The Ultimate Banana Pudding
A no-bake layered banana pudding made with instant vanilla pudding, sweetened condensed milk, Cool Whip, vanilla wafers and sliced bananas. Chill before serving to set.
Equipment
- 9x13 inch Baking Dish
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 15-ozbox vanilla wafers, (reserve a few to crush on the top)
- 1 5.1-ozbox instant vanilla pudding
- 2 cupsmilk
- 1/2 cupsour cream
- 1 14-ozcan sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tspvanilla extract
- 1 12-ozcontainer Cool Whip, ,thawed
- 6 bananas ,sliced
Instructions
Instructions
- Lightly spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Remove a few vanilla wafers from the 15-oz box and set them aside to crush later for the topping. Use the remaining vanilla wafers for the layers.
- Slice the 6 bananas and set them aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the 5.1-oz box instant vanilla pudding mix with 2 cups milk until smooth and beginning to thicken.
- Add 1/2 cup sour cream, the 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk, and 2 tsp vanilla extract to the pudding mixture; whisk until smooth and fully combined.
- Gently fold the thawed 12-oz container of Cool Whip into the pudding mixture with a rubber spatula until evenly incorporated, being careful not to overmix.
- Assemble the pudding in the prepared dish: arrange half of the remaining vanilla wafers in a single layer on the bottom (break wafers as needed to fit). Top the wafers with half of the sliced bananas, then spread half of the pudding mixture evenly over the bananas.
- Repeat the layers: place the remaining vanilla wafers, then the remaining sliced bananas, and finish by spreading the remaining pudding mixture over the top.
- Crush the reserved vanilla wafers and sprinkle the crumbs evenly over the top layer.
- Cover the dish and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
Notes
The pudding will be runny when you assemble the dessert. It will firm up as it refrigerates.
Can Banana Pudding be made in advance? Yes! I prefer to make this dessert the day before serving. It is better on the second day.
Use any many or as few bananas as you prefer.
If you don’t like bananas you can leave them out. The pudding and cookies are to-die-for!
I used a Family Size box of Nilla Wafers so I had plenty of extra cookies to crush on top of the dessert. You can use a regular 11-oz size box if you can’t find the larger box.
Store the pudding covered in the refrigerator. It will keep up to 4 days.
Can Banana Pudding be made in advance? Yes! I prefer to make this dessert the day before serving. It is better on the second day.
Use any many or as few bananas as you prefer.
If you don’t like bananas you can leave them out. The pudding and cookies are to-die-for!
I used a Family Size box of Nilla Wafers so I had plenty of extra cookies to crush on top of the dessert. You can use a regular 11-oz size box if you can’t find the larger box.
Store the pudding covered in the refrigerator. It will keep up to 4 days.