Today’s sugar free vanilla pudding recipe is soy-free, gluten-free, coconut-free, egg-free, low-calorie, and it can of course also be sugar-free. The finished pudding reminds me very much of JELL-O vanilla pudding!
Serve it in fancy glasses for an easy dessert, or layer it in a parfait.
Above, sugar free vanilla pudding topped with fresh strawberries and my Homemade Reddi-Wip Whipped Cream.
Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 cups milk of choice
- scant 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup more milk of choice mixed with 3 tbsp cornstarch (23g cornstarch)
- 3/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp uncut stevia (OR 1/4 cup sugar)
- optional 2 tsp buttery spread
Instructions
Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding Recipe: Heat the 2 cups milk in a saucepan. Meanwhile, whisk cornstarch and the 1/2 cup milk until dissolved. When milk is warm, add cornstarch mixture and bring to a boil. Once boiling, stir constantly about 3 minutes. Lower to simmer and simmer a few minutes. Turn off heat. Stir in the remaining ingredients, then let cool completely. Refrigerate a few hours, uncovered, where it will get much thicker.
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A few posts back, I also mentioned a new blog feature coming soon. It’s unfortunately taking longer to set up than I’d expected, but it should be up within the next week! (If you’re curious, you can click one of the recipe thumbnails on the right side of the blog to see the new feature in action.)
I find it absolutely ridiculous that your readers had the nerve to complain about having to click one extra time to reach your recipes. Have they forgotten that they receive all of your amazing recipes for free. Considering all of the clicking they do each day, they are complaining about one extra click? I am shocked. I think that if one extra click increases your traffic, it would be a simple gesture to say thank you that we could all do without complaint. Katie, as always I am impressed with your calmness despite some of your readers selfishness. I would be happy to click many times extra if it meant more success for you. Thank you for all you do.
I have never and will never complain about a person’s blog but I am someone who appreciates the more you put on one page. Since reading food and heathy living blogs is my guilty pleasure, I only do so while on the elliptical at the gym on my IPad. I actually choose blogs where I can scroll and read more without having to click. On the laptop, it’s easy. But with different devices, it’s much preferred.
Thanks Katie! Not sure if you already have a sugar free chocolate pudding posted, but could you add cocoa to this and make it chocolate? Also, do you have a version using a banana to sweeten instead of stevia?
https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/07/11/banana-pudding-recipe-healthy/
I think it’s really cool how you listen to your readers over anything else and that pudding looks great- so few ingredients too! 🙂
Yum! I made it and its really good! 🙂
Hi Katie! I love your blog. I always read it from Spain. The thing is we don’t have cornstarch here. Do you have any ideas on what could work instead of it?
THANK YOU for SOY free options. It’s brutal finding pudding with no dairy, no soy/tofu.
i wish those few who complained about something so petty were as supportive of you as you are of them! really gracious and kind of you.. and your work is so great.
Katie,
I recently found out that my body cannot tolerate dairy AND sugar (tears were involved), so this recipe was a real Godsend. Thank you so much for posting it! I’ve already made it plain (topped with chopped berries and a sprinkle of cinnamon–unreal) and with cocoa powder added, and I am seriously loving it. It’s perfect to hit that sweet tooth without compromising my food allergies.
Thanks for everything you do. You’re the best!!
Thank you for going back to the old format. It’s easier to follow. I really enjoy your recipes. I make a different oatmeal almost everyday.
This pudding is outstanding! I have been looking for a non-dairy pudding. How would this work with adding pumpkin? When would you add it, at the end with the sugar?
I’m not sure… but I like your idea! If you try it, be sure to report back! You might also possibly try subbing some of the milk for pumpkin? Possibly? Sounds like a fun experiment in any case.
This pudding could be used in a Cream Puff Chocolate Eclair Cake recipe! (I’m talking about this one http://amandascookin.com/2013/06/cream-puff-chocolate-eclair-cake.html , which I made because I’m bad. ) That cake was good beyond human words, so good that I knew I had to healthify it somehow. Luckily, the ingredients are pretty simple and can be swapped with some tweaking for vegan options! The pastry can be made with flax eggs, Earth Balance or coconut oil, and 1/4 cup coconut flour for low carb; the chocolate filling can be made with Earth Balance or coconut oil, vegan chocolate, and your sugar-free powdered sugar. The pudding layer can be made with vegan cream cheese and this pudding recipe. The cool whip layer can simply be made with your coconut cool whip! I’ll report back when I get the chance to experiment!
This sounds awesome, and makes me wish there was a chocolate version for my poor mum, who is diabetic and a chocoholic. (She even has a sign that says “Chocolate is the answer, I don’t care what the question is!”)
Also, I wonder what would happen if you froze the pudding mixture? Would it be like a healthy Jell-O pudding pop?
Might be icy. But if you try, definitely report back!
Last night I wanted this recipe. I also wanted chocolate. So I added 1/4 cup cocoa powder and 1/2 tsp instant coffee (so that the coffee would bring out the rich depth of the chocolate). It was amazeballs!! Highly recommend.
Also…. topping it with some date salted caramel sauce is highly recommended. Just saying…..
Hey Katie!
I was wondering, but do all types of milk work?
Thanks ! 🙂
Hi Katie,
I came across your blog while searching for a simple sugar free vanilla pudding.And I got exactly what I wanted and a huge collection of healthy desserts..I have a big sweet tooth and your blog is a blessing for people like me who have genetic links to Diabetes.Thank you sooo much..
Amazing recipe! I used almond milk and added 3 tbsp of cocoa. Yum!