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!
The Recipe
Easy Banana Pudding
By Divas Can Cook - Monique
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
box, 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!
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!
Omg!!! This is awesome ????
Love this recipe! I also add raw coconut to give it a little flavor .
I made this for a Christmas Eve celebration and it was absolutely delicious!!! It got 2 thumbs up even from people who are not banana pudding fans.
after I finish making this … I put it in the fridge to wait for it to thicken up .. I waited 8 hours . Still not thick ! Came out really soupy … you know what I did wrong ? I accidentally brought the cook and serve instead of instant pudding !! Didn’t wanna make the pudding all over so I stick it in the freezer . & thank god !!! It came out perfect !!! This dish is so amazing . And all my family loved it !!!