# Banana Pudding

This is a delicious banana pudding recipe with a crispy vanilla wafer crust, creamy pudding, fresh bananas and a whipped cream topping, perfect for a summer dessert.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 box Nilla Wafers
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 8 ounces room temperature cream cheese
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 large box vanilla instant pudding
- 1 small box banana cream instant pudding
- milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- vanilla extract
- 0.5 cup powdered sugar
- bananas
- 2 packages Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Butter Cookies

## Instructions

1. Crush the vanilla wafers in a food processor to make a crumble for the crust.
2. Add about 6 tablespoons of melted butter to the crushed vanilla wafers.
3. Mix the butter and vanilla wafer crumbles thoroughly.
4. Press the mixture into the bottom of a baking dish.
5. Bake the crust at 375°F for approximately 6 to 7 minutes. Be careful not to burn it.
6. In a large mixing bowl, add 8 ounces of room temperature cream cheese, 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk, a large box of vanilla instant pudding, and a small box of banana cream pudding.
7. Add the amount of milk specified by the pudding directions.
8. Mix with an electric hand mixer, ensuring the softened cream cheese is fully incorporated before adding cold milk to avoid lumps.
9. Set the pudding mixture in the fridge.
10. In a separate bowl, pour 2 cups of heavy cream and a little vanilla extract.
11. Whip the heavy cream with an electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
12. Take about half of the whipped cream and fold it into the pudding mixture.
13. To the remaining whipped cream, add about half a cup of powdered sugar and mix.
14. Slice fresh bananas.
15. Layer the baked crust with sliced bananas.
16. Spread a layer of the pudding mixture over the bananas.
17. Place Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Butter Cookies on top of the pudding layer.
18. Add another layer of sliced bananas.
19. Spread the remaining pudding mixture over the bananas.
20. Pipe or spread the sweetened whipped cream as the top layer.
21. Smooth out the whipped cream.
22. Decorate the top with more Chessmen cookies.
23. Cover and place the dessert in the fridge for about 4 hours to overnight.
24. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- food processor
- large mixing bowl
- baking dish
- oven
- spatula
- electric hand mixer

## Tips

- Make sure you don't burn the crust when baking.
- Make sure to mix up the softened cream cheese before adding cold milk to avoid lumps.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours to overnight for best results.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-10-27

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