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Éclair Pudding Bites (No Bake Dessert Recipe)


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  • Author: becky
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 12 2 1/2-inch pudding bites 1x

Description

A no bake dessert recipe featuring homemade vanilla pudding and swirls of chocolate buttercream. Inspired by the classic Boston cream éclair, you can’t beat these eclair pudding bites. They’re one of my favorite easy no bake desserts.


Ingredients

Scale

Crust:

100 grams crushed graham crackers or digestive biscuits (67 digestives)
60 grams unsalted butter, melted (4 tablespoons)
1 teaspoon water

Filling:

155 grams granulated sugar (3/4 cup)
35 grams cornflour/cornstarch (1/4 cup)
320 milliliters whole milk (1 1/3 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
1 drop yellow food coloring

Frosting:

60 grams unsalted butter, softened (4 tablespoons)
15 grams unsweetened cocoa powder (2 tablespoons)
135 grams confectioner’s sugar (1 cup)
30 milliliters whole milk (2 tablespoons)
Pinch fine sea salt


Instructions

Crust:

Add the graham crackers or digestives to the bowl of a food processor. Process on high speed until fine crumbs form.

Digestive biscuits in a food processor

Crumbs in a food processor

Pour in the melted butter and water and blitz until well combined.

Digestive crumbs mixed with melted butter in a food processor

Portion the graham cracker mixture into a 12-cup silicone tarlet pan, dividing it equally between the cups.

Crust mixture in silicone tartlet pan

With damp fingertips, press the crust mixture firmly into the bottom of each cup. (Depending on the size and shape of the pan you’ve chosen, you might have a little bit of the crust mixture left over. Thats okay! Don’t fill the cups too full or you won’t have room for the pudding.)

Crust mixture pressed into silicone mould

Filling:

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and cornflour/cornstarch.

Whisk in saucepan with cornflour and sugar

Whisk in the milk, and continue whisking until the sugar and cornflour dissolve.

Whisk in saucepan with milk

Cook mixture over medium heat, whisking frequently, until it comes to a low boil. Continue boiling, whisking continually, until thickened, about 1 minute. (Pudding will continue to thicken as it cools.) Remove from heat.

Whisk in saucepan with pudding mixture

Stir in the vanilla bean paste and yellow gel food coloring.

Adding yellow food coloring and vanilla bean paste to homemade vanilla pudding

Homemade vanilla pudding in a saucepan with a whisk

Spoon filling over the crust mixture, dividing it equally between the cups. Use a small stepped palette knife to smooth the tops.

Spooning homemade vanilla pudding into tartlet pan

Silicone tart mould filled with homemade vanilla pudding

Transfer to the refrigerator to chill, at least 1 hour.

Frosting:

In a mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, whip the butter on high speed until light and fluffy.

Whipped butter in a metal bowl

Add the confectioner’s sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and sea salt, and mix until well combined.

Chocolate frosting in a bowl

Carefully “pop” each pudding bite from the silicone tartlet pan.

Hand holding a pudding bite

Transfer frosting to a disposable piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe a dollop of frosting on top of each of the pudding bites.

Vanilla pudding bites on a tray with a piping bag of chocolate frosting

No bake vanilla tartlets on a tray

Serve immediately. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to two days.

 

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Chilling Time: 1 hour
  • Category: Easy To Make Recipes
  • Method: No Bake
  • Cuisine: Desserts
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