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    You are here Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » No-Bake Dessert Recipes

    Sand Pudding Dessert Cups Recipe

    Published: Jul 15, 2020 · Modified: Jul 15, 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links. · Leave a Comment

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    These simple to make Sand Pudding Dessert Cups Recipe are perfect for a Beach Party, Shark Week, and more!

    Sand Pudding Dessert Cups with Gummy fish

    Every Summer, since my kids were little, we have made treats for Shark Week. It is something they look forward to even now that they are bigger. The treats don't have to be hard to make, just a little something fun, like these Sand Pudding Dessert Cups. A fun twist on the popular dirt cup pudding, but this time beach themed!

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    • How to make sand pudding dessert cups
    • Gluten Free
    • Vegan
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    • More Shark Week Fun

    Supplies

    Sand Pudding Ingredients with towel

    This is such an easy and fun dessert to make. You will need

    Supplies

    bowl
    whisk
    Plastic Cups

    Ingredients

    • Vanilla Pudding Mix
    • Milk
    • Whipped Topping
    • Blue Food Coloring
    • Vanilla Sandwich Cookies (or graham crackers)
    • Gummy Fish or Shark Candies

    If you have a hard time finding the gummy sharks try looking on Amazon or Nuts.com.

    How to make sand pudding dessert cups

    Sand pudding dessert steps. Blue pudding in bowl.

    Pour 2 cups of milk in a bowl.

    Add in your blue food coloring to the desired color. This will vary based on type of food coloring and brand. Once the food coloring is in add in your pudding mix.

    Fold your whipped topping into the pudding and chill for about 10 minutes.

    Blue pudding in dessert cups with plate of gummy candy and crushed vanilla cookies

    Once your pudding is chilled pour it into small plastic cups or little dessert dishes.

    Sand Pudding Dessert Cups Recipe

    Now it is time to have fun. Assemble the beach scene by adding crushed cookies for the sand, and your choice of gummy candies to create these great little sand cups.

    Gluten Free

    Gluten Free Sand Pudding Dessert Cups Recipe

    These pudding cups are very easy to convert to gluten free. You are going to want to use your favorite gluten free vanilla cookie. You can also make these Gluten Free Graham Crackers and use them in place of the sandwich cookies. They work perfectly!

    Vegan

    Most people think that because these are pudding you can't make them vegan. That couldn't farther from the truth. With a couple hacks you can transform these into vegan treats!

    • Jello Instant Pudding Mix is Vegan. Just the mix.
    • You will need twice as much pudding mix when using a dairy free milk substitute because of its consistency.
    • Simply use 2 cups of dairy free milk and 2 (3.4 oz) boxes of pudding mix to get the same amount for this dessert.
    • You can find vegan whipped topping at many grocery stores. My favorite is Cocowhip.
    • Finally the cookies. You can use any vanilla cookie, but Golden Oreo Cookies are Vegan!

    Recipe

    Sand Pudding Dessert Cups

    Amanda Carlisle
    These simple to make Sand Pudding Dessert Cups Recipe are perfect for a Beach Party, Shark Week, and more!
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Chill Time 30 mins
    Total Time 40 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 Servings
    Calories 270 kcal

    Equipment

    • bowl
    • whisk
    • Plastic Cups

    Ingredients
      

    • 3.4 oz Instant Vanilla Pudding
    • 2 cups milk
    • 8 oz whipped topping thawed
    • Blue food coloring

    Toppings

    • 6-8 Vanilla Sandwich Cookies crushed (Can also use graham crackers)
    • Gummy sea creatures
    • Gummy stars or shells

    Instructions
     

    • In a medium bowl, add cold milk.
    • Stir in a few drops of blue food coloring to make the pudding your desired color. Sprinkle pudding over top and whisk until well combined.
    • Place in refrigerator about 10 minutes or until set
    • Fold in whipped topping until well combined
    • Add pudding mix to glasses or cups
    • Place in refrigerator 20 minutes to chill
    • Crush cookies in food processor or resealable plastic bag until fine
    • Spoon cookies on side to resemble a beach
    • Add gummy creatures, stars or shells to decorate

    Dairy Free

    • Use a dairy free whipped topping (like cocowhip). Use your favorite dairy free milk (almond coconut etc.) Also double the ammount of pudding mix to two boxes, but keep the ammount of milk at 2 cups.
      Double check your cookies to make sure they are also dairy free. Golden Oreo Cookies are vegan.

    Gluten Free

    • Use a gluten free sandwich cookie or substitute gluten free graham crackers.

    Notes

    Notes
    Pudding - depending on the thickness you like, you may need to add 2 boxes of pudding mix
    Food coloring - gel food coloring works best. Depending on how dark you want the pudding, you may need to make it darker than expected because when you add the whipped topping it will lighten the pudding color.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 270kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 173mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 1mg
    Keyword kids, no-bake
    Tried this recipe? Let us know how it was! We love comments!

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