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No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert

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By: Joanna Cismaru β€’Last Updated: 10/10/22 17 Comments

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No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert – 5 layer banana pudding dessert, no baking required at only 267 calories per serving.

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No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert - 5 layer banana pudding dessert, no baking required at only 267 calories per serving.

This dessert requires no baking, no cooking, pretty much just assembly. Couldn’t get any easier. I’m all about easy. After an exhausting day at the office I don’t want to slave in the kitchen for hours. I want to make something that’s delicious and fun to make.

And let me tell you about delicious. The base for this dessert is made with vanilla wafers. Did I ever tell you how much I love vanilla wafers? OMG! Love them! Now in all fairness this dessert is very similar to my sex in a pan dessert. Very similar, the crust is a bit different, we have bananas and no chocolate layer. Bananas!! That tells me this dessert is healthy. See how I rationalize things? Oh and that’s not all, I used fat free and sugar free vanilla pudding, and fat free Philadelphia cream cheese, so there! Beat that! Oh wait, and fat free Cool Whip! Seriously, how can you say no to this “healthy” dessert. This dessert should be the 8th wonder of the world. Hmm … maybe that’s what I should have called it.

No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert - 5 layer banana pudding dessert, no baking required at only 267 calories per serving.

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4.91 from 11 votes

No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert

Prep 30 minutes minutes
Cook 0 minutes minutes
Total 30 minutes minutes
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No Bake Banana Pudding Dessert – 5 layer banana pudding dessert, no baking required at only 267 calories per serving.

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 cup vanilla wafers (crushed)
  • 2 tablespoon butter (unsalted, melted)

Cream cheese layer

  • 4 ounce cream cheese (low fat)
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup Cool Whip (fat free )

Vanilla pudding

  • 2 ounce jell-o vanilla pudding ((2 packages, each package contains 4 servings, 1 oz or 28 g each package))
  • 2 cups milk

Other

  • 2 cups Cool Whip (fat free )
  • 2 med bananas (sliced)
  • 2 tablespoon chocolate (shaved or toffee bits)

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Instructions 

  • You’ll need about a cup of crushed vanilla wafers which you need to mix together with the 2 tbs butter. Press into the bottom of an 8×8 inch baking dish.Refrigerate until ready to use.
  • Prepare the vanilla pudding with the 2 cups of milk. I used less milk then instructed on the package because I wanted a firmer pudding. Place the pudding in the fridge until ready to use.
  • In a mixer combine the cream cheese, icing sugar and mix until well combined. Fold in the 1 cup of Cool Whip.
  • Spread the cream cheese mixture carefully over the crust. Arrange the banana slices over the cream cheese mixture.
  • Pour the pudding over the bananas. I did not use all my pudding, I had about 3/4 cups left, but it’s up to you if you use the entire pudding.
  • Top with remaining 2 cups of Cool Whip and sprinkle with toffee bits or shaved chocolate.
  • Refrigerate for at least 2 to 3 hours. Cut in pieces then serve.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 267kcal (13%)Carbohydrates: 35g (12%)Protein: 4g (8%)Fat: 13g (20%)Saturated Fat: 7g (44%)Cholesterol: 30mg (10%)Sodium: 424mg (18%)Potassium: 229mg (7%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 19g (21%)Vitamin A: 395IU (8%)Vitamin C: 2.3mg (3%)Calcium: 102mg (10%)Iron: 0.2mg (1%)
© Author Joanna Cismaru

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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