Simple Shark Pudding Cup Recipe

This shark pudding cup recipe couldn't be easier for a pool party, shark week treat, or birthday party snack! You know I'm ALL about simple party food that can be done without much prep. This one isn't super healthy but I'll give you a few tips in case you want to do a little extra work and make your own.

Shark Pudding Cup Ingredients

• Graham Cracker Crumbs (or crush your own)
• White Chocolate Jell-O Pudding Mix {DO NOT use vanilla}
• 1%, 2% or Whole Milk
• Wilton Royal Blue food coloring
• Gummy sharks {check Winco for bulk candy}
• Ziploc Bag Holder
• Quart size ziploc bag
• I used my Cutco Kitchen Shears but you can do the job with any scissors
• 4oz clear plastic cups round (or there's a cute square version too)
  • Check Dollar Tree first to see if they have them in stock

Healthier Alternative Ingredients

• Make your own graham crackers: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Paleo
  • Or buy gluten free version my daughter loves
• Make your own Sugar-Free Vanilla Pudding
  • Or go dairy free with the box mix – just halve the amount of liquid

Shark Pudding Cup Assembly Directions 

There aren't many steps but there are a few tricks to make things go more quickly.

Step 1: Add Sand

The graham cracker crumbs are the perfect base to create a sandy ocean floor. You can fill these up the day before and have them ready to go. BUT they do not transport well in this state.

Step 2: Make & Color Pudding

I wanted a teal pudding so I started the recipe with vanilla instant pudding and Aqua gel food coloring. But vanilla pudding is so yellow that it stayed green for a very long time and never really reached my desired color.

Check out our Choosing The Perfect Party Color Scheme for a little color theory lesson if you aren't sure how to mix your colors.

PLEASE USE WHITE CHOCOLATE pudding mix or make your own pudding without egg yolks.

Step 3: Pipe Pudding 

You may have seen me use these zipper bag holders before on my raspberry cheesecake shooters. I'm kind of obsessed!

The biggest trick with filling any zippered bag is to FOLD DOWN THE ZIPPER. That way if you get a little on the sides it doesn't interfere with the seal.

Just fill up the bag and snip the end. For these you'll want a larger opening.

Then squeeze them into each bowl. If you tap the bowls on a counter at the end you'll remove any ridges and smooth out the surface nicely.

Don't they look cute from the side? You can use opaque bowls but they don't give you this fun view. you could hide other sea creatures in the sand if you wanted too.

Step 4: Place Sharks

Once your pudding is set, it's as easy as placing one or two sharks on top, depending on the size of your bowls.

Serve Shark Pudding Cups

Now that you're done your shark pudding cups are ready to serve. See! Didn't I tell you they were easy!? Not bad for a last minute party treat! They were a hot commodity at our Make a Splash Pool Party!

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