How to Make the Best Banana Pudding Recipe! 🍌 | Vlogmas 2024

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: whipped topping

Coconut cream adds richness with fewer calories.

vanilla pudding mix

🥗Healthier: homemade custard

💰Cheaper: instant pudding

Homemade custard enhances flavor without preservatives.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: almond extract

💰Cheaper: imitation vanilla

Almond extract provides a different but pleasant flavor.

Beat the room temperature cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy.

Add sweetened condensed milk, vanilla pudding mix, milk, and vanilla extract to the cream cheese and mix until combined.

Add a ripe banana into the mixture for extra flavor.

Stir in half of the whipped topping (Cool Whip).

Layer Nilla wafers on the bottom of the baking dish.

Add a layer of sliced bananas on top of the Nilla wafers.

Pour about 1/3 of the pudding mixture on top of the bananas, just enough to cover them.

Repeat the layering process with Nilla wafers, sliced bananas, and pudding mixture.

Top the final layer with whipped topping, Nilla wafers, sliced bananas, and crushed Nilla wafers for texture.

Refrigerate the banana pudding for about 2 hours to allow it to thicken and the cookies to soften.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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