My famous banana pudding recipe🥰
🧾 Ingredients
½ box instant banana pudding mix
½ box instant vanilla pudding mix
2 cups cold milk
½ can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)
1 tsp vanilla extract
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1 container Cool Whip (8 oz, thawed)
4–5 ripe bananas (sliced)
1 package Pepperidge Farm Chessmen Cookies
Caramel sauce (for drizzle)
🥣 Instructions
1. Pudding base
Whisk together:
2 cups cold milk
½ banana pudding mix
½ vanilla pudding mix
Let it thicken (3–5 mins).
2. Add depth
Mix in condensed milk + vanilla extract until smooth.
3. Cream cheese fluff
Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Fold in half the Cool Whip.
Combine this with the pudding mixture.
4. Finish it
Fold in remaining Cool Whip gently → light, fluffy texture.
🍰 Assemble (this part matters 👀)
In a dish:
1. Bottom layer: chessman cookies
2. Drizzle caramel lightly (not too much or it’ll get soggy)
3. Banana slices
4. Pudding layer
Repeat layers.
Top layer:
Add a final layer of pudding
Line up whole chessman cookies on top (cute + classy)
Drizzle caramel across the top
Sprinkle leftover cookies for final pizazz
Refrigerate at least 4–6 hours (overnight = BEST)
Cookies soften into that cake-like texture 😩
Enjoy😘
I did…skip my secret ingredient🤭but this recipe works!