Take Out Rice Pudding

[josephsm]

I'm looking for the best rice pudding to go in Manhattan. Not from a restaurant, but rather from a deli or small grocery store that has it pre-packaged in roughly $2 portions, so you can pick some up quickly for dessert at home or work. There is a surprising amount of variety out there, some good and some just awful.

My current favorite is a $2 cup from the large deli on the south side of 41st Street between Madison and Park. I tend to like the creamy, less eggy kind, maybe with a sprinkling of cinnamon, and not too sweet, with rice with a bit of a bite.

[NAtiveNewYorker]

Rice to Riches in Nolita used to be great.

[piccola]

The pudding there is still great. But even the small exceeds the OP's $2 pp budget.

[josephsm]

Rice to Riches is ok. I tend to go there to appreciate the gimmick or to show it to visitors more than because I am craving their rice pudding.

What's really overpriced is the Tahitian vanilla rice pudding from one of the stores in the Grand Central market. Mediocre and expensive.

[jsmitty]

the supermarket brand cozy shack is pretty damn good

[marlie202]

I agree-and cozy shack has no artifical ingredients