This Christmas ice cream pudding is made from one tub of neapolitan ice cream, layered up with chocolate honeycomb, Clinkers, Maltesers, chocolate biscuits and sprinkles. There's no baking at all, it's made ahead in the freezer, and it's always the first dessert to disappear on a hot Christmas Day!
A Quick Look At The Recipe
✅ Recipe Name: Triple Layer Christmas Ice Cream Pudding
🕒 Ready In: 26 hours (2 hours prep, including setting time between layers, plus 24 hours freezing)
👪 Serves: 16
🍚 Calories: 166kcal per serve
🥣 Main Ingredients: Neapolitan ice cream, chocolate honeycomb, Clinkers, Maltesers, chocolate biscuits, white chocolate chips, sprinkles, Ice Magic
📖 Dietary Info: No bake, make ahead, kid friendly
⭐ Why You'll Love It: It looks like a showstopper but it's just softened ice cream, chocolates and a bowl!
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An ice cream pudding is the perfect Aussie Christmas dessert when it's hot outside and nobody wants to turn the oven on. If you love an ice cream cake, check out my collection of the very best Christmas ice cream cakes too.
Why You're Going To Love This Recipe
- No baking: just soften, mix, layer and freeze.
- Make ahead: make it the day before, or up to a week before, then decorate on the day.
- One tub, three layers: a single tub of neapolitan ice cream gives you the vanilla, strawberry and chocolate layers.
- Kid friendly: it's a fun one to make together, and it's in my Christmas recipes to make with kids.
- Feeds a crowd: it serves 16, perfect for a big family Christmas lunch.
Jump to:
- A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Why You're Going To Love This Recipe
- Christmas Ice Cream Pudding Ingredients
- Variations
- How To Make Christmas Ice Cream Pudding
- Top Tip
- Recipe Tips
- Christmas Ice Cream Pudding FAQs
- More Christmas Ice Cream Cakes
- Christmas Ice-Cream Pudding | Choc Honeycomb, Clinkers, Maltesers & More!
Christmas Ice Cream Pudding Ingredients
Here's what you need, plus a few easy swaps:
Note: Scroll to the recipe card at the bottom for the ingredients quantities and full detailed method.
- Neapolitan ice cream: a 2 litre tub with strawberry, vanilla and chocolate.
- Chocolate honeycomb: chopped into the vanilla layer, with extra for decorating.
- Clinkers: the colourful chocolate dipped lollies made by Cadbury. Swap them for any chocolates you love if you can't find them.
- Maltesers: or any chocolate coated malted milk balls, like Whoppers.
- Chocolate biscuits: I use Arnott's Choc Ripple biscuits, but any plain sweet chocolate biscuit (cookie) works.
- White chocolate chips and sprinkles: for extra crunch and colour.
- Ice Magic: also known as Magic Shell, from the supermarket. You can also make your own with chocolate and coconut oil using this recipe.
Variations
- Change the add ins: swap any of the chocolates for your family's favourites.
- Change the shape: any 8 cup capacity bowl, pudding tin or round cake tin works.
- Try another ice cream cake: my Mint Christmas Ice Cream Cake, Honeycomb And Chocolate Ice Cream Cake and Raspberry Meringue Ice Cream Cake are all just as easy.
How To Make Christmas Ice Cream Pudding
Each layer needs 30 minutes in the freezer before the next one goes on, then the whole pudding freezes overnight. The full recipe card is below.
Note: Scroll to the recipe card at the bottom for the ingredients quantities and full detailed method.
- Step 1: Line the bowl. Line an 8 cup capacity bowl with 2 long sheets of plastic wrap, letting them hang over the sides.
- Step 2: Divide the flavours. Leave the ice cream out for 5 minutes, then turn it out onto a board. Cut it into the 3 flavours, put each in its own bowl and pop them back in the freezer.
- Step 3: Vanilla layer. Soften the vanilla ice cream (don't let it melt) and mix in the chopped honeycomb and white chocolate chips.
- Step 4: Freeze. Spoon it into the lined bowl, smooth the top and freeze for 30 minutes.
- Step 5: Strawberry layer. Soften the strawberry ice cream and mix in the chopped Clinkers and sprinkles.
- Step 6: Layer and freeze. Gently spread it over the vanilla layer and freeze for another 30 minutes.
- Step 7: Chocolate layer. Soften the chocolate ice cream, mix in the chopped biscuits and Maltesers and spread it over the strawberry layer. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze overnight.
- Step 8: Turn out and decorate. Turn the pudding out onto a plate and peel off the plastic wrap. Squeeze over the Ice Magic, top with extra honeycomb and Clinkers, then freeze for 20 minutes to firm up before serving.
