The BEST Banana Pudding Recipe 🍌| Easy & Delicious | FULL RECIPE ✨

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.

Add 2 packets of box pudding (1 vanilla, 1 banana cream) and 4 cups of whole milk to the KitchenAid mixer.

Blend the pudding mix and milk together until about halfway mixed.

Slice up 3 ripe bananas.

Add a few drops of vanilla extract to the pudding mixture and blend it in.

Set aside half of the pudding mixture for reserve (approximately 2 cups).

Add frozen whipped topping to the remaining pudding mixture and blend until combined.

Line the bottom of the serving dish with vanilla wafers.

Spread a layer of pudding over the vanilla wafers.

Add a layer of sliced bananas on top of the pudding.

Repeat the layers of vanilla wafers, pudding, and bananas.

For the top layer, mix the reserved regular pudding and whipped pudding and spread it on top.

Decorate the top with 3 Nilla wafers and sprinkle crushed vanilla wafers around the edges.

Refrigerate the banana pudding for about 3 hours to soften the cookies.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

Spice Level:

Allergens