A creamy homemade vegan banana pudding recipe you can make with just a few basic ingredients.
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No tofu
No cashews
No eggs or heavy cream
And unlike many other quick banana pudding recipes you can find online, there’s also no Cool Whip and no instant vanilla pudding mix needed for this one.
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Banana Pudding Ingredients
The recipe can be made with just five ingredients, and it’s easily customizable.
Most granulated or liquid sweeteners will work here, and make sure to use pure vanilla extract, not imitation. The turmeric is completely optional, for color.
I chose non-gmo cornstarch to thicken the pudding, but it’s easy to make banana pudding without cornstarch if you prefer:
Simply use my recipe for Coconut Whipped Cream and blend in two bananas.
For the milk of choice, feel free to go with your personal favorite. Canned coconut milk will yield the richest and creamiest results, or I’ve also had success with soy or almondmilk.
Leftover banana? Make Banana Ice Cream or Healthy Banana Bread
Ways To Eat The Pudding
Serve this southern vegan banana pudding plain or with Vegan Nilla Wafers.
Or you can transfer the pudding to a pie shell and refrigerate until thick, for a quick and easy homemade banana pudding pie.
It’s great stirred into overnight oats or chia pudding, layered into a parfait glass with crushed graham crackers, or used in recipes that call for boxed banana pudding.
Try adding 2-3 tbsp of peanut butter, for peanut butter banana pudding!
Above, watch the vegan banana pudding recipe video
Vegan Banana Pudding
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 1/4 cup milk of choice
- sweetener of choice, such as 1 tbsp pure maple syrup or sugar, or pinch stevia
- 1 1/2 tbsp cornstarch or arrowroot (or see substitution above)
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- optional 1/8 tsp turmeric for color
- optional 1 tbsp vegan butter or coconut butter, for richer taste
Instructions
- *You can also add 2-3 tbsp of peanut butter to turn it into a peanut butter banana pudding.In a small pot over medium heat, combine banana, sweetener, optional ingredients, and 1 cup of the milk of choice. Whisk the remaining 1/4 cup milk with the cornstarch. Once banana mixture is warm, whisk in the cornstarch mixture. Cook on low heat, whisking occasionally, until thick. Turn off heat and stir in vanilla. (If not eating right away, you can take it off the heat before it's thick, let cool, then refrigerate. The pudding will thicken considerably in the fridge.) If a smoother texture is desired, feel free to use a hand blender. Serve hot or cold.View Nutrition Facts
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To. Deanne
From. Theresa
Every recipe looks delicious! I’m anxious to start making some, but can’t decide which one first!!!
The video cuts off at the pudding in the pot on the stove and doesn’t show the layering process. 🙁
It’s just the pudding layered with the vegan nilla wafers and coconut whipped cream linked in the post. Those are optional serving ideas, not part of the banana pudding recipe itself 🙂
Correct indeed
Hello! Can’t wait to try this, but my question is could I leave out the bananas and this recipe turn out to be vanilla pudding. Could you tell me how to adjust this to be vanilla pudding, my daughter wants a trifle for her upcoming birthday…thank you in advance!
Hmm sorry we honestly have never tried it so really can’t say how to turn it into vanilla. Maybe use this coconut whipped cream for the vanilla part (including the optional vanilla extract if desired)? https://lett-trim.today/coconut-whipped-cream/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
I’m so excited to make this. I love banana pudding, but never eat eat because of the high fat content. Now I can enjoy this delicious treat again.
I took it off the heat and it wasn’t super thick and I put it in the fridge overnight but it didn’t thicken too much. Is there a way to make it thicker? It taste great, so would like to enjoy it. Thank you!
Hi, what specific ingredients did you use? Glad it tasted good!
I used almond milk, butter, 2 bananas, Tumeric, corn starch, maple syrup and vanilla extract.
Hmm, as long as your cornstarch is still good, perhaps it just needed to be cooked a little longer? Did you do the optional puree step at the end?
Just boil it longer, especially if your cornstarch is old. I used almond milk and it turned out very thick after just a few hours in the fridge.
It’s delicious!
Just boil it longer until it thickens 🙂
You guys are saying “boil” in the comments, but the instructions say to cook it on low. I am making it right now, so I hope someone responds to this soon because I need it cold and thick in the next couple of hours. 😆
This was much better than I expected, a very nice pudding in fact. I used vegan custard powder for the starch since it contained natural vanilla flavouring, cornstarch, tumeric and annatto.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for trying it!
Opps turmeric. 🙂
This was so delicious! I used almond milk so it would be lower fat and calorie than coconut milk, but it was still very creamy and delicious!
Hi 🙂 I’m not sure that I understand how to substitute the whipped coconut cream for the cornstarch. Can I make this without the cornstarch?
It was amazing! I will definitely be making again!
I have made this twice but with arrowroot powder. Tastes great! But unfortunately did not get thick… maybe it needs to be cornstarch.
I made this and love it! Just had it warm, so not sure what the final consistency will be when cooled. I layered it with crushed vegan chocolate graham crackers and banana slices in little jars. My healthy-dessert-skeptic husband loved it too, which says a lot! Thanks for this recipe =)
Yum! I love the strong banana flavor that is not fake like in boxed pudding. I used 1% milk and the pudding turned out quite well. I used the immersion blender, and found that a pinch of salt accentuated the flavor. I used the pudding to mix with vanilla ice cream and cookies, then refroze to make my own banana cream pie blizzards.
Your blizzard sounds amazing!
Can’t wait to try. Would it also work if I add protein powder? I have a banana pudding protein powder I would like to try with this .
As long as you like the protein powder you use, sure why not!
did it pan out? i also have protein powder im curious about using it with.
I really want to try this. Wondering if frozen bananas will work? If I thaw them out?
Sure! Frozen bananas just yield a darker pudding.