tapioca pudding

Starchy sweet treat

Tapioca pudding is a creamy dessert made from tapioca pearls—small starchy balls derived from cassava root—cooked in milk with sugar and often egg.

The pearls become translucent and chewy, giving the pudding its distinctive texture.

It's served cold or warm, sometimes flavored with vanilla: My grandmother always made tapioca pudding from scratch.

Opposites
texture

tapioca puddingcrème brûlée

Custard under caramelized shell

panna cotta · flan · mousse · potato chips · crackers

flavor profile/course type

tapioca puddingmain course

Primary dish served

savory · salty · steak · roast beef · soup

culinary sophistication

tapioca puddingcrème brûlée

Custard under caramelized shell

opera cake · mille-feuille · petit fours · baked Alaska

Family

pudding, tapioca, puddings, manioc, tapiocas, tapioca pearls

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G