Milk Chocolate-Banana Pudding Recipe (2024)

I used darker chocolate than called for and it knocked their socks off

This is a great base recipe for chocolate pudding! I skipped the bananas and cookies, added chipotle powder and cinnamon to the dry mixture and made a Mexican chocolate pudding. Delicious!

Delicious! I didn't have a sieve, and the pudding was fine -- I just kept stirring until there were no lumps.

as usual, melissa kills it with this recipe. use the best quality chocolate you can find. i used milk choc scharffenberger and it was outstanding. i never write reviews but this was truly fantastic. make a double batch, you wont regret it.

I think the instructions should include more layers. I had more cookies and bananas for just one layer and could barely taste the bananas. Good recipe but instructions felt incomplete.

Everyone loved this recipe! It tasted fantastic with the bananas and soggy cookies, and wasn't too sweet. I used 50% chocolate instead of milk chocolate, since that was what I had, and it was good enough that I just want to make it that way from now on. Next time, I think I'll double the pudding so I can make more layers than just one. Definitely keeping this recipe.

This is dreamy pudding. I couldn't find the Nabisco wafers, but stumbled on Pepperidge Farm Banana Chocolate Milanos. Oh man, those cookies were born for this pudding!

Replaced the cookies with graham crackers and the whipped cream with marshmallows for S’mores banana pudding.

A tip for Step 3: Make sure the pudding is thickened properly. You don't want it to be fully liquidy, but it should have a bit of resistance and "streaking" when you stir. If you aren't sure what that looks like, there are youtube videos out there that illustrate the consistency to aim for. For me, this took quite a bit longer than 10 minutes, but I was also taking it off the heat multiple times to avoid scorching. Just be patient if you are newer to custards and puddings like me.

The quantities in the recipe are quite small. I could barely fill four small yoghurt jars (120 g each). And only after I used two layers of wafers to be able to really fill them to the top. A sieve is not needed. It just makes things messier and you end up scraping delicious pudding off too many pots.

I put the dry ingredients in a pot and stirred them; then I added the wet ingredients and mixed thoroughly. I substituted light soy milk for the milk and pressed yogurt for the cream. I added another tablespoon of sugar. I cooked it over medium heat but turned it down when it got too hot to prevent scorching. I didn't need to be put through a sieve. It turned out great. My grandsons thought it was the best dessert ever. And it was fairly healthy with my modifications!

Delicious. We have quite a few dark chocolate lovers in our family, who generally prefer dark over milk chocolate. The dark chocolate lovers thought this recipe was terrific. The chocolate wafer cookies did the trick. A keeper recipe.

Simple and extremely delicious dessert! The pudding was just outrageous.

This is our go-to recipe for chocolate pudding. We’ve never used the cookies and banana; just made the pudding. Use a high quality milk chocolate and cocoa. We absolutely love it!

Awesome recipe. Didn't have chocolate wafers so I used Oreo dark fudge covered cookies, split with centers taken out. Also not enough heavy whipping cream for whipped cream, so used chocolate from Genevieve Ko's recipe for Chocolate Milk (check it out). I know this reads like those people I rail against that completely alter a recipe. My apologies. But it's what was available. Still, a fantastic taste and a crowd pleaser.

I found the pudding needed only five minutes on the stove before it thickened up very quickly. Perhaps this was due to the extra tablespoon of cocoa I added to make up the 2 ounces of milk chocolate I was short of? Anyway, the consistency was good, but definitely thicker than anticipated. Perhaps some measurements shouldn’t be toyed with!

I’m surprised to see this cookie referenced here. It was discontinued by Mondelez, the company that bought Nabisco, without warning. They have no plans to bring it back. You have to search the net for cookie recipes that come fairly close to the original, or substitute (as some here have, very cleverly), with other brands and textures.

There are better chocolate pudding recipes. Keep looking.

First time making pudding from scratch! This was delicious and so easy. Love the idea of using corn starch instead of gelatin :)

37g sugar14g cocoa16g corn starch4oz per serving, 4-5 servings

Can't wait to try! Would love suggestions about how to slip in an extra layer of protein for someone who needs it for medical reasons.

A tip for Step 3: Make sure the pudding is thickened properly. You don't want it to be fully liquidy, but it should have a bit of resistance and "streaking" when you stir. If you aren't sure what that looks like, there are youtube videos out there that illustrate the consistency to aim for. For me, this took quite a bit longer than 10 minutes, but I was also taking it off the heat multiple times to avoid scorching. Just be patient if you are newer to custards and puddings like me.

I would use strawberries and bananas I make banana pudding and use strawberries instead alot.

Double the pudding and bananas.

Replaced the cookies with graham crackers and the whipped cream with marshmallows for S’mores banana pudding.

The quantities in the recipe are quite small. I could barely fill four small yoghurt jars (120 g each). And only after I used two layers of wafers to be able to really fill them to the top. A sieve is not needed. It just makes things messier and you end up scraping delicious pudding off too many pots.

I couldn't find chocolate wafers so I used mini-oreos. It was just sensational.

Awesome recipe. Didn't have chocolate wafers so I used Oreo dark fudge covered cookies, split with centers taken out. Also not enough heavy whipping cream for whipped cream, so used chocolate from Genevieve Ko's recipe for Chocolate Milk (check it out). I know this reads like those people I rail against that completely alter a recipe. My apologies. But it's what was available. Still, a fantastic taste and a crowd pleaser.

This is our go-to recipe for chocolate pudding. We’ve never used the cookies and banana; just made the pudding. Use a high quality milk chocolate and cocoa. We absolutely love it!

Used Trader Joe’s 54% dark chocolate in an 8x8 square pan. The custard set-up wonderfully. Was too lazy to press through a sieve, but can see why you’d want to. Added another layer as others noted. Used 9 cookies/layer. An offset spatula helped smooth the whipped cream topping. The cookies get nice and soft as the desert sets; you can easily use a cake server to dole out nicely formed squares. It’s really an incredibly wonderfully flavored dish. Served with a PX Sherry. Yum!