Pistachio Pudding Layer Dessert
One of the best things about being a housewife who is home alone all day is that it gives me an opportunity to do embarrassing stuff that I would never do in front of people.
Like make myself Cream of Wheat for breakfast.
Listen to Hanson. MMMBop is my happy song. You will not take that away from me.
Watch Saved By the Bell and Melrose Place reruns. As a kid, I was never allowed to watch Melrose Place when it came on after 90210, so I feel like it’s my karmic duty to watch while I eat all the candy I want. FOR LUNCH.
Use my scalp massager.
Put on Biore Pore Strips.
Or one of my favorites– eat a big bowl of Pistachio Pudding.
In case you didn’t know, eating bowls of pudding (especially green pudding) isn’t a cool-person-who-wears-glitter-and-says-funny-stuff thing. It’s pretty much a senior citizen thing. But I can’t give it up. It’s just so dang delicious.
But, a way to make it a teeeensy bit cooler and more socially acceptable is to make a layer dessert with it. And this one just happens to be delicious.
Also it’s green. If you’re on the St. Patrick’s Day bandwagon.
This Pistachio Pudding Layer Dessert is so so yummy and would be great to throw together for a pot luck!! It would make a great addition to your Easter celebration too.Pistachio Pudding Layer Dessert
INGREDIENTS
- Crust:
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
- Cream Cheese Layer:
- 8 oz block cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup Cool Whip
- Pudding Layer:
- 1 box Instant Pistachio pudding
- 1 1/2 cups cold milk
- 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- Garnish:
- Additional Cool Whip and Chopped Pecans
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350. Using your hands, combine flour, cold butter, and pecans until it forms a crumbly dough. Press into the bottom of an 8×8 or 7×10 pan and bake until golden brown (10-15 minutes). Remove crust to cooling rack and let cool completely.
2. In the bowl of a mixer, combine softened cream cheese, powdered sugar and Cool Whip using the whisk attachment. Whip until fully combined and spread over the cooled crust.
3. In a large bowl, mix pudding mix and cold milk until pudding is thickened. Fold in coconut. Spread over cream cheese layer. Top with additional Cool Whip and pecans and refrigerate several hours until firm.
Note:
For a larger dessert, double the recipe and make in a 9×13 pan.
Enjoy and have a happy Wednesday!
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My Mother made this all the time when I was young! I loved it!! I wonder why she stopped…I can’t wait to make this now!! PINNING!
I totally love cream of wheat.
For breakfast or any other time of day.
But now you made me feel all self-conscious about it.
I think I will have to restrict my cream-of-wheat-eating-times to when no ones around from now on.
Yeah. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s a very cool food. But it is delicious for sure.
Cream of Wheat? Yuck! My mother MADE me eat it when I was a wee one. I also was forced to eat oatmeal — which she made into something that tasted like and had the consistancy of paste. Oh, don’t forget the spinach, loaded with grit. Double yuck. Only many years later, when it was too late did I realize she never ever ate oatmeal, cream of wheat or spinach herself. EVER. She lived to be 94 years old and NOTHING green ever touched her tongue. Although I’m certain she’d love some of your delicious pistachio layer pudding dessert. And she’d say — “that Kristan is a genius. GENIUS.”
Ha, I just came back to ask if you really eat Cream of Wheat, and I see you do. You did wonders for my self esteem. I am positively uncool. UNCOOL. And I eat Malt-O-Meal. Until this day, I’d never have told. YOu’ve done a good deed allowing all of us hot cereal eaters to come out of the closet!
Can you tell me where you live so I move into the house right next door and we be best friends for ever and ever?
Promise I’ll be the best neighbour! AND instead of a hobo living in my attic, I’ll have my sister there. Totally harmless. I think.
Oh yummy! That looks delicious! I so need this in my life!
