No-Bake Chocolate Banana Pudding Parfait
Creamy vanilla pudding layered with crushed vanilla wafers, sliced bananas, and chocolate whipped cream — no oven needed. Assemble in minutes for a Southern-style dessert that looks fancy but tastes like home.
- Total time
- 10 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 380
- Protein
- 4g
Ingredients
- 1 box (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 2 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar
- ¾ cup vanilla wafers, crushed
- 3 medium bananas, sliced
Instructions
- 1
Whisk pudding mix with milk in a bowl until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- 2
In another bowl, whip heavy cream with cocoa powder and sugar until stiff peaks form, about 3 minutes.
- 3
Gently fold half the chocolate whipped cream into the pudding until marbled.
- 4
Layer in four glasses: crushed wafers, banana slices, pudding mixture, more wafers, remaining chocolate cream.
- 5
Top with a banana slice and a pinch of crushed wafers. Chill until serving.
Tools you’ll need
- large mixing bowl
- medium mixing bowl
- whisk
- four 8-oz glasses or jars
- rubber spatula
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