Cream Puff Dessert

  4.8 – 27 reviews  

The favorite of my family!

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Additional Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup water
  2. ½ cup butter
  3. 1 cup all-purpose flour
  4. 4 eggs
  5. 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  6. 3 ½ cups cold milk
  7. 2 (3.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
  8. 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
  9. ¼ cup milk chocolate flavored topping
  10. ¼ cup caramel topping
  11. ⅓ cup slivered almonds

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
  2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat melt butter in water until bubbly. Dump in flour all at once and stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth and glossy. Spread in prepared pan.
  3. Bake in preheated oven 30 to 35 minutes, until puffy and golden. Let cool completely on wire rack.
  4. While puff is cooling, beat together cream cheese, milk and pudding mix. Spread over cooled puff. Chill 20 minutes.
  5. Spread whipped topping over chilled filling and drizzle with chocolate and caramel sauces. Sprinkle with almonds. Freeze 1 hour before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 355 kcal
Carbohydrate 29 g
Cholesterol 110 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 9 g
Saturated Fat 14 g
Sodium 243 mg
Sugars 9 g
Fat 22 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Nicole Rodriguez
i loved it so much and its tasty
Marie Jordan
this is so light and delicious – the girl who doesn’t eat desserts and wanted a taste only, ate two pieces. Will be making it again and again it is excellent
Ruth Benjamin
Amazing! They were all gone on the same evening!
Jodi Murphy
Very good! I did substitute vanilla pudding for the chocolate because that’s the way I was raised eating it and I prefer it that way. Excellent recipe and very easy!
David Werner
This is delicious! I did the same as jmiller4, putting it in a jellyroll pan, and made her chocolate glaze, rather than using the standard chocolate syrup topping. Everyone loved it!
Brenda Hooper
Yummers! I used vanilla pudding and it was divine. The cream cheese with the pudding makes it rich and really irresistible!
Erika Gay
Delish! Everyone LOVED this- was a nice light dessert! Instead of putting in a baking pan, I used a cookie sheet, put parchment paper over it, and spread the ‘crust’ on it. Great!
Leslie Martin
Delish! Everyone LOVED this- was a nice light dessert! Instead of putting in a baking pan, I used a cookie sheet, put parchment paper over it, and spread the ‘crust’ on it. Great!
Catherine Wall
I have made cream Puffs for years here are to ways to wow the crowd. 1. make them as usual but when you place them on the cookie sheet for baking place them in a circle so when they grow they’ll for a wreath carefully cut top off all together remove guts then line the bottom with hardening chocolate, add Mousse or whip cream put top back on cover with hardening chocolate and fill a small bowl of fresh strawberries and place in the center of the wreath- they’ll be amazed! I asure you I make this for the holidays for the grownups and if you want to take it one step further … 2. This one’s for the kids. Every year for the holidays I make a Cream Puff Bar Make shells as usual but put them in a basket. then make in different bowls-several kinds of mousses’ or ice cream, fruit, chocolate, whipcream sprinkles- nuts, whatever you want. set it up in a bar fashion and let the kids make their own cream puff. Evey year I am asked a thousand times if I am going to make “the Bar” and of course I always do I am the cool Aunt in my family 🙂
Cynthia Rodriguez
Fantastic dessert, couldn’t be simpler to make. I made this almost completely sugar free for my husband for Turkey Day as he is diabetic. I took a hint from someone else and used sugar-free cheesecake pudding. I thought the flavor needed a little punch, so I added a few drops of vanilla and almond extracts. Topped it with Cool Whip Lite sugar-free and Lite Hershey’s syrup. I also toasted some chopped pecans with a smidge of butter, some Splenda Brown Sugar baking blend and some cinnamon. It was a huge success!!! Our fellow diners had no idea it was sugar-free. I’m also going to try is with SF coconut pudding and toasted almonds and toasted coconut on top.
Evelyn Lynch
I have been making this dessert for years now. I have never had it frozen, but may try that sometime. Also, I have made this with different flavors of pudding,such as vanilla and french vanilla, which are very good as well. Instead of the choc syrup, I sprinkle shaved choc. on the finished product. Very yummy dessert. Thanks for a good post!!
Linda Davis
I made this as written and then with some changes that made ALL the difference. Just 3 eggs works great and doesn’t taste eggy…the chocolate sauce recommended by JMILLER4 is wonderful!! (& it’s sooo easy) Tastes rich & packs a chocolate punch just like eclair chocolate!! Chocolate syrup tastes watered down in comparison. I spread the chocolate directly onto the puff & it helped protect the puff from getting soggy with the pudding. Lastly, my husband prefers vanilla eclairs and I love the contrast that the rich chocolate has with french vanilla pudding. Thanks for all the helpful reviews….my hubby’s favorite dessert!
Janet Green
I’ve tried outless cream puff recipes and this has to be the best! Everything came out absolutely perfectly, and it was delicious. I tried a whipping cream filling instead of the creamcheese though.
Kendra Thomas
Wonderful light flavor and very easy to make. Will definitely make again!
Autumn Herrera
Try this w/ coconut cream pudding and then sprinkle toasted coconut on top. I’ve made this many times and for some reason at times the crust is pourable and at times it’s sticky and needs spreading. If eggs are large decrease to 3 because it can start tasting really ‘eggy’.
Robert Wood
I have made this many times. I usually use sugar free pudding, light cream cheese and fat free whipped topping to reduce the calorie content. I have made it with several different pudding flavors all to rave reviews. I alternate toppings depending on the pudding flavor. I like the idea of baking it in a jelly roll pan. Definitely whip the cream cheese before adding the pudding.
Ronald Alexander
Just came across this recipe and had to write a review. This is an old standby for us! It is often requested for gettogethers with friends and family. I make it with cheesecake flavored pudding – gives it that eclair taste. To avoid lumps in the cream cheese mixture, be sure to beat your cream cheese alone until fluffy before adding the pudding. Our all-time favorite dessert!
Jill Davis
Really tasty. All of it went at the pot luck. I did have a problem with getting the cream cheese to blend completely with the pudding. Next time I will beat the cream cheese first till smooth and then add the pudding and milk. Maybe it will blend better. You do need to make it the same day you eat it as the crust was starting to get soggy and I had made it in the morning for an evening event.
Bryan Pena
Very easy yummy dessert!
Keith Swanson
This recipe has been a staple in our family for years… with two changes. I use a larger pan and cook the crust for much shorter and I’ve never used chocolate pudding, always vanilla or french vanilla! To die for and ALWAYS a huge hit at any get together.
Troy Smith
This is my husband’s fave! I add a little vanilla and sugar to the choux before adding the flour. I got this same recipe from somewhere else, but have never tried to freeze it. I had better not, or I’ll be making it every weekend, right? Leftovers are NOT good, so make sure it is gone. Wonderful, refreshing dessert.

 

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