What Is Instant pudding mix, chocolate and How Can I Use It?
Here's everything worth knowing about instant pudding mix, chocolate and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 81 recipes to cook tonight.
Key Points
- Cocoa-flavored instant pudding mix that sets cold in milk, exactly like the plain version.
- Whisk a 3.4 ounce box into 2 cups cold milk; sets in about five minutes.
- Builds dirt cakes and trifles, fills no-bake desserts, and deepens chocolate cakes stirred dry into batter.
- Swap plain instant pudding mix plus 2 to 3 tablespoons cocoa and a little sugar.
- Use whole milk for the firmest set; keeps three to four days mixed.
What is instant pudding mix, chocolate?
Chocolate instant pudding mix is the cocoa-flavored version of the no-cook powder that sets cold in milk. It works exactly like plain instant pudding mix: whisk a 3.4 ounce box into 2 cups of cold milk and it firms in about five minutes, no stove needed.
The difference is flavor, cocoa and a little extra sugar, giving a darker, richer set than vanilla.
That deep color is why it carries the chocolate desserts. Layered with whipped topping and cookies it builds dirt cakes and trifles like Dirt and Graveyard Pudding Dessert, where the dark pudding reads as soil under crushed Oreos.
How to Use It
Use it anywhere a recipe wants chocolate body without baking. Whisked thick it is the filling in Oreo Surprise and the chocolate layer in Jimmy Carter Dessert; stirred dry into batter it deepens flavor and moisture in cakes like Chocolate Chip Rum Cake and Easy Chocolate Kahlua Cake.
For the firmest set, use whole milk and a touch less of it than the box calls for. The chocolate version can taste flat if under-sweetened, so pair it with toffee, coffee, or cream rather than more cocoa.
Substitutes and Storage
Swap in any plain instant pudding mix plus 2 to 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder and a spoon of sugar for a close match. For the full how-to and the cook-and-serve distinction, see the main instant pudding mix page.
Store the sealed box cool and dry; it keeps well past its printed date but sets slower as it ages.
Mixed pudding holds three to four days covered in the fridge with wrap pressed onto the surface.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 package (3.5 oz) (99g)Quick facts
Where to find instant pudding mix, chocolate: Instant pudding mix, chocolate is usually found in the baking supplies section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.
Food group: Instant pudding mix, chocolate is a member of the Sweets US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
- In Chinese
- 即时布丁组合，巧克力
- British (UK) term
- Instant pudding mix, chocolate
- en français
- chocolat pouding instantané
- en español
- mezcla de pudín de chocolate instantáneo
How much does instant pudding mix, chocolate weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 package (3.5 oz) | 99 grams |
| 1 portion, amount to make 1/2 cup | 25 grams |
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Recipes using instant pudding mix, chocolate
There are 81 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Yummy Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies
Chocolate chip pudding cookies stay soft and chewy for days thanks to a secret box of instant chocolate pudding mix folded right into the dough. Loaded with chips and optional nuts.
Easy Triple Chocolate Bundt Cake
Intensely chocolatey bundt cake using boxed mix, instant pudding, and chocolate chips. Rich, moist crumb ready in an hour with minimal effort for maximum impact.
Easy Moist Chocolate Bundt Cake
Easy moist chocolate Bundt cake doctors a chocolate cake mix with instant pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips for unbelievably moist crumb. Bake-sale famous, no-frosting-needed.
Easy Chocolate Kahlua Cake
Chocolate Kahlua bundt cake builds on a doctored cake mix base with sour cream, instant pudding, and ½ cup coffee liqueur. Dense, moist, deeply chocolate, and laughably easy.
Chocolate Chip Rum Cake
A moist, rich chocolate chip rum cake infused with warm rum flavor, studded with chocolate chips, and finished with a glossy cocoa glaze. Perfect for gatherings or a cozy dessert night.
Chocolate Chip Sensation
Giant chocolate chip cookie rolled flat like a pizza crust, topped with sweetened cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and chopped nuts. Cut into wedges with a pizza cutter. A semi-homemade dessert pizza that steals the show at any gathering.
Peanut Pudding Cake
Peanut pudding cake with four layers: peanut shortbread crust, peanut butter cream cheese, chocolate-vanilla pudding, and whipped topping with crumbled chocolate bars. A crowd-pleasing potluck dessert.
