This Delicious Peanut Butter Banana Pudding is twist on a Southern-style dessert with a light, creamy texture, banana chunks, crispy vanilla wafers and gooey peanut butter.
As someone with southern roots, loving banana pudding is in my nature. And boy do I love it. I can’t get enough of the naturally sweet, creamy, whipped texture of this dessert.
My Classic Southern Banana Pudding is my go-to dessert for parties. And when I’m feeling fancy, these Banana Pudding Cheesecake Bites always hit the spot.
Growing up, it was one of my favorite desserts that my grandmother made. She always served up bowls of pudding right before we binge-watched thriller and horror films. I remember her loading her banana pudding recipe with vanilla wafers and loving every bite of it. Haha. And really nothing has changed since then.
I still enjoy a big bowl of banana pudding, and my little guy has followed in my footsteps. These days, though, I like to put my own twist on my grandma’s recipe by adding peanut butter. The result is a beautifully layered dessert that’s easy to make and full of creamy, rich and fruity flavors.
If you have a little helper at home like me, this is a great no-bake recipe to get them involved in the kitchen. Kids can whip up the banana pudding and help you layer the dessert.
The best part about this recipe is that you don’ need any special equipment and a boxed pudding mix makes it totally fool-proof.
Here’s what you need to throw together this 20-minute dessert:
I recommend serving this pretty dessert in a glass bowl. If you have a trifle bowl with a stand, even better!
Once your pudding is made and chilled, you’re ready to assemble. Here’s how to do it:
For garnish on top, add more cookies, plain whipped cream and finally a last drizzle of peanut butter. Then chill the fully assembled dessert for 2 to 3 hours. For the best flavor and texture, chill the dish overnight.
Chilling is an important step you don’t want to skip.
As the assembled peanut butter banana pudding chills, the cookies with absorb some of the banana flavor and soften up. Plus the pudding will solidify a bit more so you have a scoopable, sharable treat.
Plus, chilling means that you can use this as a make-ahead dish for entertaining, which always keeps things lower stress.
Yes! If you prefer to make individual servings of dessert, you can layer the cookies, banana slices, peanut butter and pudding in small glass mason jars for a cute and portable dessert.
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I’ve always loved banana pudding but have never added peanut butter. SO GOOD!
I think I just short circuited my laptop by the drool this post caused me ! its yummy licious!
Nice presentation! Bet this is a tasty way to end a meal.
I love that you turned banana bread in to a pudding and even better that there is peanut butter added. YUM!
This is my kind of trifle, love how simple this is to make, a perfect dessert for my family!
That looks messy but delicious ?
It’s so good! Believe me! The prep is a little messy, but nothing too crazy! 🙂