Easy Banana Pudding
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk - 1 can
- 5.1 ounce instant vanilla pudding - 1 box
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 cup sour cream
- Pinch salt
- 12-16 ounces butter cookies - divided
- 1 cup prepared caramel sauce
- 3 large bananas - sliced
- 1 ½ cups frozen whipped topping - thawed
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, pudding mix, half and half, sour cream and salt; Set aside.
- Reserve 6 cookies for garnish and place the remaining cookies in a zipper bag. Crush the cookies into large, bite-sized pieces.
- Place 2 tablespoons of the cookie pieces in the bottom of 6 serving dishes.
- Layer 1/8 cup of pudding mixture in each serving dish.
- Drizzle each with 2 teaspoons of caramel sauce.
- Layer banana slices on top of caramel.
- Repeat the layers - cookie crumbs, pudding, caramel and bananas.
- Top each serving with 1/4 cup of whipped topping.
- Garnish with reserved cookies and banana slices.
Notes
- Trifle: This is a great recipe for a crowd. So you can make it in a trifle bowl and serve a larger version.
- Chocolate Chips: I love to top this dessert with a few chocolate chips or shaved chocolate for extra flavor.
- Short cut tip: Have all the components ready ahead of time and assemble right before serving.
- Variation tip: Feel free to add banana flavored pudding in place of the vanilla pudding.
- Alternate ingredient: Adult only gathering? Add a little bourbon, rum or Banana Liqueur. Yum!
- Dietary consideration tip: Make a low calorie version with sugar free pudding, low fat sour cream and sugar free caramel syrup.