Banana Pudding Caramel Cream Trifles
Have we had this talk yet? The one where I tell you that Brian’s favorite dessert in all the world is a banana pudding/Nilla Wafer blizzard from Dairy Queen and that when other dads tuck their sons into bed at night and tell them gallant stories of heroic adventure, Brian regales our four sons and one daughter with tales of his days working at Dairy Queen as a teenager and his success at making the best banana pudding blizzard known to mankind?
Lucky kids.
The man loves him some banana pudding.
I’ve talked before about the phenomenon that exists between the male species and banana pudding. Sorry to sound biased, but there’s something to it, I swear.
Brian could be the spokesperson for the cause.
These little banana pudding caramel cream trifles left him speechless. And can I announce something here and now? I didn’t even get to taste one of these! I made these Easter morning for our dinner later that night but whattayaknow, my 9-year old and I both came down with some nasty virus within hours of the last drizzle of caramel adorning the final trifle.
My husband, who says he felt sorry I was sick and who says he was just trying to help me out so that I didn’t have to suffer needlessly gazing at a dessert I clearly couldn’t eat, ate mine.
And the next day when the sickie child and I weren’t feeling much better, Brian ate the other leftover one, brown bananas and all, which is fine because I wouldn’t have touched mushy, brown bananas with a ten foot pole at that point.
If that isn’t dedication to his banana pudding cause, I don’t know what is.
In all reality, though, bananas, homemade vanilla pudding, toasted buttery Nilla Wafer crumbles, decadent caramel sauce and whipped cream are just bound to be a success.
I may or may not have eavesdropped on Brian’s bedtime story later that night wherein the epic DQ blizzard was curiously omitted leaving the boys in wide-eyed wonder listening to a farfetched tale of a new kid in town: the banana pudding caramel cream trifle kid, to be exact.
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Serving Dishes: if you don't have individual trifle or serving dishes, you might try layering all the components in a large baking dish (say, an 11X7-inch size or something similar) for a more family-style approach. Make Ahead: also, the vanilla pudding, Nilla wafer crumble and caramel sauce can be prepared up to 2 days in advance. In fact, you should keep in mind that since it is homemade pudding that needs time to cool and set up, you should plan ahead - but don't assemble the actual dessert(s) too early or else the bananas will turn brown and mushy. Ick. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.Banana Caramel Cream Trifles
Ingredients
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Nilla Wafer Crumble:
Bananas, Cream and Caramel:
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Just made the Banana Caramel Cream Trifles to take for Thanksgiving dessert. Is the vanilla pudding suppose to be runny? I made it last night and let it sit over night but it is still runny? I made it with Whole milk and exactly how the recipe says. Please help!
Heather – the pudding should set up so that it is thick. Do you think you may have needed to cook the mixture longer?
This recipe looks amazing! I’m going to attempt to double the recipe and make it in a regular sized trifle bowl for a BBQ this weekend. I compared it to the portions in your regular trifle banana pudding trifle and by doubling it, it seems that it’ll be close to a regular trifle size. I’ll let you know how it turns out! This will be my first recipe of yours, but I hope to make many more! 🙂
Would this work in a regular sized trifle bowl?
Lindy – I’m not sure because I haven’t tried it and I’m not sure the quantities are precise for that size of dish. Worth a try though!
Hey Mel! These look so divine. You’re just amazing. Have you ever tried sprinkling a little Fruit Fresh on your banana slices before putting it all together? (It’s basically just ascorbic acid and citric acid.) It keeps them looking so nice and keeps the brown away. Or even just a little fresh lemon juice on them works too.
hahaha my hubby LOVES banana cream pie so you are totally onto something here. I can’t wait to make these for my family.
these are lovely, mel! it’s like a sophisticated version of my favorite comfort food. 🙂
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I think my 4 son’s all 32 yrs old & up will enjoy this very much.
I love YOUR epic story telling in this blog post, Mel! lol! And what is it with guys and pudding in general? When I ask my guy what dessert he wants for a special occasion (or just because) he ALWAYS asks for pudding pie! Really? Out of ALL the desserts in life, he wants pudding pie every.single.time!
These little concoctions look heavenly. Never heard of a Banana Pudding Blizzard. What does your hubby think of the tropical and/or Hawaiian Blizzards? I always add an extra ingredient to make it a mix of the two — pineapple, coconut, banana, and pecans. I don’t think there is anything better!
Ha! That’s awesome that your hubby is a banana pudding fiend. Seems like every guy has their do-anything-for-it dessert. My husband’s is pumpkin pie. Weird, but eh. If it makes him happy! These trifles look absolutely amazing, Mel. Perfect Southern summer dessert!
OK!! This is to funny! My husband is also a connoisseur of Banana Pudding …..And he worked at DQ also! He is going to love this deliciousness! I swear I make your dishes ALL the time! My husband and kids new saying at the dinner table now is, “is this food from that kitchen blog lady”! We have loved everything so far! My favorites are Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Skillet Cilantro & Lime Fish Tacos, Spaghetti Pie, Coconut Tres Leches Cake(LOVE), and pretty much everything! Thanks, “Kitchen Blog Lady”, for making our meals delicious!
Scrumptious! I could seriously eat all that caramel and cookies off the top of that!
Whoa. My husband is going to love these. Thanks!
Has your husband tried Banana Pudding ice cream by Blue Bell? OMG is it wonderful!
Yummy! Thanks Mel and have a great weekend!
this recipe looks really good . i will have to try this and those little dishes you put them in are so cute where did you get them? thanks Anne
Hi Anne – I got them at Walmart years ago so hopefully they still have them.
Those banana pudding trifles look so good!
Those must be some pretty impressive bedtime stories! This looks divine! Hope you can make it again and taste it!
I didn’t even know there was a such thing as a DQ banana pudding blizzard. Holy yum. Must find.
I love banana pudding, but only if the pudding is homemade. This recipe sounds perfect.
I have to agree with your husband, I lovvvvvvvvvve banana pudding! I actually just posted a banana pudding recipe too. 🙂 I’m a fan of the caramel/banana layer. Sounds absolutey delicious!
I’m glad you two are feeling better. And your hubby is so sweet 🙂
You should probably make more just for you and your 9 year old! I so agree with you, here boys and big boys down banana smoothies like it´s the only thing around.