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

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 i...