Instant Pudding

By Alisa Fleming on October 2, 2006 Dairy-Free Snack Recipes

This is not so much a recipe, but a delicious hack for dairy-free instant pudding!

Instant Pudding

Author: Alisa Fleming

Serves: 2-3

Ingredients

1 4oz box of instant pudding mix (dairy free flavor of choice)
1 cup vanilla or plain dairy-free milk beverage

Instructions

Follow the directions on the box, using just one cup of dairy-free milk in place of all of the milk. Refrigerate for at least one hour.

About Author

Alisa Fleming

Alisa is the founder of GoDairyFree.org, Food Editor for Allergic Living magazine, and author of the best-selling dairy-free book, Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living, and the new cookbook, Eat Dairy Free: Your Essential Cookbook for Everyday Meals, Snacks, and Sweets. Alisa is also a professional recipe creator and product ambassador for the natural food industry.

7 Comments

Janine on May 28, 2021 6:25 am
instant pudding, sugar free or not, contains milk protein concentrate. It is NOT dairy free.
Water, Modified Cornstarch, Maltitol, Milk Protein Concentrate, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Contains Less than 1% of Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut Oil and Palm Kernel Oils), Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (for Smooth Texture), Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Alginate, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Natural and …
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- Alisa Fleming on May 28, 2021 9:24 am
  I’m not sure which flavor you are looking at, but most varieties of Jell-o Instant Pudding are dairy-free and contain no milk protein concentrate. We are a dairy-free website and would never recommend something that contained milk protein concentrate. There are a few flavors of Jell-O brand that contain dairy, but just a few. They have dozens of others. There are also some other dairy-free brands, but not all are. As always, read the ingredients.
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- Alisa Fleming on May 28, 2021 9:26 am
  You can see the ingredients of many flavors here on Target -> https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=jell-o+instant+pudding
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Claire on October 3, 2016 10:25 am
I tried it this weekend with coconut milk and it never set. 🙁 It specifically says on the box that it wont work with soy milk.
Did I do something wrong? I was really hoping to make those “dirt” cups for Halloween.
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- Alisa Fleming on October 9, 2016 7:55 am
  Hi Claire, the recipe here works. You can’t sub coconut milk beverage. Just 1 cup of soymilk. The box says it won’t work with soymilk because it won’t work if you use the full amount of soymilk. This recipe uses less. I do have better versions though and a full explanation how it works in Go Dairy Free the book 🙂
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lou cole on October 22, 2014 5:40 am
where do you find instant pudding mixes that are dairy free ?????
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- Alisa Fleming on October 23, 2014 7:59 am
  Most flavors of Jell-O instant pudding are dairy-free (select ones are not). There are also brands like Dr. Oetker.
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