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Easy No Bake Banana Pudding

🍌🍮 Grandma's Comfort No-Bake Banana Pudding Recipe 🍮🍌

💭 Ever walk into Grandma's kitchen and the scent of ripe bananas and vanilla filled the air? This recipe brings back those cozy afternoons. Did you know banana pudding was actually a way to use up leftover milk and cookies? Time to relive those sweet moments!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 5.1 oz vanilla instant pudding
  • 3 cups cold milk
  • 3 large bananas thinly sliced or 4 medium
  • 8 oz Cool Whip
  • 1 box Nilla Wafer cookies
  • additional bananas for garnish if desired

Instructions
 

  • Mix the instant pudding and cold milk together in a large mixing bowl
  • Stir in half of the whipped topping until well blended
  • Place a layer of wafer cookies on the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish
  • Place a layer of sliced bananas over the wafer cookies
  • Spoon half of the pudding mixture over the banana slices and spread evenly over bananas with a spatula
  • Repeat the layers -- cookies, bananas, and finish with a layer of pudding on top
  • Spread the remaining Cool Whip over the pudding layer and place in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight
  • Garnish with fresh banana slices and crushed cookies, if desired before serving

Notes

Pudding can be made up to a day in advance. Store in refrigerator.
Make sure to get instant vanilla pudding and not the kind that needs cooked.
Use any brand of vanilla wafer cookies or Chessman cookies.
Nutrition
Calories: 134kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 227mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 0.1mg