Here’s a creamy, fruity recipe for Strawberry Banana Pudding — a lighter, fresh twist on the classic dessert.
🍓🍌 Strawberry Banana Pudding
Ingredients (Serves 4–6)
- 1 package (3.4 oz / 96 g) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups cold milk
- 1 cup heavy cream (or whipped topping)
- 1 tablespoon sugar (optional, if you like it sweeter)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ripe bananas, sliced
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup vanilla wafer cookies (or graham crackers, optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the pudding
- In a bowl, whisk together pudding mix and cold milk for 2 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 5–10 minutes while preparing other ingredients.
- Whip the cream
- In a separate bowl, whip heavy cream (or use ready-made whipped topping) with sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
- Combine pudding and whipped cream
- Fold the whipped cream into the pudding until smooth and creamy.
- Layer the dessert
- In individual cups or a large trifle bowl, layer vanilla wafers (optional), banana slices, strawberry slices, and pudding mixture.
- Repeat layers until ingredients are used up, finishing with pudding on top.
- Chill and serve
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to allow flavors to meld.
- Garnish with extra strawberries, banana slices, or crushed wafers before serving.
Tips
- For extra flavor, drizzle a little strawberry or caramel sauce between layers.
- You can use frozen strawberries — just thaw and drain excess liquid before layering.
- Leftovers keep in the fridge up to 2 days.
If you want, I can also give a no-bake, quick 10-minute version using just pudding mix, fresh fruit, and whipped cream for a super fast dessert.
Do you want me to share that quick version?