Pudding in a Cloud
Pudding in a Cloud serves chocolate pudding inside a fluffy whipped topping shell in individual dessert glasses. Three ingredients, no baking, kid-friendly and fun.
J.R.'s Layered Chocolate Mousse
Layered chocolate mousse dessert with a buttery pecan crust, cream cheese layer, chocolate pudding, vanilla pudding with fresh strawberries, and whipped topping with chocolate shavings.
Peanut Butter Pudding Cake
Four-layer peanut butter pudding cake with a peanut shortbread crust, cream cheese-peanut butter filling, chocolate-vanilla pudding layer, and whipped topping. A no-bake icebox dessert.
Quick Triple Chocolate Cake
Triple chocolate cake using cake mix and pudding mix for a fudgy, moist crumb topped with semi-sweet chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts.
Alice's Mississippi Mud Cake
Mississippi mud cake baked low and slow in a tube pan with melted unsweetened chocolate, instant pudding and a generous pour of milk. Dark, dense and impossibly moist, dusted with confectioners' sugar.
The Next Best Thing To Robert Redford
Layered pecan crust dessert with cream cheese, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and Cool Whip. No-bake except for the crust. Refrigerate overnight for best results.
Cookies N' Cream Pie
Cookies and cream pie is a no-bake freezer dessert: chocolate pudding folded with whipped topping and crushed cookies, piled into a chocolate crumb crust. No oven, just a whisk and a freezer.
Broiled Banana Chocolate Pudding
Broiled banana chocolate pudding with instant chocolate pudding topped with sliced bananas and brown sugar caramelized under the broiler. A 4-ingredient, low-fat dessert.
Josh's Irish Cream Cake
Irish cream bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, chocolate pudding mix, vodka, and Irish cream liqueur, topped with a simple Irish cream and powdered sugar drizzle.
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake
Double chocolate bundt cake made with devil's food cake mix, chocolate pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips. Dense, fudgy, and finished with powdered sugar.
Frozen Smores
Frozen s'mores sandwiches with chocolate peanut butter pudding and whipped topping between graham crackers. A no-bake, five-ingredient frozen treat with no campfire needed.
Easy Elegant Miniature Choco-Lite Puffs
Miniature choco-lite puffs are bite-size cream puffs with a lightened twist: crisp choux shells filled with fluffy sugar-free chocolate pudding and whipped topping. An elegant, lower-fat party dessert that looks far fussier than it is.
Triple Fudge Brownies
Three-ingredient triple fudge brownies built on chocolate pudding mix, chocolate cake mix, and semi-sweet chips. Dense, fudgy, and fast. The semi-homemade trick that fooled every PTA bake sale.
Easy Chocolate Pie with Coconut Crust
Chocolate pie with a toasted coconut crust skips the flour entirely. The crust is just coconut and butter pressed and baked golden, filled with cool chocolate pudding. Easy and naturally gluten-free.
Best Sex in a Pan
Best Sex in a Pan is a retro layered icebox dessert with a walnut shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese filling, vanilla and chocolate pudding stripes, and a Cool Whip topping finished with shaved chocolate.
Chocolate Cream Mousse
A lighter chocolate mousse made with low-calorie pudding mix, skim milk, and whipped egg whites sweetened with fructose. A hint of Grand Marnier adds elegance to this diabetic-friendly dessert that still feels like a treat.
Black Forest Parfait
Layered chocolate and cherry parfaits made with sugar-free pudding, cream cheese, and sour cherries. A lighter take on Black Forest flavors that comes together in 15 minutes with no baking required.
Punch Bowl Cake (Tdn)
Punch bowl cake layered with yellow cake, cherry pie filling, chocolate and vanilla pudding, pineapple, bananas, whipped topping, and nuts. A retro layered trifle for a crowd.
No Bake Death By Chocolate
No bake death by chocolate trifle layers devil's food cake, Kahlua, chocolate pudding, crushed Heath bars, and whipped topping. A potluck-ready chocolate dessert in 15 minutes, no oven required.
Coffee Death By Chocolate
Coffee death by chocolate trifle layers Kahlua-soaked brownies, chocolate pudding, crushed toffee candy bars and whipped topping in a glass bowl. A showstopper potluck dessert with five ingredients.
Chocolate Dream Pie
No-bake chocolate dream pie with instant chocolate pudding and whipped topping in a pie shell. A light, mousse-like frozen chocolate pie that sets in the fridge.
