No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert

Why you will love the easy dessert recipe.

It takes just five simple ingredients to make this recipe. Even better, it takes just about 20 minutes (or less) to make it.

Here is what else you will like about this recipe.

• This is a no bake recipe! You simply layer your ingredients and serve it.
• Personalizing this recipe is as easy as using another flavored pudding, such as banana pudding.
• This recipe is especially perfect for sharing with others at potlucks, barbecues, or even a birthday celebration.
• Refrigerating this dessert before serving can make it even more enjoyable on a warm day.

Ingredients you will need to make pudding and banana dessert.

• Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix. The family sized (5.1 ounce) dry mix.
• Milk. Use cold milk.
• Bananas. Firm and fresh bananas that have been sliced into ½" pieces.
• Whipped Topping. Tubbed topping such as Cool Whip Brand.
• Wafer Cookies. Such as Nilla Wafers.

How to make no bake banana dessert.

Prep Time: 20 minutes .
Servings: 12 .

1. Prepare. Gather your ingredients. You will also need a 9x13" baking dish, a whisk, and a large bowl.
2. Combine. In a large bowl, use a whisk to combine together the pudding mix and milk until smooth and combined with no lumps. Then whisk in half (four ounces) of the whipped topping.
3. Wafers. Remove six cookies from the box and then use the remaining cookies to make the base layer by placing the cookies side by side.
4. Layers. Add a layer of banana slices over the cookies and then top that with half of the pudding layer. Smooth out the pudding using the backside of a spoon and then repeat the layers (wafers, bananas, pudding, and whipped topping) with the remaining ingredients.
5. Top. Crush the remaining cookies and sprinkle them on top of your dessert. You can also add any leftover banana slices and serve.

Tips for making the best banana dessert.

Using ripe bananas that are firm is imperative to the success of this recipe. You bananas should be sliced just before making this recipe to prevent any discoloration from taking place.

More helpful tips for you.

1. Use a full fat milk to make a creamier and rich pudding layer.
2. While my dessert was made with wafer cookies other kinds of cookies can also work. Select cookies that work well with bananas such as Golden Oreos.
3. My dessert was made in a 9x13" baking dish. For thicker slices you can use a smaller baking dish or for more slices that are also smaller, a larger baking dish (if you can find one) could work.
4. This dessert can be served right away. You can however refrigerate the dessert up to overnight to allow the ingredients to set and serve cold.