Sensational Strawberry Banana Pudding

Strawberry banana pudding is the dish to serve when your hot, sticky, and tired family walks in the door.  It’s an instant mood changer.  In addition to giving blah banana pudding a cheery exterior, strawberries actually brighten banana pudding’s flavor, making it more alive, fresh, and summery.  Try swapping the strawberries for any fresh berries for the same effect.

Banilla wafers serve as the base of my strawberry banana pudding.  The wafers are topped with homemade vanilla pudding (store-bought would work in a pinch).  On top of the pudding layer, there’s a layer of sliced bananas and strawberries, and the whole thing is topped with a happy little scoop of whipped topping made from whipped cream, sweetened condensed milk, and cream cheese.

Products Related to This Banana Pudding Recipe

India Tree Vanilla Sugar, 3 lb

I used vanilla sugar to make my vanilla pudding more intensely vanilla.

Premium Madagascar Vanilla Beans 1/4 lb (26-30 beans) JR Mushrooms Brand

Although you can purchase vanilla sugar, you can also easily make your own by placing granulated sugar and a few vanilla beans in a sealed container for a few weeks.  Vanilla beans can be expensive.  In the Whole Foods near my house, one bean costs six dollars.  I recommend purchasing vanilla beans online – you’ll save a ton of money.  These beans are incredibly fresh and my mailbox has never smelled as good as the day the beans arrived.

Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer

This is not a product that I use, but this banana slicer has the funniest reviews of any Amazon product I’ve ever seen.  Go read them!

The only gluten in this recipe comes from the banilla wafers.  If you use these vanilla wafers instead, this strawberry banana pudding will be gluten-free!

Strawberry Banana Pudding Recipe

The homemade pudding part of this banana pudding is from a recipe on Hilah Cooking.  I’ve ever so slightly modified it to give it more of a vanilla punch.

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Strawberry Banana Pudding

Servings 4 ramekins or 6 small ramekins

Ingredients

Strawberry Banana Pudding Ingredients

• 1/3 cup vanilla sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 cups milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into small pieces
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 12 banilla wafers you could also use plain vanilla wafers
• 2 ripe bananas cut into slices
• 8 strawberries cut into small pieces

Whipped Topping Ingredients

• 6 ounces heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
• 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Strawberry Banana Pudding Directions

1. In a small saucepan on medium heat, combine the vanilla sugar, cornstarch, and milk. Whisk thoroughly until the sugar is dissolved.
2. Add the egg yolks and whisk again to combine.
3. Add the butter.
4. Stir constantly until the mixture just begins to bubble.
5. Reduce heat to low and simmer another 2 minutes or until it has the consistency of porridge, stirring constantly to keep the pudding from getting lumpy.
6. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla, and set aside to cool.
7. Line the bottoms of ramekins with banilla wafers. You may need to break them to get them to fit well and that's OK - no one will know or care.
8. Evenly distribute cooled pudding over wafers in each ramekin.
9. Top the pudding with a layer of bananas.
10. Top the bananas with strawberries.

Whipped Topping Directions

1. Whip heavy whipping cream until it looks like whipped cream.
2. Mix in sugar.
3. In a separate bowl, thoroughly mix cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk.
4. Gently fold cream cheese mixture into whipped cream.
5. Dollop whipped topping over strawberry banana pudding.
6. Refrigerate for at least an hour prior to serving.