plural puddings
1
2
a(1)
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
bread pudding
(2)
: a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency
especially
: one made from sweetened milk or cream cooked with a thickener (such as eggs, flour, tapioca, or cornstarch) and usually flavored
chocolate/vanilla pudding
(3)
British
: dessert sense 1
b
: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag
steak and kidney pudding
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The texture is very similar to a thick yogurt, custard or pudding.
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Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Students will learn how to make Ramsay’s beef wellington, get a hands-on cocktail demonstration and eat lunch featuring a beef wellington plate with a sticky toffee pudding.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
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This dessert has everything Grandpa loves about banana pudding, but in a delicious pie form.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
This marks its first comeback since the banana pudding shake was last offered in June 2023.
—Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
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Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025
Students will learn how to make Ramsay’s beef wellington, get a hands-on cocktail demonstration and eat lunch featuring a beef wellington plate with a sticky toffee pudding.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
Get The Recipe 09 of 10 Banana Cream Pie
This dessert has everything Grandpa loves about banana pudding, but in a delicious pie form.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
This marks its first comeback since the banana pudding shake was last offered in June 2023.
—Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2025
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pudding
noun
pud·ding
ˈpu̇d-iŋ 
1
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
2
: a soft, spongy, or thick creamy dessert
bread pudding
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