Top Tip
To get the pudding out of the bowl, leave it on the bench for a couple of minutes and rub your hands over the sides and base. The warmth loosens it, then just lift it out using the overhanging plastic wrap. Any little lines left by the wrap can be smoothed with a flat knife.
Recipe Tips
- Start the day before: the pudding needs to freeze overnight, so give yourself plenty of time.
- Soften, don't melt: the ice cream only needs to be soft enough to stir the add ins through.
- Give each layer 30 minutes: if the layer underneath isn't set, the next one will sink into it.
- Use plenty of plastic wrap: 2 long overhanging sheets make it easy to lift the pudding out.
- Work quickly when decorating: the Ice Magic sets fast, so have your toppings chopped and ready.
Christmas Ice Cream Pudding FAQs
Make it the day before, or up to a week before, then add the Ice Magic and decorations on the day.
Use any bowl or tin with an 8 cup capacity. A pudding tin, round cake tin or round mixing bowl all work.
Leave it on the bench for a couple of minutes and rub your hands over the sides and base to loosen it. Then lift it out using the overhanging plastic wrap and turn it onto a plate.
Each layer needs 30 minutes in the freezer before you add the next one. Once all 3 layers are in, freeze it overnight.
Clinkers are made by Cadbury. If you can't find them, use any of your favourite chocolates instead.
Ice Magic (also called Magic Shell) is a chocolate topping that sets hard on cold ice cream. You'll find it at the supermarket.
More Christmas Ice Cream Cakes
Ice cream cakes are the easiest summer Christmas desserts! Here are a few more favourites, and you'll find heaps more in my Christmas dessert recipes.
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Christmas Ice-Cream Pudding | Choc Honeycomb, Clinkers, Maltesers & More!
Ingredients
- 2 litres neapolitan ice-cream
- 100 g chocolate honeycomb plus 100g extra for decoration, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup white chocolate chips
- 150 g Clinkers plus 100g extra for decoration, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup sprinkles
- 100 g Maltesers
- 100 g chocolate biscuits see notes
- 1 bottle Ice-Magic
Instructions
- Line an 8 cup capacity bowl with two sheets of cling wrap, allowing the sides to overhang.
- Take the neapolitan ice-cream out of the freezer and leave it for 5 minutes to soften slightly.
- Squeeze the sides of the container to loosen and then overturn onto a chopping board.
- Cut the ice-cream into 3 separate slices - chocolate, vanilla and strawberry and place each section into a separate bowl and place back into the freezer.
- Take the vanilla ice-cream out of the freezer and allow it to soften (but not melt). Add the chopped chocolate honeycomb and the white chocolate chips and stir to combine.
- Spoon into the bottom of the cling wrap lined bowl, smooth the top and place into the freezer for 30 minutes or until set.
- Take the strawberry ice-cream out of the freezer and allow to soften. Mix in the chopped Clinkers and sprinkles and carefully spread over the vanilla layer. Place back into the freezer for 30 minutes to set.
- Take the chocolate ice-cream out of the freezer, mix in the chopped chocolate ripple biscuits and the Maltesers and spread over the top of the strawberry layer. Place back into the freezer and cover the top with cling wrap. Leave overnight.
- When you're ready to serve the Christmas ice-cream pudding, take it out of the freezer, remove the cling wrap and turn onto a plate.
- Squeeze the Ice Magic over the top of the pudding, allowing it to drip down the sides (you won't need the entire bottle).
- Decorate with extra chopped honeycomb and Clinkers.
- Place back into the freezer for 20 minutes to firm up. Remove from the freezer when you're ready to serve.
Belinda @bindybee says
This looks fantastic Lucy! I do one similar and it's always a hit and easy to make too.
Bake Play Smile says
Oh thank you!
Shari from GoodFoodWeek says
My Nana always makes the Christmas Pudding - and it's the only Christmas pudding that I'll eat - as it is AMAZING. Although there are family members who haven't grown up eating traditional Christmas pudding - and I am sure that this would be a hit with them {namely my Dad and my husband}. I'll be book making this recipe.
Bake Play Smile says
Everyone is happy then!!!
Amy @ Thoroughly Nourished Life says
I have so many fond memories of ice cream puddings from Christmas as a kid! It's time to bring it back on our family Christmas table I think! And my Dad would go wild for this - you used all of his favourite chocolate lollies!
Bake Play Smile says
Oh that's great!!!
Lisa @ Chocolate Meets Strawberry says
Oh my what an amazing creation, Lucy!! Yum!
Bake Play Smile says
Oh thank you! xx
Cindy@Your Kids OT says
This beats Christmas pudding in my book! Perfect for a summer Christmas! My kids would love this!
Bake Play Smile says
It's definitely a hit with little (and big!) kids!
Emma says
Me too!