Easy Beach Pudding Cups
If you’re hosting a beach party, you’re going to need some cute treats to serve your party guests! And it doesn’t get much easier than these adorable beach pudding cups! With just a handful of simple supplies, you can put together a cute party snack perfect for any ocean themed celebration. And the best part is that there’s no baking involved in this easy recipe!
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Whether you’re searching for a cute treat to serve at your beach themed party or a fun snack to serve your kids this summer, these no bake beach pudding cups are perfect! In addition to being super easy to make, you can get most of the ingredients and decorations at Dollar Tree!
And since this beach pudding recipe is made with pre-made pudding cups, there’s no cooking involved! Just open the packages, add the decorations, and your beach treats are ready to serve.

Beach Pudding Cups
What I love most about these simple pudding cups is that you don’t have to prepare the pudding! All you need are some blue pudding cups and a handful of decorations to create some seriously adorable party treats.

Since this adorable beach party snack can be made without any baking, it’s perfect for a summer party! To make these cute snacks for your beach party food display, you’ll need:
- Snack Pack Mermaid pudding cups: The key to getting the right color in your pudding cups is to use Snack Pack pudding. There are two different pudding varities that you can use for this recipe: mermaid pudding cups or unicorn pudding cups. Both packages contain blue pudding.
- Graham Cracker Crumbs: To create the sand on top of your beach pudding cups, you’ll need graham cracker crumbs. You can purchase premade graham cracker crumbs to make your prep work easier. Or crush full graham crackers to add to the top of your pudding cups.
- Flamingo drink stirrers: Decorate the top of your pudding with some cute pink flamingo drink stirrers from Dollar Tree. You can typically find these plastic flamingos in the seasonal section of the store during the summer months.
- Paper Umbrellas: Finish decorating the tops of your pudding cups with some cute paper drink umbrellas. You can typically find drink umbrellas at Dollar Tree during the summer months.
How to Make Beach Pudding Cups
You won’t believe how easy it is to make these adorable party treats! In fact, there’s just two steps to putting this fun snack together — take off the lid and decorate your pudding cups!

Before you can start decorating your ocean pudding cups, you’ll need to take a minute to get your decorations prepared.
Start by trimming the flamingo drink stirrers to fit inside the pudding cups. I was able to just snap the ends of the sticks off using my fingers. But you can also use a sharp pair of scissors to cut the bottoms off of each stirrer.

Once you have your decorations ready to go, it’s time to start decorating your pudding cups! The first thing you’ll need to do is add the sand to your beach. Use a spoon to carefully scoop the graham cracker crumbs over one side of the pudding cups. Then, use the back of the spoon to spread the crumbs in an even layer over the top of the pudding.

After decorating the tops of your pudding cups with graham cracker sand, the only thing left to do is add your decorative items. Place the flamingo drink stirrers and paper drink umbrells into the sand to finish putting your cute beach snacks together.
Beach Pudding Cups Recipe Ideas
See how easy it is to make these adorable no-bake beach pudding cups? That means they’d make the perfect addition to your next beach party!

Since these cute beach treats are so easy to make, they’re also super simple to customize! These recipe adjustments and additions will help you create an adorable dessert for any summer celebration:
- Make your own blue pudding. If you can’t find mermaid or unicorn pudding cups in your area, you can easily make your own beach themed snacks for your party! Simply prepare vanilla pudding and add blue food coloring to make your own blue pudding cups.
- Add candy decorations. Decorate the top of your pudding cups with some shark gummies or Swedish fish to add a sweet treat to each beach snack.
- Make it with Jello. Create some cute beach Jello cups for your party by substituting blue gelatin cups for the pudding cups in this simple recipe!
Beach Pudding Dessert Recipe
Turn store bought pudding cups into a delicious dessert for a beach party with this fun no bake recipe!
Ingredients
- Snack Pack Mermaid pudding cups
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- Flamingo drink stirrers
- Paper umbrellas
Instructions
- Remove the four blue pudding cups from the package and take off the lids. Smooth the tops of the pudding, if needed.
- Spoon the graham cracker crumbs over one side of each pudding cup.
- Trim the ends off the flamingo drink stirrers and stick one flamingo in each cup.
- Add a paper umbrella to each cup.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 129Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 137mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 2g
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Emily is a midwestern mom of two boys. She loves all things DIY — from home renovations to kids birthday party planning. Whether she’s making a new farmhouse craft for her home or helping her kids with a cool activity, you can bet she’s in the middle of some kind of DIY project (or three) right now!

Ohhh my goodness I can hardly handle the cuteness! These are adorable! And a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing!!!
Emily, these are just so cute!!
Thank you for sharing them at Create, Bake Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring your beach pudding cups at the party tonight and pinning too.
Hugs,
Kerryanne
Thanks so much for the feature!