Description
A creamy, dreamy dessert that disappears in minutes!
Prep Time: 30 minutes | Chill Time: 4 hours | Total Time: 4 hours 30 minutes | Servings: 12
Ingredients
Scale
For the Pudding:
- 2 (3.4 oz) packages vanilla pudding mix
- 4 cups cold milk
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract
For Assembly:
- 1 box vanilla wafer cookies
- 6–7 ripe bananas, sliced
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- Extra cookies for garnish
Instructions
- Whisk pudding mix with cold milk until thickened. (Dan’s favorite part – counting to 120!)
- Beat cream cheese until smooth, add condensed milk and vanilla.
- Fold pudding into cream cheese mixture.
- Whip heavy cream with powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Layer in this order:
- Cookies (Dan’s specialty!)
- Banana slices
- Pudding mixture
- Whipped cream
- Repeat
- End with whipped cream and crushed cookies.
- Chill at least 4 hours or overnight.
Notes:
- Use ripe but firm bananas
- Chill bowl for whipping cream
- Georgia’s tip: double the vanilla
- Emily’s secret: add a pinch of salt
Storage Tips:
- Keep covered in refrigerator
- Best eaten within 2-3 days
- Don’t freeze
- Cover surface with plastic
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 385
- Protein: 7g
- Fat: 18g
- Carbs: 52g
- Fiber: 2g