Gluten-Free Pudding Recipes

Find healthy, delicious gluten-free pudding recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Staff Picks

Pumpkin Spice Pudding

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The key to making this healthy, smooth pudding is constant slow whisking. A staff favorite, this recipe is one you'll want to pin for an easy make-ahead dessert.
By Stacy Fraser

Warm Chocolate Pudding

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This warm pudding has a marvelous deep chocolaty flavor, but it's low in fat and super-quick to make. Don't skimp on the quality of cocoa with this one--treat yourself to the good stuff.
By Kathy Farrell-Kingsley

Dairy-Free Banana Rice Pudding

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This rice pudding is dairy-free, but the bananas and rice milk make it so creamy and rich-tasting, no one will know the difference.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

"Chocomole" Pudding

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Creamy avocados make this dairy-free and vegan chocolate dessert recipe super-rich. Serve as a not-so-sweet dessert or with strawberries for dipping.
By Jason Mraz

Rice Pudding

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Made with nonfat milk, this comforting rice pudding (delicious for breakfast, too) has a lovely creamy consistency because Italian arborio rice is used.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Pomegranate Masghati Dessert

This beautiful pomegranate dessert is served to celebrate Yalda, the Iranian celebration of the winter solstice. Think of masghati as a cross between Jell-O and panna cotta. It's infinitely more refined and delicate than Jell-O and not quite as wobbly as panna cotta. Prepare pomegranate masghati a few hours in advance, and serve chilled out of the fridge for a light and refreshing dessert.
By Naz Deravian

Apricot Baked Rice Pudding

This pleasantly sweet, Indian-style rice pudding recipe is smooth and custardy with a hint of cardamom. Cardamom loses its flavor quickly, so purchase whole, decorticated cardamom and use it within a few months.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Blueberry Pudding

Need a sweet dessert for a group of six? Try this yummy pudding recipe and serve up individual ramekins full of fresh blueberries with a decadent brown sugar and cornmeal topping.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Brown Rice Pudding

Crown each serving of this brown rice pudding with a generous sprinkling of cinnamon and, if you like, a few toasted almonds.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Sweet Potato Puddings

Sweet potato pudding is inherently luxurious, but it feels like a real indulgence with the additions of seemingly rich apple butter and evaporated skim milk. The puddings are so low in calories you can add pistachios, which pack both a visual and textural punch.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Amaranth Pudding with Amaretto Cream

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Amaranth grains, which are as tiny as poppy seeds, make this comforting, amaretto-spiked pudding creamy and delicious.
By Maria Speck

3-Ingredient Chia Chocolate Strawberry Breakfast Pudding

These chia pudding cups can be made ahead for easy breakfasts all week. Before serving, top with dark chocolate chips for a fiber- and protein-packed breakfast that tastes like dessert.
By Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN
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Inspiration and Ideas

Mango Pudding
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Very ripe mangoes make this simple Chinese pudding sublime. Traditionally, agar-agar--a derivative of seaweed--is used as the thickener. We use more commonly available gelatin and add sweetened condensed milk for a touch of creaminess. Use a very fine sieve for the smoothest texture. The recipe can be cut in half to make 4 puddings instead of 8.
Strawberry-Rhubarb Quinoa Pudding
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Think of quinoa pudding as a delicious whole-grain cousin of tapioca pudding. This healthy quinoa pudding recipe is flavored with tart rhubarb and sweet strawberries and topped with sweetened, creamy yogurt for a delicious, healthy dessert.
Maple-Walnut Tapioca Pudding
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Homemade Pudding

It pays to have a go-to homemade dessert that you can whip up when you need a sweet treat. That way you can be in charge of the ingredients and quality. And chances are very good that your cupboard is already stocked with what you need to make this unsung hero. To fancy it up, add whipped cream, toasted coconut, fresh fruit or nuts. Feeling indecisive? Make two batches—one chocolate and one vanilla—and swirl them together.

All Gluten-Free Pudding Recipes

Bananas Foster Pudding Cups

This simplified version of bananas Foster uses instant vanilla pudding and caramel ice cream topping to give it its classic flavor without the fuss.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Chocolate Pudding

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Cocoa powder and chocolate chips give this luscious pudding a double-dose of chocolate flavor.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Make-It-Mine Layered Pudding Pops

The perfect treat for a hot summer day.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Berry Pudding with Cream (Rodgrod med Flode)

This intensely-flavored berry pudding is topped with a delicious light cream. While it's traditionally made at the end of the summer in Denmark, when raspberries and red currants are at their peak, it's also wonderful with the strawberries and raspberries.
By Joyce Hendley

Aromatic Rice Pudding

Store-bought rice pudding gets a boost from some simple stir-ins.
By Mariana Velasquez

Chocolate Velvet Pudding

Although instant mixes and premade chocolate puddings abound in every supermarket, they just can't compare with homemade. This reduced-fat version is almost as quick as a mix and delivers a rich chocolate flavor.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Pudding with Banana Slices

Yes, you can have pudding! Choose your favorite pudding flavor and look for versions with calcium for an extra health boost. Convenient snack packs make it even easier to take this treat with you when you're on-the-go.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Christmas Rice Pudding with Lingonberry Sauce

There's an old Swedish custom of hiding an almond in the rice pudding; whoever finds the almond in the pudding is presented with a special treat. Lingonberries are small, red berries that have a flavor similar to cranberries. They can be found in specialty shops, large grocery stores or in the food section of IKEA housewares stores. Or, if you prefer, try topping it with Raspberry Sauce or Spiced Tropical Fruit Compote.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Rice Pudding with Dried Fruits

Arborio rice, available in most large supermarkets, makes an especially creamy version of this rice pudding. Use your favorite combination of dried fruits for the cranberries and apricots if you wish.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Apple-Cinnamon Rice Pudding

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Whether you're partial to the fragrant maple and apple goodness warm from the oven or prefer it cold and luxuriously creamy, this simple rice pudding is pure comfort. A teakettle makes neat work of the hot water bath.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Golden Rice Pudding

Leaving the peel on the Golden Delicious apples will add both texture and color to this diabetic-friendly, rice pudding.
By Diabetic Living Magazine

Chocolate-Mint Cups

This easy recipe is lightened up with sugar-free instant pudding and fat-free milk-and jazzed up with mint extract. The pretty layered desserts take only 15 minutes to prep.
By Diabetic Living Magazine
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