The Best Banana Pudding
This Banana Pudding is a no-cook pudding recipe made with sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese and pudding, fresh bananas and Nilla wafers!
Ingredients
- 8 ounce block cream cheese, (softened to room temperature)
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 5 ounce package INSTANT vanilla pudding mix ((larger box))
- 3 cups milk ((2% or higher))
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 8 ounce tub whipped topping (COOL WHIP), thawed ((divided use))
- 11 ounce box Nilla wafers ((divided use))
- 5-7 bananas, peeled and sliced ((divided use))
Directions
- 1
In a large bowl, beat cream ceese, with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy.
- 2
Add in sweetened condensed milk, vanilla pudding mix, milk and vanilla extract. Mix until combined well.
- 3
Finally, stir in half of the whipped topping.
- 4
To layer: place one-third of the Nilla wafers in a layer on the bottom of a trifle dish, large bowl or a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- 5
Add a single layer of the sliced bananas.
- 6
Then pour one-third of the pudding mixture on top (enough to cover all the bananas).
- 7
Continue with two more layers.
- 8
Top with remaining whipped topping.
- 9
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least one to two hours before serving so it can thicken up and the wafers can soften.