Nutella Banana Pudding

Nutella Banana Pudding is one of the best banana pudding variations. Made with chocolate hazelnut spread and oreo cookies, this is not your ordinary banana pudding.

So delicious you may find yourself favoring it to traditional banana pudding. Super quick and easy to make with instant pudding and Cool Whip.

Ingredients Needed

2 Boxes (3.4-ounce) instant vanilla pudding mix– be sure to get instant and NOT the Cook & Serve kind.
Whole Milk
Heavy Cream
Nutella
Oreo Cookies
5 Ripe Bananas
4 to 5 cups Cool Whip
Roasted Hazelnuts

Oreos placed on top of pudding in trifle bowl.

How To Make Nutella Banana Pudding

Beat together vanilla pudding mix, milk, and heavy cream. Until it starts to thicken. May take a few minutes.
Beat in Nutella.
Layer the cookies, banana slices, and pudding mix, doing 3 layers of cookies, 3 layers of banana, and 2 layers of pudding.
Top with Cool Whip.
Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
Top with hazelnuts and serve.

Make Ahead

Banana Pudding should be made at least 4 to 8 hours in advance. This gives time for the banana flavor to permeate the pudding and the cookies to get a little soft.

Use Ripe, But NOT Overripe Bananas

Banana Pudding is best made with bananas that have turned yellow, but have not started to turn black. Overripe bananas will be overpowering in flavor and will turn brown quicker than just ripe bananas.

Recipe Tips

If you don’t have a hand-held electric mixer, you can use a whisk to mix the ingredients together.
I like to use a trifle dish like this one to assemble this banana pudding. As an alternative, you can assemble it in a glass bowl.

Banana Pudding with Nutella in trifle dish.

Variations

Instead of using Oreo Cookies, use Nilla Wafers or Nutter Butter Cookies.

Use instant chocolate pudding instead of vanilla for a more intense chocolate flavor.

How To Store

Wrap well with plastic wrap and it can be refrigerated for 3 days. Best eaten within 48 hours.

Nutella Banana Pudding topped with whipped cream and hazelnuts.

More Banana Pudding Recipes

Nutella Banana Pudding

Nutella Banana Pudding is one of the best banana pudding variations. Made with chocolate hazelnut spread and oreo cookies, this is not your ordinary banana pudding.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Southern

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 0

Servings

Calories 635kcal

Ingredients

2 (3.4-ounce) boxes instant vanilla pudding mix
3 cups whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
¾ cup Nutella
32 Oreo Cookies
5 ripe bananas, sliced
4 to 5 cups Cool Whip
¼ chopped roasted hazelnuts

Instructions

In a large bowl, beat vanilla pudding mix, milk, and heavy cream with an electric mixer until smooth and starting to thicken.
Beat in Nutella.
In a trifle dish or glass bowl, place ⅓ of the Oreo cookies in a layer. Top with ⅓ the banana slices, followed by ½ the pudding mixture.
Repeat with another layer Oreo cookies, banana slices and the remaining pudding mix.
Do a final layer of Oreo Cookies and banana slices.
Spread Cool Whip on top.
Refrigerate at least 4 hours. Sprinkle hazelnuts on just before serving.