Rice Pudding Calories

Growing up, everyone has that one dish that they love the most. No matter what cuisine your family makes the most, what ethnicity you belong to, or where you reside, we all have fond memories from our childhood, eating our favorite dish. Although I had many favorite foods, one in particular was rice pudding. And trust me, while eating the pudding, I never used to think about the calories. But what is rice pudding? And how is it made?

As I mentioned earlier that we all belong to different ethnic background and hence, we have unique and various styles of cooking. And rice pudding is no different. This dish is made with rice and milk or water along with a few more ingredients. Now since this is a dessert (and sometimes a dinner on its own), the actual preparations around the globe is very different. In India, a rice pudding is called kheer and it tastes AWESOME. And this dish, my friends, is loaded with calories. So I can understand your concern when you talk about calories in creamy rice pudding. Hence, to reduce your concerns, we've put together this article that will show you what this deliciously, sinful dish is packing.

Counting the Calories

The total amount of calories in this dessert will depend on the ingredients you choose to make it. And since everyone has different recipes that they follow, calculating the total number of rice pudding calories can become tough. So what you should concentrate on are the ingredients which you use in the recipe itself. According to their quantities, you can add the calories of all the ingredients and then come up with the calories in rice pudding. Now let's say you are making rice pudding which serves 4 people and you're using butter with low-fat milk, bowl of rice, and sugar, after you've made the dish, the pudding roughly comes with around 290 calories.

On the other hand, if you use sugar substitute instead of castor sugar, 2% reduced-fat milk instead of whole milk, and low-fat butter instead of butter, then the calories will reduce considerably. While preparing rice pudding with these ingredients, total calories roughly comes around 102 calories. For a smaller serving size, ½ cup which is served with raisins, the calories will then be about 193.

Low Calorie Recipes

If you're a fan of rice puddings but would like to keep the calories at bay, then the next recipe will make your mouth water. Try these recipes and find out yourself.

Recipe #1

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cinnamon, ground
• 1 egg
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 1 cup brown rice, cooked
• 1 cup blueberries, fresh
• 1/8 cup molasses
• Cooking spray

Directions

Here's an easy rice pudding recipe made with fresh blueberries and brown rice. It's really yummy. First we preheat the oven to 350º F. Take a baking pan and grease it with cooking spray. Take a big bowl to beat the egg in. Then add milk, molasses, cooked brown rice, and cinnamon in. Keep mixing the ingredients for about 2 to 3 minutes and then add the blueberries. Mix one more time and add this mixture inside the pan. Place the pan inside the oven for 20 minutes. Once the top part begins to turn golden brown, remove the pan from the oven, and leave it in one side to cool. You can either serve the pudding hot or cold.

Serving Size - 10
Total Calories - 111 per serving

Recipe #2

Ingredients

• 4 cups 2% milk
• 3 tablespoons Splenda
• 1 teaspoon light butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• ¾ cup rice

Directions

First we preheat the oven to 275º F. In a bowl mix rice, milk, and Splenda together. Transfer this mixture inside a baking dish and place in the oven to cook for about 3 hours. In between, stir the pudding so that the rice doesn't stick in the bottom. If the pudding is drying out, you can add more milk to maintain consistency. After the pudding is cooked, remove the dish from the oven and add butter, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix properly and serve either hot or cold.

Serving Size - 8
Total Calories - 128 per serving

If you are planning on eating healthy but still can't resist some foods, such as this rice pudding, then you can easily make the recipes mentioned above and not worry about the total calorie intake.