{"id":6786,"date":"2026-07-24T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:55:30","slug":"not-yo-mamas-banana-pudding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/not-yo-mamas-banana-pudding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Yo&#8217; Mama&#8217;s Banana Pudding"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Not Yo&#8217; Mama&#8217;s Banana Pudding<\/h1>\n<p>A rich, creamy, no-bake Southern dessert layered with vanilla wafers, fresh bananas, and a luscious cream cheese pudding filling. It&#8217;s easy to make and always a crowd favorite!<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 bags (11 oz each) vanilla wafer cookies<\/li>\n<li>6\u20138 ripe bananas, sliced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups cold milk<\/li>\n<li>1 package (5.1 oz) instant French vanilla pudding mix<\/li>\n<li>1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk<\/li>\n<li>1 container (12 oz) frozen whipped topping (Cool Whip), thawed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl, beat the softened cream cheese until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Add the sweetened condensed milk and mix until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, whisk together the cold milk and instant pudding mix for about 2 minutes, until it begins to thicken.<\/li>\n<li>Fold the pudding mixture into the cream cheese mixture until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Gently fold in the thawed whipped topping until fully incorporated.<\/li>\n<li>In a 9\u00d713-inch dish or trifle bowl, arrange a layer of vanilla wafers on the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>Add a layer of sliced bananas over the cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Spread half of the pudding mixture over the bananas.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat the layers with the remaining wafers, bananas, and pudding mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight, to allow the flavors to blend and the cookies to soften.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Optional Garnish<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Crushed vanilla wafers<\/li>\n<li>Banana slices<\/li>\n<li>Extra whipped topping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use ripe but firm bananas for the best flavor and texture.<\/li>\n<li>Chilling overnight gives the pudding the perfect consistency.<\/li>\n<li>Keep leftovers refrigerated for up to 3 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prep Time:<\/strong> 20 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Chill Time:<\/strong> 4 hours (or overnight)<br \/>\n<strong>Total Time:<\/strong> 4 hours 20 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Servings:<\/strong> 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not Yo&#8217; Mama&#8217;s Banana Pudding A rich, creamy, no-bake Southern dessert layered with vanilla wafers, fresh bananas, and a luscious&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6786","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\/6786","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=6786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6788,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions\/6788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}