Description
No bake eclair cake merges classic French pastry flavors with American dessert simplicity. Cool cream layers and graham crackers create a luscious chilled treat you’ll crave all summer long.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box graham crackers
- 2 (3.5 ounces/100 grams) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 3 cups cold milk
Dairy and Topping:
- 1 (8 ounces/226 grams) container of whipped topping (like Cool Whip), thawed
Finishing Ingredient:
- 1 tub chocolate frosting
Instructions
- Whisk instant pudding mix with milk in a large bowl until it transforms into a silky, luxurious consistency, approximately 2 minutes.
- Gently incorporate whipped topping into the pudding mixture, ensuring a smooth and uniform blend.
- Create the first foundation layer by arranging graham crackers across the entire bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Lavishly distribute half of the creamy pudding mixture over the graham cracker base, covering evenly.
- Construct a second graham cracker layer, carefully positioning crackers to create a complete surface.
- Generously pour the remaining pudding mixture over the crackers, ensuring full and even coverage.
- Arrange a final layer of graham crackers as the crowning layer of the dessert.
- Soften chocolate frosting in the microwave for 15 seconds, allowing it to reach a pourable consistency.
- Carefully drizzle and spread the melted frosting across the top layer, creating a smooth chocolate glaze.
- Seal the dish with a protective cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours, preferably overnight, to allow flavors to meld and texture to set perfectly.
Notes
- Customize your pudding flavor by swapping vanilla instant pudding with chocolate, butterscotch, or pistachio for a unique twist.
- Keep graham crackers intact while layering by gently breaking them to fit perfectly in the baking dish without crumbling.
- Use low-fat or sugar-free pudding mix and whipped topping for a lighter, diet-friendly version of this dessert.
- Enhance the chocolate frosting by adding a sprinkle of sea salt or crushed nuts on top for extra texture and depth of flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 293 kcal
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg