Quick Chocolate Crunch Banana Pudding

Name: Quick Chocolate Crunch Banana Pudding
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: One 3.4-ounce package instant vanilla or banana pudding mix; 2 cups milk; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 3 bananas, sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rounds; 1 cup crushed chocolate wafer cookies (about 24 cookies); Fresh whipped cream or whipped topping

December 9, 2011

We will not rest until we have consumed every version of banana pudding the South has to offer. Mama’s recipe is our gold standard, but it takes more time than we like to spend, so we were determined to come up with a faster take. We are proud to say we’ve been very successful, even by Mama’s standards.

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