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September 9, 2020 By Brandy 2 Comments

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Banana Cream Trifle Recipe (Video)

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Nilla wafers, banana pudding, fresh bananas and whipped cream are layered to create a banana cream trifle. It sounds fancy, but is SUPER easy to make. This post contains an affiliate link.

Looking for a classic? Try our old fashioned banana cream pie. We also have an angel food version with berries.

Watch our step by step video!

trifle layered in glass bowl

Easy Banana Trifle

I wasn’t sure if anything could top our brownie trifle. It’s been a family favorite of ours for years, but I actually like our banana cream version BETTER. I love banana cream pie, and this has all the flavor, without any of the baking or cooking! No simmering custard or baking a pie. Just layering and stirring.

banana trifle with sliced bananas and cookie crumbs on top

Ingredients

  • We’ll start off with banana cream pudding mix, milk, and sweetened condensed milk. Stir them together until they are smooth. Then add an 8-ounce container of whipped topping (you’ll need to containers of whipped topping—reserve the second one). This will be our base.
  • You’ll also need almost an entire 11-ounce box of Nilla wafers.
  • Spoon 1/3 of the pudding mix into the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish or trifle bowl.

I like this trifle bowl because it comes with a lid. Perfect for storing leftover trifle! It can also be used as a punch bowl.

  • Add 1/3 of a container of whipped toping and smooth it on top. Then add a layer of Nilla wafers and a layer of sliced bananas.
  • Repeat with pudding, whipped topping, cookies and bananas.

This recipe serves 12.

banana cream layered trifle in bowl

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Banana Cream Trifle Recipe

trifle layered in glass bowl

Banana Cream Trifle

Nilla wafers, banana pudding, fresh bananas and whipped cream are layered to create a banana cream trifle. It sounds fancy, but is SUPER easy to make.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Chill: 6 hours
Total Time: 6 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 384kcal

Equipment

  • trifle bowl
  • mixing bowl
  • spoon

Ingredients

  • 1 box Nilla wafer cookies 11 ounces
  • 1 box instant banana cream pudding mix 3.4 ounces
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14 ounces
  • 1/2 cups milk
  • 16 oz. light whipped topping divided
  • 3 bananas sliced

Instructions

  • Mix pudding mix, milk, and sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Fold in 8 ounces of whipped topping.
  • Spoon 1/3 pudding mixture into bottom of trifle bowl.
  • Spoon 1/3 of the remaining whipped topping over the pudding mixture.
    Note: I buy 2 (8 ounce) containers of whipped topping and use one container in the pudding mixture and the second container for layering.
  • Add a layer of Nilla wafers.
  • Add layer of sliced bananas.
  • Add another layer of the pudding mixture followed by a layer of whipped topping.
  • Add another layer of cookies and bananas.
  • Top with the last of the pudding mixture followed by the lasy of the whipped topping.
  • Chill 6-8 hours.
  • Top with sliced bananas and a small handful of crushed cookies as a garnish.

Nutrition

Calories: 384kcal
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About Brandy

Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!

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  1. Nancy Abrams says

    December 15, 2021 at 9:53 am

    Hi Brandy!
    Your recipe doesn’t say anything about angel food cake but then in the notes you mention that “you will only need 3/4 of the angel food cake”. Where does the angel food cake come into play? Would you use that instead of the Nilla Wafers? Thanks for the help! Looking to make this this weekend!

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    • Brandy says

      December 15, 2021 at 10:16 am

      Hi Nancy! Ignore the notes section. This is the same way that I make my angel food trifle and I copy and pasted a lot of the same measurements. That was a slip up on my part and I’ll update it!

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