Cool Whip Frosting

Guest: Crys0904 2012-05-21
I made this frosting for my daughter's 3rd birthday cupcakes. I substituted vanilla pudding mix for Cheesecake pudding mix and it was a HUGE hit! The leftover was used for fruit dip. Many people have asked me for the recipe since the party. I'll definitely be making this again!

Guest: shar 2012-03-07
Love this frosting! How can I make it a thicker consistancy without it getting too sweet?

jenmiren 2012-02-14
Love this frosting I used it on cupcakes I used a apple corer to take out the center of each cupcake filled the cupcake with this frosting then frosted the top of them with it as well then I put sprinkles on .... they looked so fun and everyone at work loved!!!! them I had a coworker ask me if I would make them again for her birthday :) yummy and sooooo easy

Guest: jackie 2012-02-11
So I made this for my boyfriends valentine cake, whipped cream frosting is his favorite. It was super easy to make and instead of milk I used the the juice from a 10oz jar of maraschino cherries and it came out amazing! The only thing I would change is maybe put less sugar it was a bit sweet for my taste otherwise a keeper :)

Guest: Lily 2011-09-16
Love this recipe. My other half wanted something else than the usual butter cream frosting. I used 1/2 cup milk and 1/3 cup powdered sugar made for a stiffer but super fluffy frosting. Thank you so much!!!! One quick question can I use chocolate cool whip and chocolate pudding or would that be too much chocolate flavor? Thanks again! :) :)

mariegist 2011-05-26
This is really lite. I didn't have a problem with this frosting being thick. Maybe because (not sure) I made my own whip cream and I made it very thick. You just need heavy whipping cream (1 cup),powder sugar(4 tbl),and vanilla extract which is optional (1 tsp) and mix with a mixer until it thickens up to your liking. I like making my own whip cream and personally thinks it taste better. Also I double the whip cream so it was 16 oz to the vanilla pudding mix and it tasted just fine. My kids loved it and it was easy to make with the kids.

Guest: riss 2011-05-10
This worked awesome for my sons birthday. I didn't want something as sweet as icing, and this was super yummy. I had to add food coloring to it to make it blue, and yellow. Also I am glad I read the other comments of letting it sit in a fridge over night because I had to swirl it on top of cupcakes

Guest: crickettlegs 2011-02-23
I needed a lighter tasting - not so sweet icing for an office birthday party for my boss - found this and tried it. It was great. I'm glad I read the reviews before I made it - I cut the milk in half so that I could use some of the icing to pipe around the edges. Using vanilla pudding makes the icing yellow - which turned out to be OK for my use this time. I made 2 sheet cakes and stacked them on top of each other - so I would suggest using 3 batches of icing the next time - and for anyone else that wants to make this. I'll let you know how everyone liked it later.

Guest: Anonymous 2010-07-20
This frosting is amazing. Sweet but light, easy but versatile-- very tasty! I tried it using the juice from a can of maraschino cherries in place of milk and it turned out great. Then I tried it adding chopped up maraschino cherries (I made two cakes) and it was amazing, too. I'll be keeping this recipe.

Guest: Anonymous 2010-04-03
Very easy and it tastes great! Definitely cut the milk to no more than 3/4 cup (I only used 1\2 actually) and keep adding powdered sugar bit by bit if you want to decorate. Thanks for sharing!

Guest: jima 2010-01-02
everyone loved it. So easy and very light!

Guest: Mass Baker 2009-11-14
I'm making a cake for my sisters baby shower (and what the pregnant girl wants, the pregnant girl gets!) And she wanted the cool whip type frosting. Well, I have a tendency to not totally read directions (and I'm making a double batch) and I accidently used regular sugar instead of powdered sugar!! It wasn't stiff enough for me, so I kept adding powdered sugar until I was happy, and set it in the fridge until the cake was cooled and ready to go. Everything turned out GREAT!! And I made a pregnant lady very happy (even with my oopsie!) It's a great frosting!! I'll be using it much more often!!

Guest: MommyMJ 2009-07-17
I found that if you make it the night before and stick it in the fridge over night it's thicker. Also I used 1/3 cup of powdered sugar instead of 1/4 and it was really tasty. A huge hit!

Guest: Mimicookie 2008-11-20
I have been decorating for 22 years so my family is tired of the traditional buttercream icing. I used this recipe on my grandson's cake. Everyone was very impressed with this frosting. It tasted great, was not heavy and rich like buttercream. I cut down on the milk to give the frosting more body for decorating. It worked great! I would highly recommend this recipe.

Guest: spider069 2008-08-25
I used this to make a doll cake for my grandaughter, first one. This frosting made a BIG hit. I even put food coloring in to make it green as grandaughter wanted. And I don't cook!!