This is one of my favorite banana puddings to take to potlucks because it tends to please everyone from the kids, adults, true southerners to Yorkers alike! Not to mention it’s so easy and quick to whip up a huge pan of this stuff. This is the recipe my grandmother uses a lot for family get-togethers. It’s just heavenly!
The addition of the sour cream really adds a special touch and helps tie in all the flavors. I like how it’s not overly sweet or too rich like some easy banana pudding recipes can be. Don’t let the instant pudding throw you off, it works. Trust me.
Don’t tell anybody, but I actually prefer this version of banana pudding over the old-fashioned, homemade version.
I made this dessert for a holiday party and a pilot was there and his exact words were “I’ve had banana pudding from all over the world but this stuff is first class!” I never seemed to forget that. What a compliment!
Watch me make this Easy BananaPudding from start to finish!
Easy Banana Pudding
Ingredients
- 3-6 bananas
- 2 3.4 oz box instant Vanilla pudding
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 box of Nilla Wafers You won't need the whole <g class="gr_ gr_96 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="96" data-gr-id="96">box,</g> unless you just really like nilla wafers
- 8 oz. container of Cool Whip
- 8 oz. container of sour cream
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine pudding and milk.
- Stir until creamy.
- Add in sour cream and 4 oz (half the container) of cool whip.
- Stir until combined.
- In a dish, add a layer of chopped bananas and nilla wafers
- Spread on a large spoonful of the pudding mixture
- Repeat the layering process again, ending with the pudding mixture.
- Spread on the remaining cool whip.
- Arrange wafers in a patter on top or crush them.
- Refrigerate for 3 hours.
- Serve cold.
Notes
TIPS
Refrigerate until cold (I usually do 1-3 hours before serving)
Don't use banana flavored pudding.
Make individual servings by layering in clear cups. So cute!
Feel free to layer and decorate how you please.
Wanna change up the cookie? Try Chessman cookies!
Wanna add something unique? Sliced strawberries add a special touch!
Can I make this the night before I serve it or will the bananas turn yucky?
I made the recipe exactly as is except i doubled it and used only 2 bananas and one whole box of nilla wafers. It is absolutely DELICIOUS. JUST perfect! I didn’t know what to expect with using sour cream but you can’t even taste it. I was tempted to do things like add vanilla or use heavy cream but don’t do it! It’s perfect as is! Thank you diva!
I made this for my sister’s birthday dessert but substituted cook & serve pudding for instant since that’s what I had on hand. It was out-of-this-world delicious!
As a banana pudding aficionada, I was a little concerned with doing a no-bake recipe, especially for Thanksgiving for the first time with a bunch of new guests coming over. I sincerely didn’t want to get clowned on a holiday. Especially because I have a reputation of throwing DOWN in the kitchen to uphold. I just said to myself, “If the banana pudding is effed up, people can always have my sweet potato casserole as a back-up dessert.”
But after reading all the reviews I was sold. Babaaaayyy that banana pudding was EVERYTHING. Everybody asked for some to take home! Using vanilla pudding instead of banana made the flavors more subtle and not artificial tasting. This recipe has now been printed and added to my permanent recipe book! Thank you!!!!!!! You gave me some wonderful new holiday memories!!!
I made this Fourth of July, and my family who claimed they didn’t like banana pudding couldn’t get enough! It was sooo light and fluffy. I will double my recipe next time so I can make a larger dish!
I was wary of adding the sour cream, but it turns out that this recipe is incredibly delicious exactly as the recipe is!! Used 4 bananas, the whole thing fit in an 8×8 glass square 2″ deep.
This recipe deserves 1000 stars. It was light delicious and creamy, I was tempted too dat the entire pan. I only used 2 bananas, I don’t like it too bannanaish
Just want you to know…..I’ve been making banana pudding for my family at the least 45 years …Always doing it the old fashion way…using the cook & serve pudding……..Girl, your Banana Pudding is the Bomb!!! My Family Raved over it and fought over the last spoonful……Thank you for making my life Easier and my family Happy !, If you publish a recipe Book I want One !
Hahaha! Thanks love! As much I love old-fashioned recipes I do prefer my banana pudding this way. So glad your family liked it!
WOW? Should have known you were from North Carolina!!!! LoL…All your Recipes are deliciously Southern…….so am I, in a little town called calabash where everything is fried Seafood.
Can’t wait to Get one of your Cookbooks.!!
this recipe is my go to. it is our favorite banana pudding!! So good I am going to use it for desert shots for our wedding. thank you for another fantastic recipe
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Made this for a family cookout today! I don’t even like banana pudding but I thought this would be a quick dessert to take as everyone else was making cakes. I made one that was 1.5 times larger than the original recipe. When I tell you it was delicious! This will be my go to summer time dessert! I should have known The Diva’s recipes would not let me down! Thanks so much!