No Chill Easy Banana Pudding Cookies
Dive into these No Chill Easy Banana Pudding Cookies that perfectly blend the creamy goodness of banana pudding and white chocolate. These cookies are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Plus, they don’t need any chill time so they can be ready in less than 20 minutes!
These banana pudding cookies are a fun take on the classic dessert that is made from layers of pudding, bananas, and wafers. Instead of a big dessert compiled of layers, all of the same flavors are packed into a cookie instead! As a professional baker, who’s obsessed with homemade cookies, I am always looking to try new flavors!
These bakery-style cookies combine the best of both worlds: the rich, distinct taste of banana pudding and the satisfying crunch of a perfectly baked cookie. The cookie is baked with dry instant banana pudding, white chocolate, and even has crushed vanilla wafers in the batter!
All it takes is some simple creaming of butter and sugars, adding the wet and dry components, and folding in the mix-ins. Pop them in the oven, and these comforting cookies are ready to be devoured! I absolutely also love that there is no chill time on these cookies- they are ready in 20 minutes or less!
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Pudding Packet
The banana pudding packet really adds a lot of flavor to the cookies. Without it, you wouldnt taste the banana. There are no fresh bananas in this recipe because it would add way to much moisture and would not bake well.
Ingredients
Making the Cookies
Shape the cookies: Scoot the cookies with a larger cookie cutter when they just get out of the oven to make them perfectly round.
Perfectly round cookies
Right after taking the cookies out of the oven, place a (larger than the cookie) cookie cutter (or the over turned bottom of a glass) around the edges and move your hand in a circular motion “scoot” them into a perfectly round shape.This helps, especially if your cookies have spread unevenly during baking.
No Chill Easy Banana Pudding Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, (226g) softened at room temp
- 1 cup brown sugar, (213g)
- ¼ cup white sugar, (50g)
- 1 egg, + 1 egg yolk, large
- 2 ¼ cup flour, (270g)
- 3.4 oz banana cream pudding mix
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 4 oz white chocolate, (chopped) sub white chocolate chips
- 10-12 Nilla Wafer cookies, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. You will have to reuse the cookie sheet.
- In the bowl of a hand or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the 1 cup butter on medium speed for 1 minute.
- Scrape the bowl and add the 1 cup brown sugar and ¼ cup white sugar and cream for 2 more minutes.
- Add the egg and egg yolk and mix for 30 seconds.
- Add in the 2 ¼ cup flour, the dry banana pudding mix, ½ tsp baking soda, ¼ tsp baking powder, and ½ tsp kosher salt.
- Mix on medium speed just until combined.
- Add the white chocolate and the crushed Nilla wafer cookies if using. Mix with a spatula so as not to break the cookies up even more.
- Using a 3 tbsp cookie scoop, (a regular ice cream scoop) scoop the cookie dough onto the cookie sheet leaving 2” to allow the cookies to spread.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the edges of the cookies are brown and crisp.
- Scoot the cookies with a larger cookie cutter when they just get out of the oven to make them perfectly round. (See recipe tips)
I’ve tried two other banana pudding recipes that I found on Pinterest and they both came out very mushy. This recipe was perfect! I was able to get that nice golden crust and texture. My bf brought these to work and his coworkers loved them. This is the perfect cookie for all the banana flavor lovers.
Wow Desiree, thank you so much for making these and letting me know!
This recipe was everything I needed! My girlfriend loves banana pudding and this was the perfect combination. Banana Pudding in cookie form 🙂 . It was very simple to make and I even added the a nice white chocolate drizzle. Very beautiful and tasty. I went with light brown sugar instead of brown and it created a softer cookie in my opinion and was a little harder to achieve the golden brown edges out of fear of overcooking the cookie. I followed the recipe and it left me with a soft chewy center with a crunch around the edges.
Thank you for such a thoughtful and detailed review Ren! Your girlfriend is lucky to have you, so happy you loved these!