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Feb 23, 2024 @ 12:17 PM MST
Banana Pudding With Chessmen Cookies
yield: 12 SERVINGS
prep time: 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES
total time: 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES
Ingredients
Directions
1
Slice the bananas on a cutting board.
2
Place the cookies from one package so that they line the bottom of the pan. (I inspect both packages first to identify any broken cookies to place them at the bottom.) Add the sliced bananas on top of the cookies.
3
With a hand mixer, beat together the vanilla pudding mix and milk. In another bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk.
4
Fold in whipped topping with cream cheese mixture and then fold thatin with the vanilla pudding.
5
Pour the mixture all over the bananas and smooth out until even.
6
Place the second box of cookies on the top. Chill for a few hours until ready to serve. Enjoy!
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Do you love Paula Deen banana pudding? Then you MUST try this banana pudding with chessmen cookies recipe! It’s the BEST EVER!
Love bananas and want a delicious dessert to share with friends and family?
You’ve gotta try one of my very favorite potluck dessert recipes EVER – this easy Southern-style Paula Deen banana pudding! The best part is that it’s simple to make ahead of time and keep in the fridge before serving.
Fresh bananas, creamy pudding, and shortbread cookies come together in just a few minutes to form this delicious no-bake dessert guaranteed to please a crowd. It’s the perfect time to dive in and give this banana pudding with chessmen cookies recipe a try!
The result is a creamy dessert with soft cookies that’s the perfect combo with the cream cheese and bananas.
This banana pudding with chessmen cookies recipe has honestly become such a family favorite!
Hip tips on how to make banana pudding with chessmen cookies:
- Open your Chessmen cookie packages before starting. Use any broken cookies on the bottom layer, and save the pretty cookies for the top! You can also use Vanilla Wafers instead of Chessmen, if desired. Graham crackers would also work!
- Not a Cool whip fan? Use Tru-Whip instead! It’s found in the frozen foods section at the grocery store and has no hydrogenated oils or high-fructose corn syrup. You could also whip up 2 cups of heavy cream instead to make homemade whipped cream instead!
- Keep bananas from browning using Ball Fruit-Fresh. If brown bananas bother you, try using Fruit-Fresh to slow the process. You can also try using bananas that are barely ripe and still very firm.
- Make walking banana pudding using snack-sized nilla wafer packages! It would be great for entertaining, or maybe even as a creative camping dessert.
- Try using Neufchâtel cheese for a little fewer calories than regular cream cheese! If sweetened condensed milk is too sweet for your liking, try evaporated milk instead. I have also used half the can of the sweetened condensed milk, and it’s still sweet enough!
- If you have bananas leftover from this recipe that get too ripe, check out these seven best ways to use them!
Banana Pudding With Chessmen Cookies
yield: 12 SERVINGS
prep time: 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES
total time: 3 HOURS 20 MINUTES
Get ready to enjoy the BEST banana dessert ever! The cookies get soft and almost cake-like, for an incredible no-bake dessert idea inspired by the famous Paula Deen banana pudding.
Ingredients
Directions
1
Slice the bananas on a cutting board.
2
Place the cookies from one package so that they line the bottom of the pan. (I inspect both packages first to identify any broken cookies to place them at the bottom.) Add the sliced bananas on top of the cookies.
3
With a hand mixer, beat together the vanilla pudding mix and milk. In another bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk.
4
Fold in whipped topping with cream cheese mixture and then fold thatin with the vanilla pudding.
5
Pour the mixture all over the bananas and smooth out until even.
6
Place the second box of cookies on the top. Chill for a few hours until ready to serve. Enjoy!
Additional Notes
Recipe from FoodNetwork.com (Paula Deen)
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Everyone goes BANANAS for this Paula Deen banana pudding dessert!
You’ll want to keep the recipe handy because folks will ask how you made this banana masterpiece! I love how this tastes after it has been in the fridge because the shortbread cookies soften – it’s almost like refrigerator cake.
We made this for my daughter’s birthday one year because she LOVES bananas. It was such a big hit and has now become one of our “go-to” favorite special occasion desserts. I love that it’s very simple to make that my now older kids can make it themselves!
Can’t get enough banana? Try out our Nutella swirl banana bread next!
About the writer:
Lina has a Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University with 11 years of blogging and photography experience having work featured in Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.
