An easy, 5-ingredient, 5-minute, no-cook banana pudding recipe! This banana pudding with cool whip is the tastiest, creamiest banana pudding you'll have, and it's amazing served with vanilla wafers.
In a large bowl whisk together the instant pudding mix and milk until smooth, about 1-2 minutes. Let rest for 5 minutes to thicken.
Once the pudding has thickened, fold in the cool whip. You want to fold the cool whip in instead of stirring to keep your mixture thick.
Add the bananas and crushed vanilla wafers by folding them in.
Store in the fridge in an airtight container if not immediately serving. (See notes.)
Serve with extra sliced bananas and crushed vanilla wafers on top!
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Notes
If making this pudding ahead of time, I recommend stirring in the crushed wafers and freshly sliced bananas right before serving, or within a couple of hours of serving. Prepared pudding will last for 2-3 days in the fridge, but the crushed wafers will get soggy with time and the banana slices will turn brown.