This recipe for Butterscotch Pudding with Sautéed Pears joins sweetly caramelized pears with a rum-spiked butterscotch pudding. Cooking the pears down in a combination of olive oil, sugar, and lemon and orange juices renders them sweet with a welcome hit of citrus, perfect for cutting through the rich creaminess of the butterscotch pudding. At No. 7 in Brooklyn, chef Tyler Kord and pastry chef Amanda Clarke serve their puddings with a dollop of freshly whipped cream and a few crisp shortbread cookies flavored with finely ground Turkish coffee. More

Topping the list of things I'll never do again? Preparing instant pudding pie filling with cold milk. Why? Because as it turns out, it's far more delicious when you make it with melted ice cream. More

Growing up in the 1980s, I was pretty sure what made Jell-O Pudding Pops so delicious: every batch had been lovingly made by Bill Cosby, naturally. Now that I'm older and (arguably) wiser, I know that the secret behind that singular texture and flavor isn't Bill's secret family recipe. But what I didn't know was that these sweet summertime treats are, seriously, the easiest thing ever to make. More

Chamomile attains the next level of comfort in this slightly sweet, floral, creamy Arborio rice pudding, studded with golden raisins plumped in chamomile tea, and drizzled with honey. More

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These puddings might be the ultimate hot day dessert. They use fresh ripe summer berries, the prep time is next to none, and the majority of the work is done by the berries sitting in your fridge, simply releasing their juices. The best part is that the stove is not involved. More

The Chocolate Yummy is a Cajun country dessert that has roots in the same family as Jell-O salad with canned fruit, Nilla wafers with banana pudding, or any recipe that starts with a container of Cool Whip. In Real Cajun, Donald Link has updated his aunt's recipe by replacing pudding mix with homemade pudding, the store-bought chocolate cookies with pecan shortbread, and real whipped cream instead of Cool Whip. More

One day, shortly before the restaurant where I'm pastry chef opened, Matt, our general manager, showed up with a few dozen beautiful, vintage glass coupe bowls. Inspiration struck: those bowls were meant for pudding, and pudding there would be.... More

This week's Cartoon Kitchen features Serious Eats' cartoonist in residence Larry Gonick's take on what to do with all the fresh sweet corn that's at farm stands right now. —Ed Levine... More