These pudding filled snickerdoodle poppers are so delicious and addicting! Easy to make, these treats are perfect for parties and gatherings.
Snickerdoodle Poppers
“Me or your blog. Choose! I really don’t have the strength to fight the diet when you talk all the time about the treats you have to try” my husband was decisive a few days ago.
I really made a mistake. If you read my post about Chocolate Peanut Butter Parfait, then you know the story behind my husband’s diet. Oh, if I had a dollar for each of them 😕 Three days of rigorous eating and then the fourth day, everything falls apart in a pile of chocolate and candy. This morning, it was day 10 and Darko had broken none of the rules.
But, my blog couldn’t stand still because of his diet. The solution was a quick dessert which is prepared in 15 minutes and eaten even quicker than that. My husband will only be able to view the photos on my blog and shed tears because of the heaven he missed.
And this time the solution was 15 minutes Snickerdoodle Poppers which I had not made until now. The plan was perfect: 5 minutes to prepare the kitchen, 15 minutes for baking the Snickerdoodle Poppers, 20 minutes of taking photos and 15 minutes for getting the kitchen back in the old state 😕 After that, an escape to my friend, where we will hide the last traces of Poppers enjoying them with coffee. All in all, two hours, which is exactly the amount of time my husband spends on a badminton training session.
Done and done 😕 As soon as Darko closed the door, everything started to go to plan so the prepared paste for the Snickerdoodle Poppers was quickly filling the kitchen. As soon as the baking was over, the next step was to roll them in cinnamon and sugar. The first ones were already cool and ready to for a beautiful filling with chocolate and vanilla pudding .
Another look at the clock. It’s 25 minutes! Everything was still according to plan. A few photos and in no time I was at my friends place with the poppers, and she was already waiting with hot coffee.
“Mmmmmmm, these Snickerdoodle Poppers are beautiful. I simply wish your husband was on a diet for a few more weeks” my friend was joking around. Tanya and I were munching the poppers and sipping the coffee with huge enjoyment.
A few hours later, my husband remembered the blog in a conversation!
“Vera, thanks for making a break in the blog for a few days, it’s really hard when you make your treats and I’m on a diet. I hope that your blogging friends won’t be mad at me” said Darko.
“It doesn’t matter! We’ll find a solution. It’s good that the diet is going to plan. The blog can wait” I answered laughing inside myself and thinking of the expression on his face when he reads this post about 15 minutes Snickerdoodle Poppers 😉
Snickerdoodle Poppers
Prep Time: 5 minutes- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 30 poppers 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Stove
Cuisine: American
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These pudding filled snickerdoodle poppers are so delicious and addicting! Easy to make, these treats are perfect for parties and gatherings.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 tespoon salt
- 1/4 cup milk(room temperature)
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt (room temperature)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoon butter (melted)
- vegetable oil (for frying)
For coating:
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2– 2 teaspoon cinnamon
For filling:
- 1 box of instant vanilla JELLO
- 4oz. white chocolate
Instructions
- Combine 2/3 cup sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
- In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together milk, plain yogurt, sugar and melted butter. Stir in dry ingredients and mix just until combine.
- In a medium pot heat about 2” vegetable oil at 350 F.
- Roll out about 1/2 tablespoonfuls dough into ball with your hands (roll it gently) Place dough ball into oil and fry until golden brown ( flip the ball when it’s golden brown to cook evenly both sides). Work in small batches because you have to work fast.
- Transfer baked balls onto a paper towel lined plate to drain, then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Repeat this process with remaining dough.
- Prepared instant jello and mix in melted white chocolate. Transfer it into a pastry bag with filling tip.
- Using a filling tip, poke the poppers going about halfway in and then squeeze the filling.
54 comments
Do you prepare the pudding as directed or just mix with white chocolate chips?
Hi Renee, first you make the pudding as derected then mix in melted chocolate
Can you bake instead of fry
I relly can’t tell because I didn’t try, but I think it won’t work
Maybe if you had a cake pop pan, that would work to bake them. I actually thought that is how these were made until reading the recipe.
Why the plain yogurt? Any substitutions? Not something I keep on hand. Thank you for the awesome recipe!!
Hi Melissa,I don’t know what you have on hand, maybe sour cream… You can use just milk, but yogurt makes them moist and softer than just milk.You may have to add a little flour or reduce the amount of milk that you use in place of yogurt because the dough will be too thin.I hope this will help 🙂
Love your site! Not being a fan of yogurt or vanilla pudding…do you think i could just bury some white chocolate in the dough before I fry it?
Yogurt doesen’t even taste in it, it’s just use to make the poppers softer and moist.
