plural puddings
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2
a(1)
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
bread pudding
(2)
: a dessert of a soft, spongy, or thick creamy consistency
especially
: one made from sweetened milk or cream cooked with a thickener (such as eggs, flour, tapioca, or cornstarch) and usually flavored
chocolate/vanilla pudding
(3)
British
: dessert sense 1
b
: a dish often containing suet or having a suet crust and originally boiled in a bag
steak and kidney pudding
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The test includes a slate of new items for customers to choose from, including a hash brown casserole shepherd’s pie, green chile cornbread, chicken n’ dumpling soup, cinnamon bread French toast and banana pudding for dessert.
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
In a pairing that honestly just makes sense, Jell-O has collaborated with none other than Girl Scouts to create cups with a mixable cookie crumble topping that adds a sweet and satisfying crunch to its creamy pudding.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2024
Chick-fil-A's banana pudding has all the basics but the internet is acting like Grandma herself made it.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The moi moi, which is a soft steamed bean pudding, certainly doesn’t disappoint.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2024
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Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
In a pairing that honestly just makes sense, Jell-O has collaborated with none other than Girl Scouts to create cups with a mixable cookie crumble topping that adds a sweet and satisfying crunch to its creamy pudding.
—Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2024
Chick-fil-A's banana pudding has all the basics but the internet is acting like Grandma herself made it.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The moi moi, which is a soft steamed bean pudding, certainly doesn’t disappoint.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2024
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pudding
noun
pud·ding
ˈpu̇d-iŋ 
1
: a boiled or baked soft food usually with a cereal base
corn pudding
2
: a soft, spongy, or thick creamy dessert
bread pudding
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