Ok, this is a Paula Deen recipe. I originally downloaded it from her website, so I’m guessing posting it here won’t be breaking any laws.

Ingredients:

  • 2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessman cookies
  • 6-8 bananas, sliced
  • 2 c. milk
  • 1 (5 oz) box French Vanilla pudding
  • 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese
  • 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (12 oz) container of cool whip

Line the bottome of a 13×9x2 dish with one bag of the cookies, and layer bananas on top.

In a bowl, combine milk and pudding mix and blend well using a hand-held electric mixer. In another bowl combine the condensed milk and cream cheese until smooth. Fold in cool whip and blend until smooth. Combine cream cheese mixture to pudding mixture until well blended. Pour mixture over the cookies/bananas and the cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

And that my friends, is the best banana pudding I know of. It is not traditional though. So, if your stuck on the way your mom makes it, this probably won’t float your boat.