Low-Cal Snickers Pie
Low-calorie frozen Snickers pie with sugar-free chocolate pudding, crunchy peanut butter, chocolate ice milk, and Grape-Nuts for crunch. No-bake and crustless.
Sugar Free Chocolate Banana Cream Pie
Sugar-free chocolate banana cream pie with a no-bake peanut butter and crisp-rice crust, sliced bananas, sugar-free chocolate pudding and a light whipped topping. Press it, layer it, freeze it. No oven, no refined sugar.
No Bake Rum Cake
No-bake rum cake layers milk-soaked sponge cake with vanilla pudding, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, almonds, and cherries. A retro icebox cake assembled the day before for stress-free entertaining.
Guardian Angel Torte
Fluffy layered cake covered with whipped cream. Easy to make using store bought angel food cake and instant pudding mix.
Royal Ambrosia Pie
No-bake chocolate cream pie built from vanilla ice cream, milk, and instant pudding poured into graham cracker crusts and chilled until sliceable. Five ingredients, two pies.
Double-Chocolate Rum Cake
Grandma's chocolate rum bundt cake soaked in raspberry-rum glaze and drizzled with melted chocolate and white vanilla icing. A boozy, showstopping dessert made easy with cake mix.
Mocha Fudge Pie
Mocha fudge pie with a brownie mix crust, Kahlua-spiked chocolate pudding filling, and a coffee whipped topping layer. Three layers of chocolate-coffee flavor on a fudgy base.
No-Fuss Chocolate Cake
No-fuss chocolate cake mixed right in the baking pan with a fork. Chocolate cake mix, instant pudding, and chocolate chips create an ultra-moist, triple-chocolate cake with zero bowls to wash.
Brownie Mousse Delight
Brownie mousse delight layered in a glass bowl with crumbled brownies, chocolate mousse pudding, and whipped topping. A no-fuss trifle dessert using simple pantry mixes.
Quick Chocolate Zucchini Picnic Cake
Quick chocolate zucchini picnic cake: devil's food cake mix supercharged with shredded zucchini, chocolate pudding mix, walnuts, and coconut. One bowl, no frosting, travels like a champ. Garden abundance meets chocolate cake in the best way.
Foolproof Chocolate Mousse
Foolproof chocolate mousse made with just two ingredients: instant chocolate pudding folded into whipped cream. A 5-minute no-bake dessert that's light, fluffy, and impossible to mess up.
Double Death By Chocolate
Double death by chocolate bundt cake built from a chocolate cake mix doctored with chocolate pudding, sour cream, and a full bag of chocolate chips. A no-fail rich chocolate bundt for parties and potlucks.
Mom's Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Mom's chocolate peanut butter pie layers chunky peanut butter pudding over a graham crust, topped with chocolate pudding and whipped topping. No-bake, sugar-free, fridge to fork in 2 hours.
Awesome Chocolate Cherry Cream Pie
Chocolate cherry cream pie layers a graham cracker crust, chocolate pudding, whipped topping, and ruby cherry pie filling. Six ingredients, two hours of chill time, no oven beyond a quick crust bake.
Cappuccino Parfait
Quick 4-ingredient cappuccino parfait layering coffee-spiked whipped topping with sugar-free chocolate pudding. Light, creamy, and ready in 20 minutes flat.
Chocolate or Mocha Cream Cheese Pie
No-bake chocolate cream cheese pie with instant pudding. Add coffee powder for mocha. Topped with pecans and whipped cream, ready in minutes.
Twinkie Cake
No-bake Twinkie cake layered with chocolate pudding, crushed Heath bars, and whipped topping. Four ingredients, zero oven time, and pure nostalgic fun.
Better Than Sex Cake with Pecan
Better than sex cake is a four-layer chocolate-pecan icebox dessert: a buttery pecan shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. A make-ahead potluck legend.
Coffee Liqueur Cake
Chocolate bundt cake spiked with Kahlua and instant coffee, made easy with a cake mix and pudding mix shortcut. Drizzled with a coffee liqueur icing that soaks into every ridge.
Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
No-bake chocolate peanut butter pie made with chocolate instant pudding, peanut butter, and a graham cracker crust. Five ingredients, 15 minutes of work, then chill until set.
Delicious Dirt
Delicious dirt cake made sugar-free with devil's food cake, chocolate pudding, cream cheese filling, and crushed cookie crumbs on top. A lighter dirt dessert.
