Pudding-Mix Vanilla (Reddit Hack)

Name: Pudding-Mix Vanilla (Reddit Hack)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1440 min
Total time: 1445 min
Yield: 4 pints
Cuisine: Frozen Dessert
Ingredients: 330 g Whole Milk; 150 g Heavy Cream; 40 g Granulated Sugar; 15 g Dextrose; 25 g Instant Pudding Mix (vanilla); 6 g Vanilla Bean Paste

The r/ninjacreami classic — instant pudding mix kills ice crystals on the first spin.

5 min prep · 24h freeze 4 pints easy

A 25 g sachet of instant vanilla pudding does what stabilizers and an ice cream maker would: modified starch holds water, emulsifiers keep fat dispersed. Result is a glossy, creamy first spin with no Re-Spin needed.

Almost — small tweak

Close to target. A small adjustment will make it noticeably smoother.

⚠️ TWEAK

Fat

11.7%

target 10–16%

Sugar

17.7%

target 14–20%

MSNF

6.4%

target 8–11%

Total solids

36.4%

target 36–42%

PAC241.1 / 220–280

POD (sweetness)

171

target 140–190

Total mass

566 g

target 473 g = pint

Why

• MSNF 6.4% is below 8% — body will be thin and icy.

Fix it

→ Add 13 g skim milk powder for body and MSNF.

Ingredients

Scale to the number of pints you want — every gram scales with you.

pints

Whole Milk330 g
Heavy Cream150 g
Granulated Sugar40 g
Dextrose15 g
Instant Pudding Mix (vanilla)25 g
Vanilla Bean Paste6 g

Batch mass566 g

Method

1.Whisk the pudding mix into cold milk until lump-free (no heat needed — modified starch hydrates cold).
2.Whisk in cream, sugar, dextrose and vanilla.
3.Pour into the Creami pint, freeze 24 h flat.
4.Spin on Ice Cream. Almost always smooth on the first spin — that's the pudding hack working.