Creamy Southern Corn Pudding Casserole (Easy Recipe) - Restless Chipotle (2024)

This vintage side dish is a southern classic! It's creamy and delicous.

🗝️ Key takeaways

• Creamy, custard-like Southern corn pudding is a delicious recipe that’s both inexpensive and totally irresistible.
• This sweet casserole is a classic Southern side dish that disappears fast at Easter and Thanksgiving dinners!
• My homemade corn pudding recipe does not call for sour cream—this is the key to getting all that sweet, fresh corn flavor.

Don’t let the simple ingredients in Southern corn pudding casserole fool you! These flavors really pop and will have you saying y’all in no time.

🧾 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

📖Variations

• Use fire-roasted fresh corn kernels for a deeper, nutty flavor.
• You can use whole milk, light cream, or heavy cream instead of evaporated milk if you have a carton to use up.
• Add some ham, bacon, or cooked sausage to turn Southern corn pudding into a filling main dish for last-minute family gatherings.
• Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top to make the dish even more savory!
• Add chopped-up chipotle peppers to your cornbread pudding for a dose of spice if you like it hot.

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the white sugar, maple syrup, evaporated milk, cornstarch, salt, and black pepper until dissolved.
2. Add in the eggs and then the cooled, melted butter.
3. Stir in the drained sweet corn and the creamed corn.
4. Spoon the corn mixture into the casserole dish and bake.

🥫 How to store leftovers

Let leftover corn pudding cool completely. Then, cover the baking dish tightly with plastic wrap or scoop extras into an airtight container.

Store it in the fridge for up to three days. Cover the casserole dish with extra aluminum foil, and you can freeze it for up to two months.

Reheating Southern cornbread pudding is easy-peasy! If it’s frozen, thaw it overnight in the fridge.

Then, remove the plastic wrap, replace it with aluminum foil, and reheat it in the oven at 325 degrees F for 20-30 minutes.

💭 Things to know

Expert Tip: Make sure your eggs are at room temperature, and let the butter cool before you mix them together—no one likes curdled eggs!

• This is not a bready recipe, so don’t overbake it! It'll still have a slight jiggle in the middle when it's finished baking.
• Corn pudding is souffle-like. You can test it for doneness the same way you check a cake—stick a butter knife inside. It should come out clean.
• I use evaporated milk to give the corn pudding a rich texture. Be careful not to grab sweetened condensed milk by accident.
• Use a kitchen torch to fire-roast the corn before stirring it in for a more savory, smoky flavor. Not a necessary step, but it's a very delicious one.

👩‍🍳 FAQs

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• Mexican cornbread casserole is a classic recipe that will add extra zip and a warm Tex-Mex twist to your holiday meal!

🍽️ Serve with...

Pair your savory corn pudding with crockpot green beans and ham for an effortless, satisfying, post-holiday dinner.

Looking for another side dish? Creamy potatoes au gratin is a family favorite. It's packed with gooey cheese, tender potatoes, and a crunchy, crumbly Panko topping.

Keep the Southern theme going strong and finish dinner off with my favorite coconut pie. It's ultra gooey and hits the spot—every time!

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You'll need a 9x9-inch casserole dish to make this.

📞 The last word

Corn is a fixture in the south. Cornbread, corn cakes, corn pudding - I've even made a sweet corn pound cake. It represents home and comfort, I think.

Plus it's inexpensive.

This easy side dish casserole is perfect for Thanksgiving but it's so easy it works as a side dish any time of year.

If you happen to have leftovers cut it into squares, warm it up, and serve with a little maple syrup poured over it for breakfast.

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.

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📖 Recipe

First published November 13, 2017. Last updated October 22, 2023, for better images and readability.

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