sweetened condensed milk vanilla pudding

Sweetened condensed milk: If you don’t regularly buy sweetened condensed milk, you can usually find it in the baking aisle or near the coffee and tea aisle. My go-to cream cheese brand for desserts is Philadelphia cream cheese. Cream cheese that’s too cold will leave lumps in your pudding that you won’t be able to get rid of. Softened cream cheese: It is ESSENTIAL that you start with softened cream cheese. The cream cheese doesn’t make the pudding taste “cream cheesy ” it just adds an extra smooth texture to the pudding and a tiny bit of tang that is SO GOOD. So I’d argue this banana pudding is even better than the Magnolia Bakery version. This recipe includes a block of cream cheese.

This recipe is extremely similar, but it has one notable difference. Magnolia Bakery banana pudding (according to the recipe they’ve shared online) is made with whipped cream, instant pudding mix, and sweetened condensed milk. Is this the pudding from Magnolia Bakery? If ever there were a desert for a treat yourself day, this is it. Smooth, unapologetically sweet, and SO indulgently good.

This pudding is decadently rich and creamy. When I saw that this was a pudding that involved both cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk, I HAD to try it, and after one bite, I knew I had to share it with you. This method of making banana pudding is a Southern classic, but I first stumbled upon it Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Table cookbook. I have something a little different for you today, a good old-fashioned Southern dessert, banana pudding! This is the absolute best banana pudding I’ve ever eaten, and I think you’re going to LOVE it. Rich and creamy pudding made with cream cheese, whipped cream, and sweetened condensed milk, layered with crumbled vanilla wafers, even more whipped cream, and sliced bananas. This is the best banana pudding you’ll ever eat.

Sweetened condensed milk vanilla pudding