{"id":5467,"date":"2026-05-26T10:35:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5467"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:35:34","slug":"not-yo-mamas-banana-pudding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/not-yo-mamas-banana-pudding\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Yo\u2019 Mama\u2019s Banana Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Not Yo\u2019 Mama\u2019s Banana Pudding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This famous Southern-style banana pudding is extra creamy, rich, and completely no-bake \u2014 layered with bananas, buttery cookies, and a fluffy cheesecake-pudding filling. Popularized by Paula Deen.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies<\/li>\n<li>6\u20138 bananas, sliced<\/li>\n<li>1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk<\/li>\n<li>2 cups cold milk<\/li>\n<li>1 (5 oz) box instant French vanilla pudding mix<\/li>\n<li>1 (12 oz) container whipped topping (Cool Whip), thawed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Line the bottom of a 9&#215;13-inch dish with one bag of Chessmen cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Add a layer of sliced bananas over the cookies.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, whisk together the cold milk and pudding mix until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>In another bowl, beat the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Combine the pudding mixture with the cream cheese mixture and stir until fully blended.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the filling over the bananas and cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Top with the remaining Chessmen cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving (overnight is even better).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>For extra banana flavor, use very ripe bananas.<\/li>\n<li>Many people on Reddit recommend adding extra cookie layers or serving it in a trifle bowl for a beautiful presentation.<\/li>\n<li>You can substitute vanilla wafers if you can\u2019t find Chessmen cookies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not Yo\u2019 Mama\u2019s Banana Pudding This famous Southern-style banana pudding is extra creamy, rich, and completely no-bake \u2014 layered with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5469,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions\/5469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}