Asad’s Hot Chicken
Searching for banana pudding near me in Philadelphia, South Jersey or Delaware? Asad’s serves it at all 19 stores for $5.00 — layers of fresh banana, vanilla cream and wafers. Everything on our dessert menu is 100% halal, including the gelatin question most places can’t answer.
“Do not sleep on the Banana Pudding for dessert.”
Bensalem Weekly review · every Asad’s location is rated 4.7★ or higher on Google
At any of Asad’s 19 stores across Philadelphia, the PA suburbs, South Jersey and Newark, Delaware. It’s $5.00, it’s on the menu every day, and most stores serve it well past midnight.
Banana pudding is a Southern dessert that travelled north with Nashville hot chicken, and it is genuinely hard to find halal in this region. That’s the short version of why it’s the one dessert we make.
Layers of fresh banana, vanilla cream and wafers — nothing else, and no gelatin. It’s our only dessert, so we made it count.
It’s the order reviewers warn each other not to skip. The pattern across our stores’ Google pages (every location rated 4.7 stars or higher) is the same: people come for the chicken, and the pudding turns out to be the quiet favourite for anyone with a sweet tooth — the cold, creamy landing after a plate ordered one spice level too brave.
Not usually — most commercial banana pudding contains pork-derived gelatin or is made in a kitchen that isn’t pork-free. Asad’s banana pudding is 100% halal, like everything else we serve.
Gelatin is the trap that catches halal diners at dessert. You can eat a fully halal meal and then order a pudding, mousse or marshmallow topping that isn’t. Because every Asad’s kitchen is completely pork-free, you don’t have to ask — but you should ask everywhere else. More on how Asad’s keeps it 100% halal.
Six, all $7.95: Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry, Peanut Butter, Cookies & Cream, and Nutella Magic. All halal, all thick enough to need a spoon first. See all six on the milkshakes page.
There’s a practical reason a hot chicken shop takes milkshakes seriously. Dairy cuts capsaicin heat faster than water does, so a shake is the actual fix if you over-ordered on the spice scale — not a drink you get afterwards, one you order alongside.
Five, all $6.95: Mango Lassi, Bananarama, Razzle Dazzle, Tropical and Tutti Frutti. Lighter than the shakes and dairy-forward enough to still take the edge off the heat. See all five on the smoothies page.
Mango Lassi is the one that tells you who we cook for. It’s a South Asian classic, not a smoothie-shop invention, and it sits on the menu next to a Nashville dessert for the same reason the chicken is halal.
If you searched for desserts near me, this is the whole sweet menu at every Asad’s: banana pudding for $5.00, six milkshakes at $7.95 and five smoothies at $6.95. Pair it with a plate from the hot chicken menu or get it on its own.
| Item | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Banana Pudding | Dessert | $5.00 |
| Chocolate Milkshake | Milkshake | $7.95 |
| Vanilla Milkshake | Milkshake | $7.95 |
| Strawberry Milkshake | Milkshake | $7.95 |
| Peanut Butter Milkshake | Milkshake | $7.95 |
| Cookies & Cream Milkshake | Milkshake | $7.95 |
| Nutella Magic Milkshake | Milkshake | $7.95 |
| Mango Lassi | Smoothie | $6.95 |
| Bananarama | Smoothie | $6.95 |
| Razzle Dazzle | Smoothie | $6.95 |
| Tropical | Smoothie | $6.95 |
| Tutti Frutti | Smoothie | $6.95 |
Whatever you ordered at Hot or above. The heat builds while you eat, so the pudding or shake lands at exactly the right moment.
If you’re building a full order, start with the loaded fries and work down the full Asad’s Hot Chicken menu.
$5.00, at every one of our 19 stores.
Yes — all six flavours, like everything else on the menu. Our kitchens are completely pork-free.
No. It’s banana, vanilla cream and wafers, with no gelatin of any kind.
Banana pudding ($5.00), six milkshakes ($7.95) and five smoothies ($6.95), at all 19 stores. See the milkshakes and smoothies pages for every flavor.
Yes. Most Asad’s stores serve past midnight, and several run to 3AM on Friday and Saturday. Check your store’s hours.
Chocolate Milkshake$7.95
Cookies & Cream$7.95
Mango Lassi$6.95