My husband’s favorite dessert is Banana Cream Pie. I wanted to make him his favorite treat, but didn’t have all the ingredients to put together a pie.
These Banana Cream Pudding Cookies have all the flavor of a Banana Cream Pie without all the work – they are so easy to make and are failproof!
The secret ingredient is a package of banana instant pudding. They are soft and chewy because of the pudding mix and full of banana flavor. I also added a mashed banana to really take that banana flavor over the top!
We love using pudding mixes in our cookies – be sure to check out our Lemon Cheesecake Pudding Cookies and our Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies.
Ingredients needed for Banana Pudding Cookies
- all purpose flour
- sugar
- brown sugar
- baking soda
- pure vanilla extract
- unsalted butter
- instant banana pudding mix
- ripe banana
- white chocolate chips
Tips for making Banana Cream Pudding Cookies
The pudding mix is added to the recipe unprepared, in its powdered form. This really is the secret ingredient for a soft cookie that will still hold its shape.
I love using a Kitchen Aid to mix this dough together. It creams the sugars and butter and pudding mix together perfectly!
I used a medium sized cookie scoop for these cookies. I like that they are the perfect shape and all the same size when you use a scoop.
I also use a silicone baking liner to help to cook evenly and get crisp on the bottom but stay soft on the inside!
(Here’s a little blogger’s tip: save a few of the chocolate chips to put on each cookie before they go into the oven – that’s how you get perfect chocolate chips arranged on the top of a cookie!)