Homemade Banana Pudding - Celebrating Sweets

Publish date: 2024-06-03

This Homemade Banana Pudding features layers of pudding, vanilla wafer cookies, sliced banana, and freshly whipped cream. A sweet, creamy, and delicious dessert!

This Homemade Banana Pudding is giving me life. Mostly because I can justify nibbling on it all throughout the day. I mean, if I don’t, the bananas will turn brown. Soooo, I basically have to eat it. Lunch anyone?

If you’ve never had Banana Pudding you are in for a treat! And if you’ve only had versions made with “shortcut” ingredients you’ll be shocked at how much more delicious this homemade version is.

What is Banana Pudding?

Banana Pudding is a dessert that is made by layering pudding, whipped cream, sliced bananas, and vanilla wafer cookies. The dessert is assembled in a casserole dish and it sits in the refrigerator for several hours so that the cookies can soften and all the flavors can meld.

This a sweet, creamy, and delicious dessert with the flavors of fresh banana and vanilla.

How To Make It:

Many Banana Pudding recipes are made with packaged components: boxed pudding, cool whip, even fake banana flavoring. With a few simple swaps I was able to come up with a delicious homemade version of Banana Pudding. Here’s what makes up this recipe:

Vanilla Pudding: I used my Homemade Vanilla Pudding recipe with a few small tweaks. This easy pudding comes together on the stovetop in minutes.

Whipped Cream: Freshly Whipped Cream is the top layer of this dessert. A mixture of heavy cream, powdered sugar, and a splash of vanilla extract create a sweet and fluffy whipped cream that is unbeatable!

Vanilla Wafer Cookies: Use your favorite brand of vanilla wafer cookies. The cookies will create some stability, making this dessert easy to scoop and serve. Note: they will soften up after being layered with the pudding, bananas, and whipped cream.

Bananas: Here’s where the banana flavor comes from! Fresh sliced bananas are placed all throughout the pudding and on top.

Recipe Tips:

If you have any bananas leftover, you can try some of our other favorite banana recipes: Coconut Banana Cream Pie, Banana Bundt Cake, Easy Banana Bread, Banana Cake, or Banana Nut Muffins.

Love pudding? Try my Rice Pudding recipe. or Eclair Cake

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Recipe

Banana Pudding dessert in a white casserole dish.

Homemade Banana Pudding

This Homemade Banana Pudding features layers of pudding, vanilla wafer cookies, sliced banana, and freshly whipped cream. A sweet, creamy, and delicious dessert!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Dessert

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Chilling time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 50 minutes

Servings: 9 -12

Calories: 347kcal

Author: Allison – Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

Vanilla pudding:

Whipped cream:

Instructions

Vanilla pudding:

For Assembly:

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 76mg | Sodium: 185mg | Potassium: 259mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 451IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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