Description
An easy banana pudding recipe inspired by Paula Deen’s Southern classic — creamy, rich, and made with layers of vanilla wafers, bananas, and whipped topping.
Ingredients
Scale
1 box vanilla wafers
6–8 ripe bananas
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese
1 can (14 oz) condensed milk
1 box (5 oz) instant vanilla pudding
2 cups cold milk
1 container (12 oz) whipped topping
Instructions
1. Whisk pudding mix with milk until thick.
2. Beat cream cheese until smooth, add condensed milk.
3. Fold in pudding mixture and whipped topping.
4. Layer wafers, bananas, and pudding mixture in dish.
5. Repeat and top with whipped topping.
6. Chill 4+ hours before serving.
Notes
Use lemon juice on bananas to prevent browning.
Add peanut butter or chocolate layers for a twist.
Store covered in fridge up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 32g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 25mg