What Is Who Pudding

February 21, 2024

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Dr. Suess’s Who Rice Pudding is a dairy-free rice pudding topped with red and green candies, perfect for any Grinch, or Who lover, that you may know.

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Prepared pudding in a glass ramekin, waiting to be garnished with candies.

Update: This recipe was originally posted in December 2014. The recipe and the photos have been updated and republished in December 2021.

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What is Dr. Suess’s Who Rice Pudding?
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I think I have the words to the original Grinch cartoon memorized. If you know me and have been to my house around Christmas, that wouldn’t be too much of a surprise. So it would only be fitting that I share the recipe for Who Pudding with you.

Bowls of pudding, placed at various heights, sit on a wooden background with Grinch decor.

What is Dr. Suess’s Who Rice Pudding?

The story goes that the Grinch steals all of the presents and the food for the feast, but when he brings it all back, the Who’s let him stay for the celebration. I believe that Who Pudding is an eggnog based rice pudding topped with red and green candies.

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The Who’s love Christmas and sweets, so this combination of flavors and ingredients only seems fitting to serve as their Christmas dessert, after the Roast Beast and Who Hash has been consumed.

ingredients for the recipe sit in glass dishes on a wooden background.

Ingredients for this recipe

Dairy-free eggnog
white rice
unsalted butter or coconut oil
vanilla extract
salt
ground cinnamon
red and green candies

Instructions for this recipe

First, combine ingredients into a large pot. Add the dairy-free eggnog, butter and vanilla into a large pot and heat it over medium high heat.

process shot - liquid ingredients are added to a medium saucepan on the stove.

Then, bring it to a boil and add the rice. Once the mixture is boiling add in the rice, salt and cinnamon and stir until it is mixed in. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover with a lid.

Process shot - ingredients are boiling in a medium saucepan on the stove.

Next, simmer until the rice is cooked. Continue simmering the mixture for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes or so to make sure the rice does not stick.

Process shot - overhead image of rice pudding cooking, once rice, cinnamon and salt have been stirred in.

Then, remove from the heat and divide into bowls. Once the mixture is thick and creamy, remove it from the heat. Divide the rice pudding into serving dishes. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.

Process shot - ramekins are filled with pudding, a spoon lifts up the last of the rice pudding to add to the ramekin.

Finally, decorate your rice pudding. Sprinkle red and green candies on top of the pudding. Serve chilled. Note: if serving later, add candies right before serving so the colors from them don’t bleed into the pudding.

Close up image of pudding in glass bowls surrounded by Grinch decor.

Substitutions

Rice: any white rice, such as jasmine, arborio or basmati can be used.
Eggnog: if you are not dairy-free, you can use any type of prepared eggnog in this recipe. Silk and So Delicious both make dairy-free versions that you can use in this recipe.
Cinnamon: adding cinnamon is optional and will make the rice darker, but I like the flavor. You could also use a little ground nutmeg as well or in place of the cinnamon and add a pinch to the top before serving if you would like the rice pudding to be lighter in color.

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