So when I was pregnant, I got sick every day. Not “felt sick,” and not just the first trimester. I lost 20 pounds. Point? I didn’t eat much and what I did I couldn’t keep down. I did love me some pistachio pudding though. My husband had never heard of it (jaw. drop.). Thanks for this recipie so that when #2 comes along, I’m more prepared.
Pistachio pudding is AWESOME! My hubby had never had it before so last summer I mixed about 3/4 of a packet of the pudding into the two-ingredient ice cream along with some chopped pistachios and a splash of almond extract and made pistachio ice cream and he was hooked!
But your pie is like the trifecta of his favorites: Cream cheese, Cool Whip and pistachio pudding. I’m making this tonight!
My mother-in-law makes this dessert and it is HEAVEN! I have a very hard time not making a pig of myself over it when we have it.
I love pistachio pudding and this pie!
But I’m still cracking up over, “One of the best things about being a housewife who is home alone all day is that it gives me an opportunity to do embarrassing stuff that I would never do in front of people.
…
Like make myself Cream of Wheat for breakfast.”
LOL!
I just found your blog and I already love you because you said the magic word – Hanson! Plus dessert… I love you
In the olden days we used to call this girdle buster pie haha
this looks amazing. i make a pistachio cake. i want to try and make both now.
Mine has ice cream layer & butter cracker crust & toffee bar sprinkles… But looks the same! Funny! I will try this!
Thanks for the recipe. Looks delicious! I could hang out with you!
I love pistachio pudding..and I totally ‘get’ the old person vibe!!
I have never had pistachio pudding. I’m feeling deprived.
This was my facebook status a few weeks ago:
Corrie Allen Coates
never once in all my 35 years has Cream of Wheat failed to put a smile on my face. (except that time I was out of sugar, but that was not the Cream of Wheat’s fault was it?) :)
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Also, my Momma made a dessert called 4 layer delight that had chocolate instead of pistachio pudding. I wish I had some RIGHT NOW!!!!!
….oh and my Cream of Wheat that day was for lunch. That is really the best time for it, even though any time it is great!
I bet you this would also work with pretzel jello crust instead of pecans. I was also wondering if you are still reading Outlander, I hope you didn’t give up on it, it is so good. I am on the 7th book ‘An Echo In the Bone’. Seriously good.
I’ve been meaning to try that, too! I’ve made a similar layered dessert with chocolate pudding and an oreo crust (daughter allergic to nuts). It was a little too sweet, if such a thing is possible, so I’m going to try it with the pretzel crust next time.
Hello,
this one looks wonderful. I am sure it’s delicious especially because really love pistachios. And the recipe is not too complicated, so I like it.
Eating pistachio pudding isn’t cool?? Oh dear…I have to rethink a few things in my life…
Oh how I wish Dynasty was still on so I could eat way too much of this senior citizen, not cool, but oh so fabulous dessert.
I have been looking for this recipe..!! Thanks for sharing..!
Love cream of wheat with brown sugar of course :)
We call this pistachio torte and we usually make it for Easter dessert, but we don’t put in coconut.
Hmmm…. with Brown sugar!!!!…. I’ll be right back!!!!!
I love pistachios yet pistachio pudding is a new dessert to me. I looks wonderful!
Ok I also love pistachio pudding! And I always feel so dorky about it – glad I’m not alone :) My dessert of choice lately has been sugar free-fat free pudding (alternating between pistachio, butterscotch & chocolate fudge) with cool whip. Yeah.
Love watching trashy tv, and eating cookies for lunch when no one is around! Housewifes rock!
Hubby loves pistachio anything, I am sure he will love this!
My Aunt makes something very similar to this and it is my favorite.
What an interesting pudding! Have pinned it!
I made this 25-30 years ago & called it pistachio torte. Delicious!
It looks delicious! I think the home alone things you do are delightful!
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I love pistachio pudding and it has always been a great treat for me because nobody else in my house will eat it. That means it’s all for me. I’m afraid this dessert will change my families mine but it looks so good I’m going to try it anyway.