This no-cook banana pudding recipe is easy to make and delicious layered with vanilla wafers and slices of banana. It’s the best banana pudding you will ever find (or so I’ve been told by many)!
The Ultimate Banana Pudding – Layers of vanilla wafers, bananas, and the most decadent vanilla pudding. This stuff is SO good. It reminded me a lot of Magnolia Bakery’s banana pudding. I could have eaten the whole pan! Vanilla wafers, bananas, instant vanilla pudding, milk, sour cream, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and cool whip. Make a day in advance for best results. Great for dinner parties, cook outs, and potlucks!
Ever since Nabisco put the banana pudding recipe on the back of its vanilla wafer box, the layer of wafers, banana pudding, and meringue became popular in many households. Then, when whipped topping could be bought in a can and pudding was instant, the ease of the dessert made it even more popular! But, this recipe brings the dessert back to before Nabisco made it so popular. I really encourage you to make all of the recipes by hand. It will be worth it! (But, of course, you know where to find some store-bought parts of the dessert if you need to cheat a little.) If you love this dessert, you will also love my Banana Pudding Cheesecake!
The Ultimate Banana Pudding
Ingredients:
2 boxes Vanilla Wafers
6 to 8 bananas, sliced
2 cups milk
1 (5 oz.) box French Vanilla pudding mix
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 oz.) container frozen whipped topping, thawed (or an equal amount of sweetened whipped cream)
Instructions:
Line the bottom of a 13×9 inch dish with one box of cookies. Layer the sliced bananas on top.
In a bowl, mix the milk and pudding mix using a handheld electric mixer until well blended.
In another bowl, combine the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk, mixing until smooth.
Gently fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.
Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture, stirring until fully combined.
Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas, then top with the remaining box of cookies.
Refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy the best banana pudding ever!