Description
Creamy Rainbow Popsicles made with instant vanilla pudding, milk, and colorful layers. Small paper cups make these cheerful frozen treats easy to assemble, freeze, peel, and serve.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box instant vanilla pudding mix, 3.4 ounces
- 2 2/3 cups cold whole milk
- 6 drops red food coloring
- 6 drops yellow food coloring
- 6 drops green food coloring
- 6 drops blue food coloring
- 1 additional drop red food coloring for the orange layer
- 8 small paper cups, 3-ounce size
- 8 wooden popsicle sticks
- 8 small squares aluminum foil
Instructions
- Pour the cold milk into a large mixing bowl and add the instant vanilla pudding mix.
- Whisk for about 2 minutes, until smooth and slightly thicker than milk.
- Divide the pudding evenly among 5 small bowls.
- Color the first bowl red with 6 drops red food coloring.
- Color the second bowl orange with 1 drop red and 5 drops yellow food coloring.
- Color the third bowl yellow with 6 drops yellow food coloring.
- Color the fourth bowl green with 6 drops green food coloring.
- Color the fifth bowl blue with 6 drops blue food coloring.
- Arrange the paper cups upright in a loaf pan or small baking dish.
- Spoon blue pudding into the bottom of each cup and gently tap the pan to level it.
- Repeat the layering process with green, yellow, orange, and red pudding.
- Cover each cup with a small square of aluminum foil.
- Cut a small slit in the center of each foil cover.
- Push a wooden popsicle stick through each slit and down to the bottom of the cup.
- Freeze the popsicles on a level shelf for at least 6 hours or overnight.
- Tear the rim of each paper cup and peel the cup away before serving.
Notes
- Use cold whole milk for the creamiest texture.
- Work quickly because instant pudding continues to thicken as it rests.
- Use a separate spoon for every color to keep the layers bright.
- For a birthday-cake flavor, add 1/4 teaspoon almond extract to the milk.
- Keep the cups upright and level while filling and freezing.
- Store frozen pops in their paper cups inside a freezer-safe container for up to 2 weeks.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Freezing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 popsicle
- Calories: 96
- Sugar: 14
- Sodium: 180
- Fat: 2
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 1
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 18
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 2
- Cholesterol: 7