Description
This Best Banana Pudding recipe is a creamy, no-cook dessert layering luscious vanilla pudding, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, fresh bananas, and crunchy Nilla wafers, topped with fluffy whipped topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounce block cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 5 ounce package INSTANT vanilla pudding mix
- 3 cups milk (2% or higher)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 ounce whipped topping (COOL WHIP), thawed (half of the 8 ounce tub)
- 8 ounce whipped topping (COOL WHIP), remaining half of 8 ounce tub
- 11 ounce box Nilla wafers, divided into thirds for layering
- 5–7 bananas, peeled and sliced, divided into thirds for layering
Instructions
- In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese using an electric mixer on medium speed until it becomes smooth and fluffy.
- Add the sweetened condensed milk, instant vanilla pudding mix, milk, and vanilla extract to the bowl. Mix thoroughly until all ingredients are fully combined and the mixture starts to thicken slightly.
- Gently fold in half of the thawed whipped topping to the pudding mixture.
- In a trifle dish, large bowl, or 9×13-inch baking dish, place one-third of the Nilla wafers in an even layer at the bottom.
- Arrange one-third of the sliced bananas over the wafer layer.
- Pour one-third of the prepared pudding mixture over the bananas, spreading gently to cover them completely.
- Continue layering wafers, bananas, and pudding mixture two more times, finishing with the pudding layer on top.
- Spread the remaining whipped topping evenly over the final pudding layer.
- Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 to 2 hours.
Notes
- Chilling time is important for thickening the pudding and softening the wafers.
- This dessert can be made a day in advance for better flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Cook
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 458
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 72 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg