The Ultimate Banana Pudding - Layers of vanilla wafers, bananas, and the most decadent vanilla pudding. This stuff is SO good. It reminded me a lot of Magnolia Bakery's banana pudding. I could have eaten the whole pan! Vanilla wafers, bananas, instant vanilla pudding, milk, sour cream, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla, and cool whip. Make a day in advance for best results. Great for dinner parties, cook outs, and potlucks! #dessert
Lightly spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
Whisk together pudding mix and milk. Add sour cream, condensed milk, vanilla, and Cool Whip. Gently whisk until combined.
Layer in the baking dish: ½ of the vanilla wafers, ½ of the bananas, and ½ of the pudding mixture. Repeat the layers.
Crush the reserved vanilla wafers and sprinkle on top.
Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
Notes:
The pudding will be runny when you assemble the dessert. It will firm up as it refrigerates.
Can Banana Pudding be made in advance? Yes! I prefer to make this dessert the day before serving. It is better on the second day.
Use any many or as few bananas as you prefer.
If you don't like bananas you can leave them out. The pudding and cookies are to-die-for!
I used a Family Size box of Nilla Wafers so I had plenty of extra cookies to crush on top of the dessert. You can use a regular 11-oz size box if you can't find the larger box.
Store the pudding covered in the refrigerator. It will keep up to 4 days.