The BEST Banana Pudding

This Banana Pudding recipe is INSANELY delicious. It’s a little heavier on the cream cheese side because cream cheese is my kryptonite and I think everything that involves cream cheese is better with extra, extra cream cheese. Due to that, this pudding is a thicker consistency.

If you like a more classic “pudding” banana pudding, there is an optional step to add the pudding mix to 1 cup of whole milk. If you want the thicker consistency, skip the optional step.

Make sure that you use INSTANT pudding mix! And refrigerate longer if you are going to do the optional step.

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Banana Pudding

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Yield: 8-10

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Ingredients

• 2 cups of heavy cream
• 1 can of sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
• 16 oz of cream cheese (2 packages), softened
• 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
• 1 small box (3.4 oz) of instant vanilla pudding mix
• 5-6 ripe bananas, sliced
• 1 box of vanilla wafers
• 1 cup whole milk, OPTIONAL (if you like a more "pudding" texture)

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
2. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sweetened condensed milk, granulated sugar, salt, pure vanilla extract, and instant vanilla pudding mix, and beat until well combined. OPTIONAL: If you like a thinner more "pudding"-like texture, mix 1 cup of milk with pudding. Then in another bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add in the pudding mixture, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, salt, vanilla extract and beat until well combined.
3. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until fully incorporated.
4. In a large glass bowl, layer the vanilla wafers on the bottom, followed by a layer of sliced bananas.
5. Spoon a layer of the cream cheese mixture over the bananas and repeat the layers, ending with a layer of cream cheese mixture on top.
6. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or overnight.
7. Before serving, top with additional sliced bananas and crushed vanilla wafers for garnish.

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