Description
Creamy No Bake Eclair Cake delivers classic French pastry charm without turning on the oven. Graham crackers, vanilla pudding, and chocolate frosting create a delightful dessert that melts in your mouth and delights dessert enthusiasts.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 3 cups milk
- 1 box graham crackers
Pudding and Cream Ingredients:
- 2 packages (3.4 ounces each) vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 container (8 ounces) whipped topping, thawed
Frosting Ingredient:
- 1 tub (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
Instructions
- Whisk vanilla pudding and milk in a spacious mixing bowl until achieving a silky, lump-free consistency.
- Gently incorporate whipped topping into the pudding mixture, creating a light and creamy texture.
- Arrange a single uniform layer of graham crackers across the entire bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- Delicately spread exactly half of the pudding mixture over the graham cracker foundation, ensuring complete coverage.
- Create a second graham cracker layer directly atop the initial pudding layer.
- Distribute the remaining pudding mixture evenly across the second graham cracker layer, maintaining a smooth surface.
- Crown the dessert with a final graham cracker layer, forming the top tier of the cake.
- Place chocolate frosting in the microwave for approximately 15 seconds, allowing it to soften and become spreadable.
- Carefully drizzle and spread the warmed frosting across the uppermost graham cracker layer, creating a uniform chocolate glaze.
- Transfer the assembled dessert to the refrigerator and chill for a minimum of 4 hours, preferably overnight, to allow flavors to meld and texture to set.
- Remove from refrigerator moments before serving, presenting a cool and decadent no-bake eclair cake.
Notes
- Swap graham crackers with gluten-free graham-style crackers for a celiac-friendly version.
- Use sugar-free pudding mix and whipped topping to reduce overall sugar content for diabetic-friendly dessert.
- Experiment with different pudding flavors like chocolate or pistachio to create unique variations of this classic no-bake dessert.
- Ensure graham crackers are completely covered with pudding mixture to prevent dry edges and create a creamy, uniform texture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Refrigerating
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 325 kcal
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 220 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 43 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg