Name: Easy Banana Pudding with Sour Cream- Southern Banana Pudding
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
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

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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.

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.

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.

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!

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