These healthy homemade pudding cups are going to become your new favorite snack! Made with Kemps® Probiotic milk, these pudding cups are such a fun healthy snack recipe with endless topping options.
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As I was doing my weekly Target run (<- a total necessity now that I am a mom, for real) I was passing all these displays of Kombucha and other health drinks and thinking to myself how my husband would probably roll his eyes extra hard if I brought home one more weird drink to try that we would end up hating and throwing out. Then, out of the corner of my eye in the specialty milk section I spotted Kemps Probiotic milk.
Ding ding ding, a little bell went off in my head. Milk? Milk is something we drink or use daily (for breakfast with cereal, in my coffee, more in my coffee…lol). Milk is definitely something my family would use.
So I purchased Kemps Probiotic milk (both the 2% and Fat Free Skim versions!), and I’m here to report it tastes exactly like milk. I love that it is probiotic milk so we’re getting all the health benefits of probiotics and milk, but we don’t have to do anything different.
As I’m sure you can relate to, life is crazy busy. I don’t have hours to spend figuring out healthy things I need to do in addition to my regular routine of just trying to make it through the day. This product is just so convenient and I love it! Here are some of the reasons I love this new probiotic milk:
- It tastes like regular milk
- There are billion of live cultures in every 8 ounce serving
- It contains all the benefits of milk with probiotic cultures used in yogurt
- Comes fresh from local family farms (produced here in the midwest in Rochester, MN!)
- Probiotic cultures include both acidophilus and bifidus
- Contains 9 essential nutrients, calcium, protein, Vitamin A and D
- You can make these healthy pudding cups with it!
I wanted to make a snack out of it, and thought about when I come home from work and am looking in the fridge for a healthy snack. Pudding cups! That is the answer!!
To make these homemade healthy pudding cups, you simply whisk and warm Kemps probiotic milk, cornstarch, sugar and vanilla extract, pour it in to your desired containers, let it cool, and voila, you have yourself healthy homemade pudding cups!
Now comes the fun part! When you’re ready to enjoy the pudding cups, you can add toppings to them. Here is a list of fun toppings and combinations:
- Sprinkles: because you can never have enough sprinkles
- Caramel and sea salt: salted caramel for the win!
- Fruit: I did blueberries, raspberries, and pomegranate seeds
- Granola: I love plain granola and then adding a little sea salt and pomegranate seeds
I have to admit to you, I felt like I was having an indulgent treat when I was eating these pudding cups, and totally loved how they are healthy but don’t taste ‘healthy’ at all. They taste like the best pudding cups ever, and you’re going to absolutely love them!
- 2 ½ cups Kemps® Probiotic milk– 2% Reduced Fat
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Toppings:
- Sprinkles
- Caramel sauce
- Sea salt
- Berries: raspberries/blueberries
- Pomegranate seeds
- Granola
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat add milk, corn starch and sugar, whisk vigorously until no clumps remain.
- Cook, stirring occasionally until the mixture starts to thicken, 5-10 minutes. You don’t want to rush the process, so don’t turn up the heat really high (you don’t want your pudding to boil).
- You’ll know the pudding is done when it coats the back of a spoon.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Pour into 5 small containers or bowls, about ½ cup in each.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours (or until set). Serve with toppings of choice. Pudding keeps, covered, in the fridge for 1 week
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This was fantastic! I made it for my kids but might gobble it all up myself.
Thank you so much, so glad you liked it!!
awesome recipe…we at home in the Middle East do the same from many decades..recently we made pudding of milk as base and Pudding of Black orange juice on Top..two colors ..I sent you the image to you facebook page via message…please comment..Thanks
Thank you so much for sharing, I saw the picture and they look yummy. Love that you add the layer of juice on top. Thanks for reading.
I’d top them with finely chopped pecans.
Yum! pecans would make a delicious topping.
I can think of dozens of ways to top pudding cups. Coconut, especially Dang Coconut Chips brand I even found Dang for sale at my CVS. I would also try Manitoba Hemp Hearts. Those have gone mainstream and can even be found at some of the Club stores.
I love Dang coconut chips! Those would make a fantastic topping.
I would top the pudding with caramelized bananas and vanilla wafers!
oh yum! my husband loves banana desserts and would love this combination of toppings, totally going to make that for him! Thank you for commenting.
I would top with chocolate shavings and a cherry on top!
Can’t wait to make these and see if my toppings would even taste ok. Usually my answer is always chocolate first!
Haha, always chocolate first. I bet the chocolate and cherry on top would be soooo good!
Yum! I see a cup of this topped with a dollop of pecan butter and maple syrup and some toasted nuts and seeds.
yum, those toppings sound delicious!
Yum! I’d top these with mini chocolate chips!
yum, those toppings sound delicious!
I would top the pudding cups with raspberries and Ghirardelli Drinking Chocolate (looks like teeny tiny chocolate chips).
yum, those toppings sound delicious!
Looks yummy. Others have already notated toppings I would choose such as fresh fruit, shredded coconut or shaved chocolate☺
Shaved chocolate- now that sounds delicious!
We have food allergies in our house. We have been incorporating seeds and dried fruit. The brand we use is Enjoy Life- it has sunflowers seeds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, chocolate chips, apples and cranberries.
Those sound like delicious toppings!
I would definitely use blueberries, strawberries and some toasted coconut flakes !!
Oh yum- coconut flakes would be awesome.
YUMMY! I’d top these pudding cups with chocolate ganache and a dollop of whipped cream (non-dairy for those who need it…).
Oh yum! Chocolate ganache sounds amazing as a topping.
I have to say, those sprinkles look pretty colorful and fun on a bleak winter/spring day in the Midwest! I’d top with some sprinkles and a few chocolate chips.
Isn’t the weather crazy? Sprinkles definitely make everything better.
I love the caramel and sea salt you mentioned in your blog, but some healthy granola for a little crunch would be awesome as well.
Caramel and sea salt was sooo good, great for a little indulgence.
I would top them with blackberries.
Yum!
Got to have some crunch with granola. I like the pomegranate idea though!
Pomegranate was definitely delish, granola is so good as a topping too.
I’d top these with fresh sliced strawberries or bananas and granola. Yum!
Yum, fresh fruit and granola are amazing toppings