Ready-to-eat foodstuffs having a desirable texture, and methods of making suchfoodstuffs, are provided. The ready-to-eat foodstuffs may include about 50% toabout 70%water, about 7% to about 17% hard fat, about 0.1 % to about 5% protein source,and about 0.1 %to about 20% water binder. The foodstuffs may have a gel strength of about atleast 100 and alsomay not include lecithin. Methods for preparing such foodstuffs may involveheating andcooling a fluid composition containing these ingredients.