Merry Christmas Eve! For Day 24 of the “A Dessert a Day ‘Til Christmas 2021″ series, I’m resharing this year’s most popular (among my offline friends) dessert – a banana pudding with chessmen cookies recipe.
I have several recipes that have become “friend and family favorites” this past summer. Today, I’m sharing one of them – a banana pudding with Chessmen cookies recipe.
A friend (who was barbecuing for my family) this summer had a taste for some banana pudding as dessert. My local bakery was out of stock so I made it myself for the first time. I have made it multiple times since then and it comes out great each time.
Ms. Linda (a mom-like church member) makes the BEST banana pudding so of course, I asked her how to make it. Her banana pudding with Chessmen cookies recipe is now my favorite “no-bake” dessert.
Banana Pudding With Chessmen Cookies Recipe
Ms. Linda’s Upgraded “Not Yo’ Mama’s” Banana Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 (3.4 oz) box instant French vanilla pudding mix
- 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 (8-oz) container frozen whipped topping, thawed (or fresh sweetened whipped cream)
- 6 to 8 bananas, sliced
- 2 bags Chessmen cookies
Directions
1. In a medium bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix. Blend them together well using a handheld electric mixer.
2. In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese and condensed milk together until smooth.
3. Add the pudding mixture to the cream cheese mixture and stir until well blended.
4. Add the cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla to the bowl and mix everything together well.
5. Fold the whipped topping into the mixture.
6. Line the bottom of a 13×9 baking dish with 1 bag of Chessmen cookies.
7. Layer the sliced bananas on top of the cookies.
8. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas.
9. Refrigerate the dish until ready to serve.
10. Cover with the remaining bag of Chessmen cookies right before serving.
Recipe Notes
-This is basically the “Not Yo Mama’s Banana Pudding” from Paula Deen’s website. (I prepare it the way that Mrs. Deen does in her video, not the recipe instructions. It’s a little different.)
-Ms. Linda’s version is better because she adds 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg and 1 tsp vanilla.
-I also changed the sizes of the whipped cream and pudding mixes from the original recipe. The Cool Whip containers are 8 oz instead of 12 oz in my local stores and the French vanilla pudding mix comes in 3.4 oz packages instead of 5 oz ones as indicated in the original recipe.
-Lastly, I don’t like soggy cookies so I add the top layer of cookies right before I’m leaving/getting ready to serve the dish.
Don’t let the multiple steps stop you from making this dish. It’s actually really simple. If you’re looking for an easy no-bake dessert recipe, this banana pudding with Chessmen cookies recipe is definitely a great option.
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{This post has been updated and republished. This recipe was originally posted on October 19, 2021.}
