Description
You’ve been lied to. Dessert is supposed to be an event, not a sad, store-bought cookie. This is the dessert people will beg you to make again. It’s a cheat code layered with creamy peanut butter, rich chocolate, sweet banana, and cozy textures, assembled in a trifle with zero baking skills required.
Ingredients
1 box (3.4 oz) instant chocolate pudding mix
2 cups cold milk
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tub (8 oz) whipped topping, thawed, divided
4–5 ripe bananas, sliced
1 box (15–20 oz) chocolate chip cookies or brownies, cubed
Optional: Chocolate shavings or crushed peanuts for garnish
Instructions
1. Whisk together the pudding mix and cold milk, then chill for at least 5 minutes.
2. Beat cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth, then add powdered sugar, followed by half the whipped topping; mix until uniform.
3. Layer half of the cookies/brownies in a trifle dish, followed by half the bananas, then half the peanut butter mixture.
4. Spread chilled chocolate pudding over that layer.
5. Repeat with remaining cookies/brownanas and peanut butter mixture.
6. Top with remaining whipped topping and garnish.
7. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
Notes
Store in the refrigerator—best eaten within 2–3 days.
To reduce banana browning, toss sliced bananas in lemon juice before layering.
Feel free to swap ingredients: try different cookies, pudding flavors, or nut butters for flavor variation.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 0 mins (no-bake)
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake, Assemble
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/8–1/10 trifle
- Calories: 360 kcal
- Sugar: 35 g
- Sodium: 280 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg