Description
Creamy no-bake mini banana cream pies layered with fresh bananas, thick vanilla or banana pudding, and homemade whipped cream in buttery graham cracker crusts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 store-bought mini graham cracker crusts
- 1 to 2 ripe but firm bananas, thinly sliced
- 1 box (3.4 oz / 96g) instant vanilla or banana cream pudding mix
- 1 ½ cups (350ml) cold whole milk
- 1 cup (240ml) heavy whipping cream, very cold
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Crushed vanilla wafers, graham cracker crumbs, or fresh banana slices, optional garnish
Instructions
- Place the 6 mini graham cracker crusts on a small baking sheet or tray for easy transport.
- Arrange an overlapping layer of thinly sliced bananas in the bottom of each crust.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the instant pudding mix and cold whole milk.
- Whisk vigorously for about 2 minutes until the mixture thickens significantly.
- Immediately spoon the thickened pudding over the bananas in the pie crusts.
- Spread the pudding all the way to the edges of each crust to completely seal the bananas underneath.
- Place the tray of mini pies in the refrigerator and chill for at least 1 hour, or until the pudding is completely firm.
- Just before serving, pour the cold heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract into a chilled bowl.
- Whip with a hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
- Pipe or dollop the whipped cream generously onto each chilled pie.
- Garnish with crushed vanilla wafers, graham cracker crumbs, or fresh banana slices just before serving.
Notes
Use 1/2 cup less milk than the pudding package calls for so the filling sets firmly. Seal the sliced bananas completely beneath the pudding to help prevent browning, and add fresh banana garnish just before serving.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini pie
- Calories: 390
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 45mg