Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding is a heavenly dessert made up of layers of creamy vanilla pudding, bananas, and Nilla Wafers. It’s the very recipe that the famous New York City bakery uses! This delicious and easy recipe is sure to become a family favorite!
Bananas are a staple in our home. We always have them hanging around but often they become over ripe before we get around to eating them. Instead of throwing them out we make something yummy like Banana Bread Crumb Cake, No Bake Banana Caramel Pecan Pie, or Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding
One of my favorite things to do is make restaurant copycat recipes, especially when they’re as good as this Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding. The amazing New York bakery is famous for it’s cupcakes and banana pudding. There are a few other locations dotted across the country but if you don’t live near one or have a trip planned to visit one, no worries! You can make this famous banana dessert right at home!
This Banana Pudding tastes just like the real deal because it is! The recipe comes right from their cookbook. Not only is it delicious, it’s so easy to make! All it takes is 6 ingredients and one of those is water.
MAGNOLIA BAKERY BANANA PUDDING
Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding is a heavenly dessert made up of layers of creamy vanilla pudding, bananas, and Nilla Wafers. It’s the very recipe that the famous New York City bakery uses! This delicious and easy recipe is sure to become a family favorite!
Ingredients
- ▢1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- ▢1 1/2 cups ice cold water
- ▢1 3.4 ounce box vanilla instant pudding mix
- ▢3 cups heavy whipping cream
- ▢4 cups bananas sliced
- ▢1 12 ounce box Nilla Wafers
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the sweetened condensed milk with an electric mixer while slowing streaming in the water. Add the pudding mix and beat until thoroughly mixed in. Cover pudding and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight so it can can thicken and set up.
- Beat the heavy whipping cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks from. Fold the whipped cream and chilled pudding together until there are no more streaks.
- Assemble the pudding in either a large bowl, trifle dish, baking pan, or individual dishes. Layer the ingredients by first adding a layer of Nilla Wafers, followed by sliced bananas, and then pudding. Repeat layers until you reach the top of your dish(es).
- Cover tightly with plastic wrap and place the assembled dessert in the fridge for 4-8 hours. Top with additional bananas and Nilla wafers (optional) and serve.