DREAM WHIP FROSTING 
1 (3 oz.) pkg. instant pudding, any flavor
1 env. Dream Whip
1 1/2 cups regular milk

Mix instant pudding with Dream Whip. Add regular milk. Whip.

Makes a light creamy frosting that's excellent on all cakes or cupcakes.

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Dream Whip Frosting
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 Amy (Washington) says:
My mom has been making this for years and now I do too. Its amazing!!! We aren't big fans of regular frosting because it is so sweet... this is an excellent alternative. I have had people chasing me down for this recipe ;)

Also you do have to whip this for longer than a lot of other frostings. So if you think you did it wrong don't worry just keep whipping it till it looks right
 #71579
 Emily (Ohio) says:
Is the Dream Whip just regular whip cream like Cool Whip?
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 Elaine (Ohio) replies:
Love this frosting! Emily, Dream Whip is a dry powder in the pudding aisle. It's been around since way before Cool Whip.
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 Nikki (Pennsylvania) replies:
Dream whip comes in box with... nowadays only 2 envelopes. And you mix this "whipped topping" as directions unless you are following a recipe with a variation of the directions. Whereas Cool Whip, scoop right out of the tub & ready to go. Hope this helps hun. Don't mean to sound like I'm holding your hand, but I too had NO idea when I first heard of it years ago. So I try not to let room for folks to have to assume. Happy baking!
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 Mary Lee Lundrigan Cuckow (Alberta) says:
My Grandfather told me this recipe 30 years ago. People also chase me down for this recipe but I never see anyone else use it. My Sister-in-law had me use this on her chocolate wedding cake and my nephew calls me Auntie Genius because of this recipe. Even people who don`t like cake LOVE this.
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 LDV (Pennsylvania) says:
I love this recipe. I like to use butterscotch instant pudding for a chocolate cake, which I then top willy-nilly with semisweet chocolate chips.
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 Amy (Michigan) says:
I make ice cream cakes for birthday and use this as the frosting in whatever pudding flavor they want. I just make two 8 inch layers of cake and mold store bought ice the same size. The kids have been very creative on the flavors and they all work!! This frosting freezes on the cake very well.
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 Sean (Georgia) says:
I had no idea this was so popular... it has been the only icing my family has used for for at least 50 years dating back to when my Mother was a little a girl, and her Mother fixed it... no clue if it goes back even further. I have never in my life met anyone else that has ever even heard of it.
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 Tutu (Colorado) replies:
I too, have used this recipe for years. I use the coconut pudding and then add grated fresh coconut on top. Yummy!
 #186549
 Nikki (Pennsylvania) replies:
Oh my goodness... stop... DON'T STOP DON'T STOP. LOL. THIS sounds absolutely AMAZING. I NEVER considered coconut. I love coconut so that's funny. I'm using it as I attempt to recreate a recipe my mom used to make with pistachio pudding and dream whip filling in a yellow cake roll. She passed when I was 17 (I just turned 45) so I never thought to get her recipes back then. I'm so excited n a lil anxious about making this.
 #117479
 Boogz (Pennsylvania) replies:
My family has used this recipe for years and years. It's our favorite, especially on Jell-o cake!
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 Vicki (Tennessee) replies:
I found this recipe on the box of Dream Whip about 25 years ago and tried it and have loved it ever since.
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 M. Elena Castro (California) replies:
My good friend Kristal told me about this icing/topping. She has used it for over 40 years and I have used it for over 30 years. It's the best! People ask about it all the time.
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 Cathey (Michigan) says:
My mother passed down our favorite cake recipe, bake a yellow cake, after baked poke holes and pour Jello lime flavor gelatin over it chill a few hours then top with instant pistachio pudding and dream whip it's yummo
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 Arlie Roberts (Manitoba) says:
Used this frosting on a chocolate cake to go along with my husband to his meeting at church. As far as he was concerned it was the best ever!! But I am wondering how long it will keep in the fridge?
 #139609
 Cheryldma (Massachusetts) says:
Has anyone substituted cool whip for the whipped dream whip, we love this recipe but I have some cool whipped Ready thawed.
 #166917
 Kay (Iowa) says:
Dream whip used to come in a 4 pack, and it had the recipe on it, now if you can find it, it only comes in a 2 pack. I found this 45 years ago. Then you mixed the dream whip & 1/2 c. milk till thick, then the pudding with 1 1/2 c. milk, just till slighty thick, and mixed them together. Now the pudding is in samller boxes so I only use 1 c. milk
 #184888
 Sunshinesmom (Hawaii) replies:
I just box a box of Dream Whip last time I was at Safeway, and it is a four pack.
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 Rosemary Lefflbine (Connecticut) says:
Love this for frosting or filling any time of the year but especially for summer cakes! Always well received.
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 Jean (Texas) says:
I have used this frosting many times. Wondering how diabetic friendly is it. Should I be looking for instant puddings that are sugar free?
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 Mary (Tennessee) says:
I add 1 1/2 cup of heavy cream instead of regular milk which makes the frosting thicker and creamier!! Very Good!!
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 Sandra (New York) says:
I too found this recipe in a small cut-up cake paperback (eg bunny or other shapes). It is the perfect frosting for cut cakes where you have crumbly edges to cover. For most cakes you will need 2 batches of frosting. It's very forgiving :)
 #187321
 Janet (Florida) says:
I have been trying to find the Dream Whip white icing my deceased mother-in-law used to make to icing my husbands birthday cake. Does this icing have an almost marshmallow consistency? I know it came in a box and she stated it was called Dream Whip. She would icing a delis food cake with this icing. It was very white and had a marshmallow consistency and taste. Is this the Dream Whip she spoke of? I would love to make it for my husband since it was his favorite his mother made!
 #191351
 Kat (Delaware) replies:
I'm sure your comment is old. But but in case you never figured it out, you're talking about 7 minute frosting.

 

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