Hawaiian Coconut Pudding (Haupia) is a Hawaiian dessert almost similar to a gelatin. Think of it like a milky and cloudy jello dessert with a coconut taste! Haupia is most commonly served in luaus and gatherings in Hawaii.

I remember the first time I ate my first bite of Hawaiian Coconut Pudding (haupia); I was eating Hawaiian Food at the Waiahole Poi Factory on the east side of Oahu, and I loved every bite of the Hawaiian Coconut Pudding.  It reminded me of the Thai coconut agar jelly desserts I use to eat as a kid.  Not to mention I have a strong affinity for coconut flavored anything so of course I enjoyed my first time eating haupia. I mean who doesn’t like coconut flavored desserts unless you are allergic to them, which is unfortunate. Anywho, writing about haupia evokes other memories of eating chocolate haupia cream pie and McDonald’s fried haupia pie.

Haupia is very simple to make. Don’t waste your money on overpriced haupia mix because making it from scratch is cheaper and more satisfying. Be prepared to go CocoNUTs over this Hawaiian Coconut Pudding Recipe! If you want to try out another local Hawaii recipe, check out my Baked Furikake Salmon recipe here.

DIRECTIONS

Who knew haupia would be easy to make? It only requires requires 4 ingredients: water, sugar, cornstarch and coconut milk. For this haupia recipe, I used Coconut Milkand Clabber Girl Non GMO Corn Starch.

Once all the ingredients are prepared, pour the coconut milk into a pot.

Add the sugar to the coconut milk.

Place the pot on a stove, and stir the coconut milk and sugar together. Bring the coconut milk to a boil.

As you wait for the coconut milk to boil, stir the cornstarch into the water. Mix it well to get rid of any clumps and make sure the cornstarch does not settle at the bottom of the bowl.

Once the coconut milk has come to a boil, lower the heat and slowly add  the cornstarch to the coconut milk. The cornstarch will thicken the coconut milk into a pudding.

Stir until the mixture has thickened.

Once you are finished mixing, immediately pour the coconut pudding in a 8″ x 8 ” pan and refrigerate. Once the pudding has cooled in the refrigerator, it will be ready to eat!

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Hawaiian Coconut Pudding (Haupia)

Hawaiian Coconut Pudding (Haupia) is a Hawaiian dessert almost similar to a gelatin. It consists of 4 simple ingredients: water, sugar, cornstarch and coconut milk. 

Course Dessert

Cuisine Hawaiian

Keyword Hawaiian Coconut Pudding

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 7 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Servings 5 people

Ingredients

• 1 can coconut milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 6 tbsp corn starch
• 3/4 cup water

Instructions

1. In a small pot, combine coconut milk and sugar. Stir together and bring to a boil 

2. As you wait for the coconut milk to boil, mix the cornstarch with water and stir until the corn starch has dissolved in the water 

3. Once the coconut milk has boiled, lower the heat and slowly stir in the corn starch

4. Keep stirring the mix until the the consistency is thick and creamy 

5. Immediately pour into a small 8"x8" pan 

6. Refrigerate the haupia. Cut the haupia into squares and serve!