Southern Banana Pudding Recipe With Made From Scratch Pudding/Custard – that’s quite a mouthful isn’t it?

Banana pudding is a common dessert with many different variations, at least here in the south. Some people use vanilla wafers, while others use Chessmen Cookies.

The filling can be made from scratch, or using boxed pudding or even a cream cheese mixture. Then the pudding can be topped with a meringue or whipped cream.

I’m not sure about other areas in the states, but in the South banana pudding is featured on most restaurant menus and is sure to be one of the many desserts at any gathering.

If you’re looking to impress a man in your life, I say banana pudding is also a pretty safe bet to make for him as I’ve never met a man that didn’t adore banana pudding.

Heck, I’ll even admit I love banana pudding with all the creamy flavors even though the banana is admittedly not one of my favorite fruits – unless it’s frozen and covered in chocolate, which makes it taste more like ice cream anyway.

Southern banana pudding is one of my favorite chilled desserts for Summer, so I of course had to make it for Memorial Day!

In my recipe I use homemade whipped cream, though you are welcome to use something like Cool Whip or even make up a meringue.

I don’t use meringue because it’s never been something I really enjoyed, especially when I have an excuse to dip my finger into some freshly made whipped cream.

Southern Banana Pudding Recipe With Made From Scratch Pudding/Custard

Note that this banana pudding recipe is pretty versatile as far as servings. You can decrease the recipe for a small dish or double or even triple it if you’re making it for a crowd without any issue.

Even though the directions may seem on the long side, this Southern Banana Pudding recipe is rather easy and you can make the custard ahead of time to put together quickly.

Plus, homemade banana pudding tastes so much different than if you use a boxed mix – in a good way – and it’s all because of the homemade custard, which is basically like homemade vanilla pudding.