Jello Brand Cheescake Flavor Inst Pudding

[Guest goneastray]

I found this SF, FF pudding mix while I was shopping yesterday. It is made by Jello and is supposed to cheesecake. Well I got real excited, I crumbled 1/2 of a graham cracker into each of my four little containers, topped with the pudding and let it set. I was sorely disappointed, it didn't have much of a cheesecake flavor and it had a pretty bad 'instant pudding aftertaste'. I won't buy this again. Has anyone else tried this? I used skim milk, could that be the problem?

[Merryheart 67]

I have purchased this before and will again but does it taste like cheescake? No.

 

It is a different flavor and if there is an after taste that is different than all the other SF, FF puddings, I don't notice it. But I usually eat just SF products and just may finally be used to all that after taste.

 

I wonder in softning a oz of FF cream cheese and adding to the mix would give you the flavor you want?

 

M

[kansaslaura 0]

I'm with you, goneastray! It does not even resemble cheesecake, why they named it that is beyond me. I have a couple of boxes of it still on my shelf and am thinking I'll add some lemon zest and maybe some vanilla to give it a more palatable taste. It's not good... I don't know what the people at Jell-o were thinking on this one.

[140karen 10]

I make strawberry cheesecake blizzards with it and we love them.

 

8 oz. skim milk

2 Tbls. cheesecake sf ff pudding mix

3 Tbls. ff cool whip

Frozen strawberries no sugar

6-8 ice cubes

Put it all in the blender and it is wonderful

[plcm111195 0]

It's OK but not my favorite. I made it once with low fat buttermilk and it tasted a bit more cheesecake-y to me than with skim milk. But the sourcream type cheesecake not the cream-cheesey type cheesecake.

[Guest KellyGreen]

Ironically, I just used this in the pumpkin mousse recipe! It called for 2 boxes of vanilla ff sf pudding, but I only had one vanilla and one cheesecake...I don't know what the pumpkin mousse tastes like with just the vanilla...but it turned out absolutely wonderful the way I made it! Here's the recipe:

 

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PUMPKIN MOUSSE

 

1 can pumpkin (15 oz)

2 pk F/F-S/F instant vanilla pudding

2 cups of skim milk

1 tub lite cool whip (8 oz)

1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

 

 

Mix pudding with skim milk; when set add other ingredients

Serves 8

.5 points per serving???

 

When I got this recipe it said that it was .5 points per serving.

 

From my calculations, however, I found it to be 2 points per serving. It includes 8 points for a tub of fat free cool whip, 4 points for 2 pudding packages, and 4 points for 2 cups of skim milk (pumpkin being a 0 point veggie)

 

[Guest goneastray]

Here is an excellent cheese cake receipe, I am not sure if I calculated the points right though.

1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs 1pt

2/3 cup boiling water

1 pkg. (4-serving size) Orange Flavor Sugar Free Gelatin

1 cup Low Fat Cottage Cheese 3 pts

1 container (8 oz.) Fat Free Cream Cheese 4 pts

8 oz thawed COOL WHIP FREE Whipped Topping 6pts??

SPRINKLE crumbs onto bottom and sides of 8 or 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.

STIR boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 2 minutes until gelatin is completely dissolved. Cool 5 minutes. Pour into blender container. Add cheeses; cover. Blend on medium speed until well blended, occasionally scraping down side of blender container; pour into large bowl. Add whipped topping; stir gently until well blended. Pour into prepared pan; smooth top with spatula.

REFRIGERATE 4 hours or until set. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

 

TOTAL =14pts?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Medb48 0]

I find that the FF pudding mixes don't hold up well with skim milk unless they are consumed within a day or two. After that they seem to separate. Does anyone else have that problem?

[Guest goneastray]

Mine does't hang around long enough to separate! I make it in the morning for that day, I just measure out 1/2 c skim milk, 2Tbls of mix( that is 1/4 box for most flavors) put it in a small Tupperware and shake. By shaking it it makes is kind of fluffy.

[DrinkJockey 10]

Got to agree that it doesn't taste like cheesecake, I'd had the regular version (pre-WW) and that one didn't either, I just look at it as a different taste, but certainly not cheesecake.

 

 

As for seperating, I haven't had that problem, but I've been putting mine into 1/2 cup disposable/reusable containers (the name escapes me..) to set and as a quick grab it snack

[coolguac 10]

DB wasn't too thrilled with this flavor, but we found a way to doctor it. We folded in Ultra Lite Cool Whip. It is way yumm and lasts a bit longer that way.

 

Renee