No-Bake Eclair Cake

If you love eclairs, you’ll love this no-bake eclair cake. With layers of French vanilla pudding, graham crackers, and a top layer of chocolate frosting you can’t go wrong.

 

The dessert is super easy to make and doesn’t involve the oven. And, even better, the chilled eclair cake is perfect for summertime picnics and warm evenings.

Full printable recipe with ingredients, measurements, and instructions at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

What Do I Need To Make An Eclair Cake?

• Graham crackers
• Instant French vanilla pudding
• Cool Whip
• Milk
• Chocolate frosting

What’s In Chocolate Eclair Cake Recipe?

Chocolate eclair cakes are made up of several layers including graham crackers, pudding, Cool Whip, and chocolate frosting.

To make the dessert, you need to start with graham crackers and layer them along the bottom of the pan.

Next, mix the instant pudding with milk until it thickens and add the Cool Whip. Spread half of the pudding over the top of the graham crackers, and repeat, ending with a layer of graham crackers.

Finally, melt the frosting in the microwave for a few seconds and pour over the graham crackers. Refrigerate overnight and serve when you’re ready.

How To Make Eclair Cake

Start by adding two French vanilla instant pudding packets to a large glass bowl.

Secondly, pour the milk into the bowl with the pudding.

Mix the pudding with a hand mixer for a couple of minutes. When you finish mixing, give the pudding a few more minutes to thicken.

Instant pudding takes about five minutes to thicken.

Now, add the Cool Whip to the bowl and mix it together.

Line the bottom of a 9″ x 13″ casserole dish with graham crackers.

You don’t need to grease the bottom of the pan because you’re not going to be baking this cake, so things are not going to stick.

Next, spread half of the pudding over the graham crackers gently, so they stay in place.

You will have a total of two layers of pudding and three layers of graham crackers for this dessert.

Layer again with graham crackers, once again with pudding, and finally with a final layer of graham crackers. You will finish with graham crackers on the top.

Melt the frosting for about 30 seconds in the microwave. Once you take it out of the microwave give it a stir and it should be melted enough to easily pour over the cake.

If it needs a little more time in the microwave, stick it in there in 10-second increments until it’s ready to pour.

Pour the frosting over the entire eclair cake and place the dessert in the refrigerator overnight. It’s going to take several hours for the dessert to set up so it’s easy to cut.

Other cakes you’ll love:

• Pound cake with a cream cheese frosting is always a hit.
• This chocolate layer dessert is another recipe that you don’t have to bake.
• Cake mix cookie bars is another dessert that is super simple to make.