-Almond Trifle
This pear-almond trifle makes a show-stopping dessert for your Christmas gatherings. Don’t be intimidated by the number of ingredients or the assembly instructions. This pear trifle is easy to make and [more…]
Dairy-Free Tapioca Pudding
This recipe for homemade dairy-free tapioca pudding is sure to be hit at your house, so make a big batch. Before cooking, soak the tapioca so it has time to absorb some of the nondairy milk. Soaking helps [more…]
Creamy Dairy-Free Chocolate Pudding
Enjoy this classic comfort food — dairy-free! This recipe uses unsweetened cocoa powder to give this chocolate pudding a mild chocolate flavor and smooth finish, so you may want to double the recipe. [more…]
Creamy Nondairy Rice Pudding with Cardamom and Raisins
This dairy-free pudding recipe is simple to prepare and doesn’t require much time at the stove. The pudding thickens in the pan as the rice absorbs the liquid. The result is a rich, creamy pudding with [more…]









