For anyone looking for the best banana pudding, a TikTok food critic recommends dessert lovers go to The Puddery in Pearland, Texas.
Influencer Keith Lee went to bakery with his wife Ronnie Lee after it tagged Lee in more than 13 social media posts.
The food critic and his wife tried three desserts in their car: plain ole biscoff cheesecake, Keith Lee croffle, strawberry banana pudding, and its very famous original banana pudding.
Lee, who said he’s ‘not a sweets person,’ had a huge smile on his face throughout most of the taste test and said the fact that the bakery did not have a line ‘out the door’ left him speechless.
The satisfied couple surprised The Puddery owner, Janel Prator, with a $2,000 tip afterward, and later that day the bakery had a line of customers around the block.
‘Yesterday I had five customers. Today, I don’t know how many of y’all it is but the line was wrapped around the building,’ she told Fox 26 Houston.
Food critic Keith Lee went to The Puddery in Pearland, Texas, with his wife Ronnie Lee after the bakery created more than 13 social media posts hoping he would visit
The Puddery had been struggling, and business owner Janel Prator even said that there are days where the bakery only has two customers a day
The influencer and his wife were the only Lees in the video, but the food critic said that his family got the food, and they thought the customer service was ‘amazing.’
At the beginning of the video, Lee showed off the Oreo croffle – a croissant with homemade whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and Oreo crumb and cookie toppings.
The ‘immaculate’ dessert made the influencer say he loves Texas and he gave it a 9 out of 10 while grinning with excitement.
‘I see why she kept telling me to come. I get it, you got it,’ Lee stated.
According to Lee, the Oreo croffle was ‘immaculate’ and rated the treat a 9 out of 10 despite not being a sweets person
The food critic and his wife couldn’t stop raving about was The Puddery’s strawberry and original banana puddings, and he even admitted that it was better than his wife’s baking
Lee then tried The Puddery’s strawberry and original banana pudding – a highly talked about dessert that’s was featured on The Great Food Truck Race and Mind Your Business with Mahisha Dillenger.
The food critic took a bite of the pudding and immediately made a bet that the dessert was homemade.
‘If this is box pudding, I will give her a $1,000 I promise you I would,’ Lee said.
He shocked his wife when he said the pudding was better than hers and gave it a 9.2 out of 10.
Lee insisted his wife try it, and as soon as she took a bite, she smiled and did not want to stop eating it.
Once the influencer tried the original banana pudding, he said he wanted it to include toppings like Oreos or strawberries, but it was still ‘amazing.’
He gave it an 8 out of 10 but said anyone who loves banana pudding would rate it a 10.
His wife also took a big bite of the original banana pudding and discovered banana slices in the famous desert.
Lee tried the desert one more time with a banana slice, and changed his rating to a 9.
Ronnie Lee also tried the deserts and loved the strawberry and original banana puddings and the plain ole biscoff cheesecake
Lee rated the plain ole biscoff cheesecake a 2 out of 10 because he though it was ‘too sweet,’ but his wife gave it an 8 out of 10
Sadly, there was one desert that Lee was not a big fan of – the plain ole biscoff cheesecake.
He predicted the frozen cheesecake would be ‘too sweet’ for him, and after taking a bite, he immediately shook his head and said he was right.
‘Way too sweet… Me personally, 2 out of 10. That’s all sugar,’ he stated.
His wife took a small bite of the cheesecake right after him, and after closing her eyes while chewing it, she gave it an 8 out of 10.
Lee and his wife surprised The Puddery owner Janel Prator after trying her deserts and
Once the successful taste test was over, Lee said: ‘I don’t ever promise nothing – I never have I never will. But if you ask me, everything about to change.’
Lee hoped the video would reach the target audience and said that ‘he never meant that more’ in his life.
The two of them had a conversation with a shocked Prator after eating the ‘absolutely insane’ food and left her in tears after asking if they could give her their generous $2,000 tip.
‘I just kept telling her I genuinely believed she deserved it, and I’m just blessed to be in this position.’