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    Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes

    Easy Banana Pudding with Sour Cream- Southern Banana Pudding

    February 20, 2019 Updated: August 2, 2022 By Katie Crenshaw 22 Comments

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    This is an easy no-bake Banana Pudding with sour cream recipe. The sour cream makes this pudding thick and creamy. It is the perfect dessert for cookouts, potlucks, and family gatherings. #bananapudding #nobakedessert
    This is an easy no-bake Banana Pudding with sour cream recipe. The sour cream makes this pudding thick and creamy. It is the perfect dessert for cookouts, potlucks, and family gatherings. #bananapudding #nobakedessert
    This is a delicious and easy Banana Pudding with sour cream recipe. The sour cream makes this pudding thick and creamy. It is the perfect no-bake dessert for cookouts, potlucks, and family gatherings.
    Easy Southern Banana Pudding Recipe

    This is an easy no-bake Banana Pudding with sour cream recipe.

    The sour cream makes this pudding thick and creamy.

    It is the perfect dessert for cookouts, potlucks, and family gatherings.

    Banana Pudding in a glass bowl with bananas and a box of vanilla wafers to the side

    Banana Pudding with Sour Cream

    It's Bananas Yo!

    My kids do not like the old fashion baked banana pudding with the meringue.

    Weird right? What's wrong with them?

    My children do however love this easy Banana Pudding with sour cream recipe.

    It is one of my son's favorite dessert.

    This is another fix it fast, feeds many, everybody is happy kind of easy dessert.

    Watch how to make

    How ripe should your bananas be for pudding?

    You want flavorful bananas in your pudding. After all, it is the star of the dessert.

    Therefore, you want the very ripe bananas.

    • Look for the bananas that bananas with the deep yellow and brown freckle spots.
    • Odds are, the bananas in the store won't be ripe enough. If you can, plan a couple days ahead and let them ripen naturally.
    • If you have only 24 hours, throw them in a brown bag, seal them, and leave them alone until the next day. This will quicken the ripening process.
     Banana Pudding with sour cream

    Ingredients:

    You will need the following ingredients:

    • 5 oz Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix-Do not use banana flavored pudding mix!
    • 2 cups heavy cream
    • 8 oz sour cream
    • 8 oz Cool Whip
    • 6 bananas
    • box of vanilla wafers-I prefer the Nilla brand. Their cookies work best with this recipe. If you want to do a special twist, you can use shortbread cookies.

    Step by step instructions

    Follow these simple steps to make this easy banana pudding.

    • Crush 5 vanilla wafers and set aside.
    • Mix pudding mix and heavy cream at a low speed until thick.
    • Blend in sour cream and ½ of cool whip.
    • Layer with first ⅓ of box vanilla wafers, then 2 bananas cut into slices, then ½ pudding mixture.
    • Repeat with Layer with ⅓ of box vanilla wafers, then 2 bananas cut into slices, then remaining pudding mixture.
    • Add one more layer of remaining vanilla wafers, then 2 bananas cut into slice. Top with remaining of the cool whip.
    • Sprinkle with the crushed vanilla wafers to garnish.

    * Serving Suggestion:  I often serve my  Southern banana pudding in a punch bowl as shown in picture. You can layer it in punch bowl or in a casserole dish.

    Tip

    You can whip it up the night before your next get-together and it is ready for you the next day. Or you can make it the day of. You will need it to refrigerate at least 3 hours for best results.

    Southern Banana Pudding

    Why sour cream?

    This easy Southern Banana Pudding recipe is a little more thick in texture than traditional no-bake pudding because of the heavy cream and sour cream.

    My family and friends prefer the thicker texture. It holds better with the bananas and it is more similar to the the old fashioned baked version.

    My friends ask for the recipe all the time. Good thing for them I have a blog, right? All I have to do is share this link.

    Good thing for you too.... because you have the recipe right here to make it! You are welcome!

    If you like this recipe, check out these other no-bake desserts:

    • Strawberry Cream Shortcake
    • Haystacks with Peanut Butter
    • Bourbon Brown Sugar Fudge
    • Ambrosia Fruit Salad
    • Watergate Salad
    • Chocolate Eclair Cake
    • Mexican Fried Ice Cream
    • Candy Bar Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

    Please leave me a comment below if you make this banana puddingand tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.

    Also post your picture of your dessert on Instagram or Facebook, and tag @aforkstale with #aforkstale hashtags! I will share with my followers! xoxo!

    Banana Pudding in glass bowl with a box of vanilla wafers and bananas to the side

    Easy Banana Pudding with Sour Cream- Southern Banana Pudding

    This is an easy no-bake Banana Pudding with sour cream recipe. The sour cream makes this pudding thick and creamy. It is the perfect dessert for cookouts, potlucks, and family gatherings.
    5 from 14 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 20 minutes
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 361kcal
    Author: Katie Crenshaw

    Ingredients

    • 5 oz Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
    • 2 Cups Heavy Cream
    • 8 oz Sour Cream
    • 8 oz Cool Whip
    • 6 Bananas Sliced
    • 1 Box of Vanilla Wafers

    Instructions

    • Crush 5 vanilla wafers and set aside.
    • Mix 5 oz pudding mix and 2 cups heavy cream at a low speed until thick. 
    • Blend in 8oz sour cream and ½ of cool whip. (4oz)
    • Layer with first ⅓ of box vanilla wafers, then 2 bananas cut into slices, then ½ pudding mixture.
    • Repeat with Layer with ⅓ of box vanilla wafers, then 2 bananas cut into slices, then remaining pudding mixture.
    • Add one more layer of remaining vanilla wafers, then 2 bananas cut into slice. Top with remaining of the cool whip. (4oz)
    • Sprinkle with the crushed vanilla wafers to garnish.
    • Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving.

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    Notes

    You can crush a few vanilla wafers for a pretty topping.

    Nutrition- Nutrition info is based on estimation only.

    Calories: 361kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 80mg | Sodium: 145mg | Potassium: 345mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 925IU | Vitamin C: 6.7mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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