… because life is too short to skip dessert.
Busy moms have it hard at dinnertime. You want to cook healthy meals from scratch for your family, but you also need to get everything done fast. So you have to cut corners somewhere.
Sadly, one corner that often gets cut is dessert. It just takes too long to bake a cake or a pie from scratch, so you end up just serving cookies out of a box, or maybe even skipping dessert completely. Now there’s a solution. This Blue Ribbon Banana Pudding makes it easy to turn a packet of instant vanilla pudding into a real, homemade dessert – fast.
You can whip up the pudding itself in just a few minutes. Then you beat in some whipped topping to make it extra light and fluffy. And finally, you layer the pudding in a bowl with vanilla wafers and banana slices, with extra whip on top.
And that’s it! Just let the pudding chill in the fridge while you serve and eat dinner. Then you can pull it out, top it with a few more wafers and bananas, and serve up a beautiful dessert that looks and tastes homemade.
Blue Ribbon Banana Pudding…because life is too short to skip dessert.
How To Make Blue Ribbon Banana Pudding
Ingredients you will need:
packet vanilla pudding
cold milk
condensed milk
cool whip
bananas
vanilla wafers
Directions:
- Mix together milk, and pudding mix. Add in condensed milk and mix until well combined. Chill for 5 mins.
- Add in 8 oz of cool whip to pudding mix. Stir.
- Layer 1/3 of pudding mix, topped with wafers, then banana slice, and repeat 3 times. Top with the remaining whipped cream Chill for 30-60 mins before serving.
- Top with more wafers and bananas before serving.
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Blue Ribbon Banana Pudding
Ingredients
- 3.4 oz packet vanilla pudding
- 1.5 cups cold milk
- 12 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 16 oz cool whip
- 5 bananas
- 1 12oz boxes vanilla wafers
Instructions
- Mix together milk, and pudding mix. Add in condensed milk and mix until well combined. Chill for 5 mins.
- Add in 8 oz of cool whip to pudding mix. Stir.
- Layer 1/3 of pudding mix, topped with wafers, then banana slice, and repeat 3 times. Top with the remaining whipped cream Chill for 30-60 mins before serving.
- Top with more wafers and bananas before serving.
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Nutrition Information:
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Ashley Hall says
Is the pudding the instant kind or the one you are supposed to cook?
Corey says
Instant Pudding
Pamela says
Large or small packet of instant pudding?
Corey says
Small 🙂
Jen R says
I made this once before and it was delicious!! Do you know if you could make it the day before you plan to serve though or will the bananas brown?
Corey says
The bananas will brown making it a day early.
Lusy says
Dip bananas in lemon juice to prevent browning
Heather says
This recipe was great! So easy and everyone loved it! Thank you! 😊
Tee says
I’ve been making this for almost 20 years. I use heavy whipping cream and cold water instead of whole milk. It makes it a bit less sweet which lets you taste the delicious banana flavor. I also use cheesecake jello pudding which i found out by accident makers it taste amazing!
Tee says
Also, if you wasnt to be extra fancy use chessmen cookies in lieu of vanilla wafers and dust the top with coco powder!
Barb Stewart says
I really liked this recipe, but when buying the pudding, there were 2 sizes and i was not sure to which you were referring.
Dianna says
It says in the ingredients 16oz of cool whip but in the instructions says add in 8oz of cool whip.How much really cool whip needed in this recipe?Sorry but I’m confused.
Corey says
Hi Dianna. It is 16oz. You use the first 8oz in the beginning. Then it step 3 it has you add in the rest.
Susan says
What size vanilla pudding packet did you use?
Corey says
3.4 oz box 🙂
Kate says
Thanks for the recipe! I’m really looking forward to making this but I had a few questions before I start! Are the bananas layered on top of the wafers or ontop of a separate layer of pudding? Will it make a difference if I pick to layer it one way vs the other? Also, will the wafers be less fluffy if I double layer it instead of single layer it?
Melanie Kuzia says
what size vanilla pudding did you use?
Corey says
3.4 oz box
GLORIA RAMON says
Can you use pudding mix you have to cook (not instant )?
Corey says
Gloria, I have only made the recipe as written, so I can’t say for sure.