Old Fashioned Banana Pudding Ice Cream
Aug 14, 2012, Updated Aug 31, 2018
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This old fashioned banana pudding ice cream is creamy and dreamy and tastes like your favorite southern dessert – banana pudding! Made with fresh bananas, banana pudding, and crispy vanilla wafers. You’ll love this summertime treat!
Today’s recipe is brought to you by Kristen of Dine & Dish. Kristen cooks up delicious looking food and shares heartwarming stories about her family. She has four kids and still has time to make beautiful (and delicious!) food and take amazing pictures. I’m not sure where she gets her energy but I will gladly take some!
Homemade ice cream… there’s nothing quite like it, is there? I remember as a child, the promise of licking the beater if I agreed to be the one who sat on the wooden ice cream maker while my dad or mom cranked the handle.
It was an arborous process, but the reward was well worth it. Getting to be the first to taste whatever flavor of ice cream was being created was a prize worth sitting in the sun and being bored for a while for.
When Brandy asked me to participate in her Ice Cream Social, I immediately knew what kind of ice cream I wanted to create. While on vacation in Estes Park, CO recently, we were treated to the most incredible old fashioned banana pudding ice cream. I’d never tasted anything like it before. Cold and creamy ice cream with chunks of fresh bananas and bits of the vanilla wafer.
It’s a favorite old-fashioned dessert in frozen form and boy is it good!
My secret ingredient in milkshakes has always been a tablespoon or two of instant pudding mix. Seriously, it sounds weird, but the instant pudding mix adds a depth of flavor you just can’t get without it.
I decided to see if I could do the same thing with the old fashioned banana pudding ice cream recipe I created and sure enough… the banana flavor ended up being so full and vibrant. My kids nominated this as the “best ice cream they’ve ever tasted”.
I hope you enjoy it!
Looking for even more ice cream recipes? Try my Raspberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, Apple Butter Gingersnap Ice Cream, No Churn Cherry Amaretto Ice Cream, Peanut Butter Oreo Ice Cream or my Carrot Cake Ice Cream
Old Fashioned Banana Pudding Ice Cream
This old fashioned banana pudding ice cream is creamy and dreamy and tastes like your favorite southern dessert - banana pudding! Made with fresh bananas, banana pudding, and crispy vanilla wafers. You'll love this summertime treat!
Yield: 1 quart
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 -1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 -1/2 cups whole milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3 Tablespoons instant banana pudding mix
- 2 small bananas, sliced
- 1 cup vanilla wafers, coarsely chopped
Source: Kristen Doyle of Dine & Dish
Directions:
In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix the whipping cream, milk, and eggs.
Slowly add the sugar, lemon juice and Kosher salt. Finally, add the instant banana pudding mix and blend well.
Using a wooden spoon, add the small banana slices and stir to incorporate.
Pour into the freezer bowl of your electric ice cream maker. Turn on and freeze according to the manufactures directions.
During the final 10 minutes of freezing, add the coarsely chopped vanilla wafers.
Remove frozen ice cream. Serve immediately or place in a freezer proof ice cream container and serve when ready.
What a great secret ingredient. I’d never think to add that.
I hate to say this but I’ve never had real serious banana pudding! I think because I’ve never been much of a banana person…but I’m probably missing out big time. At least if this ice cream says anything!
delicious flavor! you’ve combined two of my top ten comfort foods into one amazing creation. you are, in fact, my new hero.
this looks amazing! Love the idea of banana pudding ice cream.
Hi Brandy! I’m here for the first time today from Kristen’s blog. You have a gorgeous blog and I’m excited to add you to my reader.
Second, this banana ice cream is going straight to the top of my “to make” list before summer’s gone for good.
Oh my word, I adore banana pudding and seriously anything banana…I have to make this ASAP!
That looks wicked delicious. Love the photography too. Gorgeous!!
YUMMMMMM
This recipe looks delicious! I am making this for our Memorial Day cookout! How much ice cream does this make? I’m using an ice cream maker for this recipe! Thank you!
Hi Tia! It should make around 1 quart. Hope you enjoy the ice cream!
I made this ice cream for a 4th of July BBQ, and everyone raved about it!! It was a huge hit. Thanks for sharing.
I really want to try this recipe, I love how you don’t have to cook and cool the mix before freezing. Is it safe to use egg yolks that haven’t been cooked or tempered though?
Hi Kartina – if you’re worried about eating uncooked eggs you can often find pasteurized eggs in the store. I eat uncooked eggs often (cookie dough, egg nog, etc.) but you should only eat what you’re comfortable eating.