Comments on: Slow Cooker Creamsicle Tapioca Pudding

By: BeedieKay

BeedieKay — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:37:49 +0000

It is yummy stuff!

By: Kathy Hester

Kathy Hester — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:09:26 +0000

Slow cookers can be so odd! You have a great attitude about it and are finding another tasty use for it too!

: )

By: BeedieKay

BeedieKay — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:58:22 +0000

Interesting because my slow cooker is one of the newer ones, and it is working okay. I have no idea, but I have tapioca soup sitting in my fridge! LOL! It tastes wonderful. I think I will make a smoothie out of it.

By: Kathy Hester

Kathy Hester — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:37:10 +0000

BeedieKay,

I have always made my slow cooker tapioca pudding with 4 cups liquid to 1/2 cup tapioca (or 2 cups liquid to 1/4 cup tapioca when I make it for 2 in a 1 1/2 quart slow cooker.)

Perhaps your slow cooker is older and cooks at a lower temp? The modern ones are much hotter and need the extra liquid. I’m sure the new measurements work for you, but I’m not sure that would work for the hotter slow cookers.

I went back and double checked my other recipes and tester comments (I had various testers use the same amounts for the tapioca recipes I have in The Vegan Slow Cooker) and the amounts worked for them. One person could not find pearl tapioca and it did take longer to set up for her.

Sorry it didn’t work for you as written – I’m glad you found a way that worked better for you!

By: BeedieKay

BeedieKay — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:07:34 +0000

I tried your Creamsicle Tapioca Pudding, and the recipe needs to be corrected. I made it exactly as written, and after two days, it never did set up. The flavor is totally awesome, but the texture was like soup. I checked the cooking directions on my bag of tapioca, and it says to use ONLY TWO CUPS OF MILK to 1/2 cup of tapioca. So it should have stated 1 cup of tapioca to the 4 cups of coconut milk to make is set up. Because the flavor was so good, I will make it again with those corrections.

By: Kathy Hester

Kathy Hester — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:04:30 +0000

Drsb,

Most tapioca pearls are gluten-free. Bob’s Red Mill has one and Let’s Eat Organic has another (which is the one I use).

http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Tapioca-24-Ounce/dp/B000KEJMRI

http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Do-Organic-Tapioca-6-Ounce/dp/B001HTOZ9U

If you can’t get tapioca you could use steel cut oats or plain brown rice. The cooking times may be longer, so you might have to add some more liquid in the cooking process.

Good luck!

By: drsb

drsb — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:37:59 +0000

Hi I am allergic to Gluten can I use GLuten free oatmeal for this recipe

By: Vegan2Raw

Vegan2Raw — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:24:46 +0000

This looks great! LOVE slow cooker recipes. LOVE tapioca too! 🙂

By: geekypoet

geekypoet — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:59:00 +0000

Barbara – that sounds like a yummy variation! Please let me know how your chocolate version turns out.

By: Barbara Sutton

Barbara Sutton — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:54:22 +0000

I loved the creamsicle tapioca pudding. It couldn’t be easier to make and is very tasty. I added 1 TBSP of agave and it added a touch of sweetness. Yun. I look forward to trying it w/ chocolate unsweetned almond milk w/ just vanilla extract.