Best 8 Banana Pudding Balls Recipes

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Calling all banana pudding lovers! If you're a fan of this classic dessert but want a fun and portable twist, then you're in the right place. In this article, we'll guide you through the process of creating delicious banana pudding balls, a delightful treat that combines the flavors of creamy banana pudding, crispy cookie crumbles, and a rich chocolate coating. With simple ingredients and easy-to-follow steps, you'll be able to whip up these bite-sized treats in no time. So, grab your aprons, gather your ingredients, and let's embark on a culinary journey that will satisfy your sweet cravings!

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

THE BEST BANANA PUDDING



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The BEST Banana Pudding you'll ever try! This timeless, no bake dessert is always a winner with friends and family and is so delicious! Made with layers of fresh bananas, Nilla wafers, fresh whipped cream and banana pudding!

Provided by Trish - Mom On Timeout

Categories     Dessert

Number Of Ingredients 10

6 to 7 medium bananas (sliced 1/4 inch thick)
1 box Nilla Wafers (shortbread cookies or Chessman cookies can be used also)
2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
14 oz sweetened condensed milk
3.4 oz instant banana cream pudding mix
3.4 oz instant vanilla pudding mix (or instant French vanilla pudding mix)
2 1/2 cups whole milk

Steps:

  • Add heavy whipping cream to the bowl of a stand mixer or large bowl and beat on medium high speed for a minute or two until soft peaks form.
  • Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
  • Add cream cheese to the bowl of a stand mixer or large bowl and beat until smooth. Add sweetened condensed milk and beat until combined.
  • Add pudding mixes and milk and beat for 4 to 5 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
  • Fold in two-thirds of the whipped cream.
  • Line a 9 x13 baking dish with one layer of Nilla Wafer cookies. Top with half of the banana slices.
  • Spread half of the pudding mixture on top of the bananas and add another layer of Nilla wafers.
  • One more layer of banana slices, the remaining pudding mixture and then top with remaining whipped cream.
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
  • Remove from refrigerator and garnish as desired. Mini Nilla Wafers, banana slices, or wafer crumbs are great ideas! Serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 379 kcal, Carbohydrate 42 g, Protein 5 g, Fat 22 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, Cholesterol 79 mg, Sodium 237 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 34 g, ServingSize 1 serving

BANANA PUDDING



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I didn't see my son, Lance Corporal Eric Harris, for more than two years after he enlisted in the Marines after high school. And when I saw him arrive at the airport, I just grabbed hold of him and burst out crying. When we got home, the first thing he ate was two bowls of my easy banana pudding recipe. He's a true southern boy! It's a dessert, but you can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. -Stephanie Harris, Montpelier, Virginia

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 9 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups 2% milk
3 large eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
8 ounces vanilla wafers (about 60 cookies), divided
4 large ripe bananas, cut into 1/4-inch slices

Steps:

  • In a large saucepan, mix sugar, flour and salt. Whisk in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat., In a small bowl, whisk eggs. Whisk a small amount of hot mixture into eggs; return all to pan, whisking constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool 15 minutes, stirring occasionally., In an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish, layer 25 vanilla wafers, half of the banana slices and half of the pudding. Repeat layers., Press plastic wrap onto surface of pudding. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Just before serving, remove wrap; crush remaining wafers and sprinkle over top.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 302 calories, Fat 7g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 80mg cholesterol, Sodium 206mg sodium, Carbohydrate 55g carbohydrate (37g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.

BANANA PUDDING POPS



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These pops from Delish.com are the cutest way to get your banana pudding fix.

Categories     banana pudding     frozen banana pudding     pudding pops recipe     pudding popsicle recipes     banana pops     frozen banana

Time 5h15m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 box instant vanilla pudding
1 1/3 c. cold milk
1 can sweetened condensed milk
3 large bananas, thinly sliced
2 c. crushed Nilla wafers

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, combine vanilla pudding mix, milk and sweetened condensed milk and whisk until smooth. Stir occasionally until the pudding has thickened, about 5 minutes.
  • Place a banana slice into the bottom of each Dixie cup. Top with a big spoonful of pudding mixture. Place a couple more banana slices on top then sprinkle crushed Nilla wafers on top. Top with more pudding to fill the cup completely, then sprinkle with more wafers.
  • Freeze until solid, at least 5 hours and up to overnight.

BANANA PUDDING



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Provided by Damaris Phillips

Categories     dessert

Time 4h45m

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of fine salt
4 cups whole milk
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
8 large egg yolks
Pinch of kosher salt
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
8 large ripe bananas, cut into 1/2-inch rounds

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • For the cookies: Using a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until smooth, about 2 minutes. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry mixture to the butter mixture. Reduce the mixer speed to low and mix until just combined, about 30 seconds. At this point if the dough feels warm, refrigerate it until chilled, about 15 minutes. When the dough feels cool to the touch, scoop out teaspoon-size balls and drop them on the prepared baking sheets. The dough should yield 4 dozen balls. Bake until golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool.
  • For the pudding: While the cookies are baking, warm 3 1/2 cups of the milk, granulated sugar and vanilla in a medium saucepan over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, salt and remaining 1/2 cup milk. Then whisk in the cornstarch. Slowly pour the milk mixture into the egg-cornstarch mixture, whisking constantly. When fully combined, add the mixture back to the saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook, stirring often, until thickened to a pudding-like consistency, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and evenly spread in a 13-by-9-inch baking dish. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing it directly on the pudding to prevent a skin from forming, and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes.
  • While the pastry cream is chilling, combine the cream and confectioners' sugar in the stand mixer. Whip on medium speed until thick and fluffy, 5 to 8 minutes. Fold the pudding into the whipped cream, adding 1/3 cup at a time.
  • To assemble the pudding: Reserve 3 cookies for the topping. Line the 9-by-13-inch baking dish with a layer of cookies, add a layer of bananas and half the pudding mixture; repeat. You should have 2 layers. Crush the reserved cookies in a resealable bag and sprinkle on top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until very cold, 2 to 3 hours.

