Banana Cream Parfait Recipe

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Banana Cream Parfaits are a super easy dessert with from-scratch pudding layered between whipped topping, with a dust of chocolate!

I love super easy dessert recipes, that look really cute. My little boys think these are a serious treat (and they are), and I love that I’m able to make these ahead then pull out of my fridge after dinner to all the oohs and aahs.

These are delicious and creamy and packed full of flavor!!

I can’t take credit for this though, this comes from my friend Sandra at The Foodie Affair. I was given Sandra’s site for the Winter version of Freaky Friday. I knew as soon as I saw these parfaits, they would be mine….

If you’re not familiar with Freaky Friday, it’s an event some blogging friends and myself do once a season.  We are secretly assigned someone else’s blog, pick a recipe and make it to share on our own blogs

It’s fun for us because we get to try a new recipe and then we get to share it with our own readers.  At the bottom of this post, you will find links to the recipes that all of my friends made, too.

About The Foodie Affair: Sandra is a self-taught home cook, wife, mother, and full-time professional worker bee. She is inspired by restaurant dishes and magazines, as well as good old Mom!

Go ahead and browse her site, I know you’ll find some recipes you’ll want to try! (I’ll wait here).  Some other dessert recipes that caught my attention:  Pineapple Bread Pudding, and Carrot Cake Cookies  

They sound pretty good, right?  Naturally, I chose a dessert.  No surprise there, right?  Readers of Kylee Cooks have enjoyed Oreo Dirt Pudding Parfaits, so I knew you’d love these Banana Cream Parfaits, too!

Ingredients in Banana Cream Parfaits:

Banana extract may be a new one for you, banana powder can be subbed if that is what you can find!

• CORNSTARCH – this is used for thickening the pudding
• SUGAR – plain white sugar
• SALT – I use kosher salt. Salt intensifies food’s other flavors – it’s not just for savory dishes!
• MILK – whole milk or 2% work just fine
• BANANA EXTRACT – if you can’t find this, sub banana powder, or leave it out!
• EGGS – large ones!
• BUTTER – I use salted butter
• VANILLA EXTRACT – use a good quality one – this is a key flavor in the pudding
• CREAM CHEESE – use full fat, the reduced fat one will work, but won’t taste as good.
• WHIPPED TOPPING – also known as “Cool Whip”, but there are several off brand products that are just as good
• BANANAS – bananas should be bright yellow and still firm. Bananas with too many brown spots are too sweet, and don’t taste great (to me, anyway)

How to make Banana Cream Parfaits:

(Full recipe card below)

1. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the cornstarch, sugar, and salt, then whisk in the milk.
2. Add the banana extract, eggs, and butter.
3. Heat over medium heat, whisking constantly until ingredients begin to boil. Reduce to low and stir until thick.
4. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
5. In a separate bowl beat cream cheese until light and fluffy then, beat in about ¼ cup of filling to cream cheese mix until well mixed. Fold in remaining filling.
6. Cover with plastic wrap placing the wrap directly onto the surface of the filling. Refrigerate for a couple of hours.

ASSEMBLY

1. Add 2-3 tablespoons filling to the bottom of a parfait glass. Top with whipped topping, and repeat. Top with fresh banana slices and grate chocolate over the top.
2. Refrigerate until needed.
3. Devour. 

Top Tips for Banana Cream Parfaits:

• Freshly whipped cream can be substituted for whipped topping!
• Vary up your chocolate – I use dark, but milk and white are also really good!
• Use banana chips instead of fresh bananas.
• Check out these other delicious dessert recipes:
  Toffee Caramel Cheesecake
  Bailey’s Chocolate Mousse
  Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pie

Take a look at all of our Winter Freaky Friday Recipes:

• An Affair from the Heart – Coconut Mug Cake
• Aunt Bee’s Recipes – Creamy Gorgonzola Pasta with Steak
• Bowl Me Over –  Best Crock Pot Beef Stew
• Hostess at Heart – Chili Con Carne
• Kylee Cooks – Banana Cream Parfaits 
• LeMoine Family Kitchen – Chicken Bacon Penne Alfredo Casserole
• Lemon Blossoms – Valentine’s Day Dessert Nachos
• Mildly Meandering –  Tiramisu Latte
• House of Nash Eats – Philly Cheesesteak Dip
• Seduction in the Kitchen – Chicken Lime Soup
• Take Two Tapas –  Taco Tater Tots
• The Foodie Affair – Slow Cooked Meatballs
• The Speckled Palate – Boozy Bacon Pretzel Peanut Butter Bars
• West Via Midwest – Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup
• Who Needs a Cape? –  Cajun Chicken Meatballs in Cajun Cream Sauce

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Banana Cream Parfaits

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Cooling time

2 hrs

Total Time

30 mins

 

Banana Cream Parfaits are a super easy dessert with from-scratch pudding layered between whipped topping, with a dust of chocolate!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6

Calories: 180 kcal

Author: Kylee

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Tbs cornstarch
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp banana extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tbs butter
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 oz cream cheese at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups whipped topping

GARNISH

• grated chocolate
• Sliced bananas

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan whisk together the cornstarch, sugar and salt.
2. Gradually whisk in the milk, then add the banana extract, eggs and butter.

3. Heat over medium heat, whisking constantly until ingredients begin to boil. Reduce to low and stir until thick.

4. Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.

5. In a separate bowl beat cream cheese until light and fluffy then, beat in about ¼ cup of filling to cream cheese mix until well mixed. Fold in remaining filling.
6. Cover with plastic wrap placing the wrap directly onto the surface of the filling. Refrigerate for a couple of hours.

ASSEMBLY

1. Add 2-3 tablespoons filling to the bottom of a parfait glass. Top with whipped topping, and repeat. Top with fresh banana slices and grate chocolate over the top.
2. Refrigerate until needed.
3. Devour.

Recipe Notes

Top Tips for Banana Cream Parfaits:

• Freshly whipped cream can be substituted for whipped topping!
• Vary up your chocolate - I use dark, but milk and white are also really good!
• Use banana chips instead of fresh bananas.

Nutrition Facts

Banana Cream Parfaits

Amount Per Serving

Calories 180 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 70mg 23%

Sodium 211mg 9%

Potassium 118mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 26g 9%

Sugars 22g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 5.3%

Calcium 9%

Iron 1.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.