Banana Trifle
This no bake banana trifle is easy to whip together with only 6 ingredients. A cream cheese-vanilla pudding mixture begins the layering succession followed by whipped cream and crushed Nilla wafers.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 3 cups whole milk
- 5.1 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix
- 8 cups whipped cream (Cool Whip or homemade, see below)
- 3 large bananas
- 11 ounces Nilla wafers (1 box)
Instructions
- 1
In a mixing bowl, beat softened cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth.
- 2
Slowly begin beating the milk into the cream cheese. Mix in a little milk at a time until mixture is smooth and creamy. As you add more milk, switch to a whisk to mix in the rest to minimize splatter.
- 3
Sprinkle pudding mix over the milk mixture and whisk for several minutes until mixture thickens.
- 4
Fold in 1 cup whipped cream.
- 5
Slice 2 bananas and fold the pieces into the pudding mixture.
- 6
Build the trifle by layering 1⁄3 of the pudding mixture, 1⁄3 of the remaining whipped cream, and 1 1⁄2 cups of crushed Nilla wafers per layer. We made three layers each of pudding and whipped cream and two layers of Nilla wafers.
- 7
After the first layer of pudding and whipped cream, place whole Nilla wafers around the perimeter of the trifle bowl if you’d like a decorative look to the trifle. After the second layer of pudding, whipped cream, and cookies, place a circle of banana slices (use the remaining banana) for another decorative touch.
- 8
Layer the third and final portions of pudding and whipped cream.
- 9
Place a couple whole Nilla wafers and some crumbles on top for decoration.
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