I don’t know about frying them with chocolate, I think it might leak out, but you can try and let me know.
these sound lovely!!! how long do they keep? do they need to be refrigerated? i am thinking these would be great for a bake sale my office is having.
can you fry them in a fry daddy or other fryer instead of a pan?
Hi Kyle, yes you can.
They do make a white chocolate pudding.
Hersey makes a instant white chocolate pudding
It’ s OK Sunshine, but chocolate gives better taste and texture as well to this filling.
Do they need to be kept cold? Seems with the pudding they would for extended time but could be out for serving right then.
Hi Wanda, you can serve them immediately
I would prefer to fill them with a cream cheese and guave jelly mixture. I try them and let you know.
Hi Tati Colon, feel free to do so by your own taste and let me know how it turns out
These poppers look wonderful. However, I’m a little confused. Throughout your introduction before the recipe, you use the term “baking”, but the poppers are fried in the recipe. Can you clarify?
It’s correctly what is written in the recipe, fry them in oil 😉
i hate white chocolate with the same passion that many people love it. do you think pastry cream would work?
Hi J,I think it will work, but I didn’t try that combo. You can use just vanilla puding and skip the chocolate.
I am also not a fan of white chocolate. I think this would be devine with a custard filling!
Hey love this!! Do you think they will keep if they are shipped for a gift? Or would you not risk it due to the perishable filling?
Hi Lori,they won’t keep that long because of the filling, and also they are the best to serve immediately.
In response to those asking if they will last unrefrigerated and specifically LORI WEAVER wondering about shipping them, if you were to use a purchased, prepared pudding – like the JELLO PUDDINGS which are sold on store shelves unrefrigerated, I would think they would be fine for some time out of the fridge or to be shipped … perhaps stored in a sealed, air-tight container.
Did you try with the snack packs? How was the consistency? Tried them last night and they were a hit with the family. Thinking about trying them with chocolate and butterscotch. I wasn’t able to fill them, but just used the filling as a dip.
I like the simplicity of this technique. Like Sandy, not a white chocolate fan (or for that matter, instant pudding, tho understand you are trying to make them simple to make). I think the pastry cream would be a great filling. I think I’ll swap out china 5 spice for the cinnamon and fill with lemon curd.
Will plain Greek yogurt work, or will affect the taste too much?
It will be Ok Kara
This is probably a stupid question…but what size box of pudding so you use?
Thanks!
Hi Erica, small (1 oz) will be enough.
As a Grammy I’m well equipped with “popper” pans, this would alleviate the frying. Then stuff them as directed when they’re cool…..do you think it would work as well?
Do you think they could be made in a cake pop maker?
Hi Crystal, I haven’t tried, but I think it’s better to fry them in oil, I think this batter won’t work well in a cake pop maker.
Can I use olive oil instead of vegetable oil to try the dough?
Could chocolate pudding and semi chocolate chips be substituted for the white chocoloate?
Hi Tracey, you can use them.
i am going to try these using a Danish aebelskiver pan. Should work great!
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Can you use an instant cookie mix?
Hi…..I think this is a wonderful recipe. However, just to clarify, I believe when you say “Jello” you are referring to the NAME BRAND of the PUDDING you are using, right? I mean, JELLO is the name brand, not the product and this could be confusing to some people. Jello (not the name brand) is gelatin, not pudding. Maybe something to think about and clarify in your recipe…
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This sounds AMAZING!! DId you try baking instead of frying?
Do you think they can be freezed?
Thanks ?
Hi Michal, this batter is not for baking, sorry.
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Tried this recipe tonight – disappointed.: Very dense, not fluffy, pudding mix was too runny and no room to fill un-fluffy cooked balls. And I don’t know how she managed to do all this – including chill the pudding – in 15 min, more like a half hour for me.
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These Snickerdoodle Poppers are absolutely yummylicious. They’re perfect for serving up at birthday parties or anytime you’ve got the gang together, ‘
I tried this recipe today and found it very frustrating. The melted chocolate re-solidified in the cold pudding and would not pass through the pastry tip even though I used the largest one I had. I ended up cracking open the poppers and spooning in the pudding/chocolate mix. Very messy! They are very tasty. If I make them again I will leave out the white chocolate so they will fill nicely and look like the photo. Also, I have loads of the pudding mix left over.
Haven’t tried yet. I just plain don’t like yogurt. So if it makes this moist. Would heavy whipping cream so the same. We have a store here that sells there brand and it is thick as yogurt. Makes for one creamy cup of coffee.
YUM, I highly recommend as this recipe is perfect!! I couldn’t use the jello or white chocolate so I used thick custard but I made it even thicker using cornstarch which actually worked really well