My mom used to make Banana Pudding for dessert anytime my brother visited for the holidays. It was his favorite dessert and it ranks pretty high on my list of favorites as well. We always thought my mom had some secret to her Banana Pudding recipe that made it so darn delicious. It wasn’t until many years later we learned she just used the recipe that is on every box of Nilla Wafers. THAT was her secret!!

Layers of bananas, vanilla pudding, cool whip and Nilla wafers. I’m convinced that the real “secret” is the heavenly condensed milk that is added. Don’t skip out on adding this ingredient. If you have to, get in an extra workout because the calories are totally worth it!

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Banana Pudding

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Flip Flop Foodies Course: DessertsCuisine: SouthernDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Ingredients

• 16 oz 16 heavy whipping cream

• 1/4 cup 1/4 powdered sugar

• 2 tsp 2 vanilla extract

• 1 (5.1 oz) box 1 instant vanilla pudding (dry mix only)

• 1 1/2 cups 1 1/2 whole milk

• 1 (14 oz) can 1 sweetened condensed milk

• 5 5 large bananas, sliced

• 1 (11 oz) box 1 vanilla wafers

Directions

• With a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, whisk heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together powdered pudding mix, milk and condensed milk until smooth. Let sit for 3 minutes. Fold in whipped cream until smooth (reserve a little whip cream for decoration on top if desired).
• In a large trifle bowl (or individual parfait glasses) assemble the pudding. First, lay one third of vanilla wafers across the bottom of the bowl. Top with one third of the banana slices. Cover with one third of the pudding mixture. Continue with two more layers, reserving a few vanilla wafers to lay across the top as garnish.
• Cover pudding and let it rest in the fridge for at least 3 hours before serving. Can also be made up to a day ahead and stored in the fridge until ready to serve!

Notes

• If you would prefer to use cool whip, swap the first 3 ingredients (whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla extract) with a 12 oz container of Cool Whip.

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