Beach Pudding Shots
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Beach Pudding Shots
Description
The Beach Pudding Shots recipe combines instant vanilla pudding mix with cold milk and coconut-flavored rum, enhanced visually with blue food coloring. The mixture is poured into cups and garnished with graham cracker crumbs that add a hint of crunch. Peach ring gummies, with a gummi bear centerpiece, provide a chewier contrast in texture and a playful visual appeal. The shots are kept refrigerated, ensuring a cool, creamy dessert experience that balances sweetness and the mild alcohol flavor from the rum.
The texture is creamy and soft from the pudding base, with occasional crunch from the crumbs and chewiness from the gummies, making each shot entertaining both in presentation and mouthfeel. The coconut rum contributes a light tropical note that complements the vanilla pudding. The portion size is small, presented in shot cups, making them an easy dessert or party snack.
This dessert works well chilled, making it suitable for warm-weather gatherings or beach-themed parties. Its small portions encourage sampling and sharing. The mixture can be adjusted for alcohol strength by varying the amount of rum used.
The pudding shots keep well for three to four days refrigerated. Adjusting the size of the cups allows for more or fewer servings as needed. Blue food coloring adds a distinct color without impacting flavor. Careful layering of elements ensures appealing presentation.
Ingredients
- 5.1 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups milk cold
- 1 cup rum coconut flavored
- Blue Food coloring
- ½ cup graham cracker crumbs
- 16 peach ring gummies
- 16 gummi bears
Instructions
- On a tray set out your cups, set aside for later.
- Add dry pudding mix into a large measuring cup with a spout or a mixing bowl with a spout.
- Then whisk in 2 cups of cold milk and 1 cup of coconut rum (optional) and a few drops of blue food coloring until smooth.
- Carefully pour or spoon the pudding mixture into the cups almost all the way full.
- Sprinkle a little of the graham cracker crumbs on half of each shot.
- Then place a peach ring on each one of the pudding shots and then cut the bottom half off of each gummi bear and stick one in each ring.
- Keep these refrigerated until ready to serve and keep cool while serving.
Notes
- Store pudding shots refrigerated and consume within three to four days for best freshness.
- Use 2-ounce cups for a standard serving size or 1-ounce cups to increase yield.
- Adjust rum quantity to control alcohol strength: reduce rum and increase milk for less alcohol, or increase rum for a stronger taste.
- Blue food coloring is optional and primarily used for visual effect.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 16Pudding
Amount Per Serving
Calories 164 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 164kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 27g | 9% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 4mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 95mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 53mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 18g | 36% |
| Vitamin A | 49IU | 1% |
| Calcium | 40mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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