BANANA CAKE BALLS



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Watch our Banana Cake Balls video and make tasty no-bake cake balls! These cake balls are easy to prepare with thawed and crumbled frozen pound cake.

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Home

Time 1h

Yield 36 servings, 1 cake ball each

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 cup cold milk
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1 small fully ripe banana, mashed
1 pkg. (10.75 oz.) frozen pound cake, thawed, crumbled into fine crumbs
3 pkg. (4.4 oz. each) milk chocolate bars, chopped
2 Tbsp. multi-colored sprinkles

Steps:

  • Stir milk and pudding mix in medium bowl with large spoon just until pudding mix is moistened. Immediately add bananas and cake crumbs; mix well.
  • Shape into 36 (1-inch) balls; place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Freeze 1 hour.
  • Microwave chocolate in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until melted, stirring after 1 min. Dip balls in chocolate; return to baking sheet. Top immediately with sprinkles. Let stand until coating is firm.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 100, Fat 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 10 mg, Sodium 80 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 1 g

BANANA PUDDING SHOTS



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Serve delicious dessert in shot glasses layered with banana pudding and wafer cookies.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 box (4-serving size) vanilla pudding and pie filling mix (not instant)
2 cups half-and-half
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/4 cups Cool Whip frozen whipped topping, thawed
48 miniature vanilla wafer cookies
2 small bananas, thinly sliced
10 miniature vanilla wafer cookies, coarsely crushed

Steps:

  • In 2-quart saucepan, stir pudding mix and half-and-half. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir in vanilla. Remove from heat; pour into medium bowl. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until chilled.
  • Spoon pudding into 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Spoon whipped topping into 1-quart resealable food-storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut 1/8-inch opening diagonally across bottom corner of each bag.
  • In bottom of each of 24 (2-oz) shot glasses, place 1 cookie. In each glass, pipe about 2 teaspoons pudding over cookie. Top with 1 banana slice. Pipe about 2 teaspoons whipped topping over banana. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with crushed cookies. Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Fat 1, ServingSize 1 Serving

MICROWAVE BANANA PUDDING



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This pud will be a hit with all the family, and it only takes 20 minutes to make

Provided by Good Food team

Categories     Dessert, Dinner

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 8

100g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
2 ripe bananas
100g light muscovado sugar
100g self-raising flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 eggs
2 tbsp milk
icing sugar, toffee sauce and ice cream, to serve, if you like

Steps:

  • Put the butter in a 1-litre baking dish and microwave on High for 30 secs-1 min until melted. Add 1½ bananas, mash into the melted butter, then add the sugar, flour, cinnamon, eggs and milk. Mix together well.
  • Slice the remaining banana over the top, then return to the microwave and cook on High for 8 mins until cooked through and risen. Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar, if you like, with a drizzle of toffee sauce and a scoop of ice cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 474 calories, Fat 26 grams fat, SaturatedFat 15 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 57 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 37 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 7 grams protein, Sodium 0.77 milligram of sodium

BANANA CAKE BALLS WRAPPED IN CHOCOLATE



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This is one of JELLO's spring recipes this year. I like the recipe cause you can make cake pops without owning a special pan.

Provided by Ambervim

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 36 Cake pops

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 cup milk, cold
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla flavor instant pudding mix
1 fully ripe banana, mashed
10 3/4 ounces lb cake, thawed, crumbled into fine crumbs (I think another yellow cake would work)
milk chocolate candy bar, chopped
2 tablespoons multi-colored candy sprinkles (or another decoration, nuts come to mind)

Steps:

  • STIR milk and pudding mix in medium bowl with large spoon just until pudding mix is moistened. Immediately add bananas and cake crumbs; mix well.
  • TO PORTION CAKE BALLS Use cookie scoop to portion the cake mixture for each ball. Then, roll the cake balls between the palms of your hands to form smooth round balls.
  • SHAPE into 36 (1-inch) balls; place on waxed paper-covered rimmed baking sheet. Freeze 1 hour.
  • MELT chocolate in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min., stirring after 1 minute
  • TO EASILY COAT THE CAKE BALLS Remove inner tines of disposable fork; set aside. Add cake balls, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Use spoon or rubber scraper to evenly coat balls with chocolate. Remove balls with prepared fork.
  • If you are using lollipop or Popsicle stick, just skewer each pop before dipping.
  • Dip balls in chocolate; return to baking sheet. Top immediately with sprinkles or whatever you are using.
  • Let stand until coating is firm.

Tips:

  • For a richer flavor, use ripe bananas.
  • Be sure to mash the bananas until they are completely smooth.
  • If the mixture is too wet, add more bread crumbs.
  • If the mixture is too dry, add more milk.
  • Form the mixture into balls and place them on a greased baking sheet.
  • Bake the balls at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
  • Serve the balls warm or at room temperature.

Conclusion:

Banana pudding balls are a fun and easy dessert to make. They are perfect for parties or potlucks. These delicious treats can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for up to 3 days. Banana pudding balls are a great way to use up ripe bananas. They are also a good source of potassium and fiber.

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