Easy no bake desserts are always a quick and easy treat to make up. These easy no bake Banana Cream Pies in a jar make the perfect end to any dinner.
Did you know that today was Pi Day? March 14th = 3/14 = 3.14 Yeah, that’s kind of losing me too. I only know because I have friends who freak about all things math.
Me? I just freak because it is another day to celebrate with a dessert. Pi Day to me means PIE DAY for the BruCrew!!! These cute little Banana Cream Pies in a Jar are waiting for us to enjoy after dinner tonight.
Now I don’t know about you, but math is not my strongest subject. My son likes to remind me all the time about the paper I helped him with in Second Grade. He was working on greater than and less than. Super simple easy peasy thing, right? Well, no because I had never been taught about the alligator being hungry, and that his mouth always opens to the bigger bite. Where was that analogy when I was in school? Maybe I was looking at the cute boy in my class the day that was presented…
So anyway, my son finished his paper, and I looked it over for him. The example problem at the top of the paper had the mouth opening to the smaller number, so I assumed that the teacher would not send home a paper with an incorrect example. I made my son change every.single.problem on his paper. Later that week, he came home with all of them wrong. Of course, he was not happy and said, “Mom, I told the teacher it was your fault.” UMMMM! Hello!!! That was so not my fault. I am still totally blaming the teacher for this one. Believe me, I still hear about this paper and it has been almost 7 years ago! 🙂
I’ll just drown my math woes in a jar of banana cream pie. These are the easiest little treat to whip up. You start with a chocolate chip cookie crust. I just bought some at Walmart for a $1 because this is a no bake dessert, so I was not baking cookies for it. But if that is how you roll, go right ahead and bake away. Just make sure your cookies are crisp, so you can crunch them up into fine crumbs. I dropped the cookies into my Ninja Chopper, and had the crust in the jars in under 5 minutes.
I had a can of Dulce de Leche in my cupboard, so I put a generous layer of that on top of the crust. You could also use any kind of thick caramel ice cream topping, if that is what you have or if you can’t find the Dulce de Leche. (I suggest not licking the spoon…you might not want to stop eating it!!! Just a little FYI.)
Top with some instant banana cream pudding and real banana chunks and viola! Dessert is done. Go ahead and top with some Cool Whip and sprinkles and chunks of leftover cookies for a fun and spectacular presentation.
Want to know another secret? You could totally change out the pudding to another flavor if banana flavored desserts are not your thing. I’m thinking chocolate pudding with the caramel and cookie crust would totally rock my world too!
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No Bake Banana Cream Pies
Cookies and caramel make a delicious crust for these easy no bake Banana Cream Pies. They are the perfect treat for any picnic or party or after dinner.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chocolate chip cookie crumbs (use crisp cookies)
- 1 Tablespoon melted butter
- 1 - 3.4 ounce box instant banana cream pudding
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1 - 13.4 ounce can Dulce de Leche
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1/2 cup Cool Whip
- extra cookies and sprinkles
Instructions
- Combine the cookie crumbs and melted butter in a bowl. Divide into 8 small glasses or jars. Press down firmly in the bottom of the jars. Set aside.
- Combine the pudding mix and milk. Whisk for 2 minutes. Let set up in the refrigerator for about 5 minutes.
- Spoon the Dulce de Leche in a bowl and microwave 30-60 seconds. Spoon a tablespoon into each jar covering the crust.
- Spoon a large spoonful of pudding on top of the caramel. Next add a few banana slices to each jar.
- Cover with the rest of the pudding. Refrigerate until serving.
- Top with Cool Whip, sprinkles, and extra cookie chunks if desired.
Notes
If you can't find Dulce de Leche, you could substitute any thick caramel ice cream topping.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 324Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 22mgSodium: 181mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 1gSugar: 35gProtein: 6g
Want more Pie Day options?
It’s a Pie Day party over at Crazy for Crust…make sure you head over there and see all the fun pies that are being shared.
Banana Cream Pies always my Hubbies fav and the jars make it super cute! Adorable!
Yay for no bake dessert!
oh i’m bananas over your bananas! :>D
hahaha! You are too cute!!!!
Oh, this looks so good! I love banana cream desserts!
It looks incredible! My mouth is watering just looking at the photo
Awe thank you so much Winnie!!!
Yum! This looks really good and I love that it is quick and easy:) Thanks for sharing! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Shannon!
Hello! Beautiful blog and great recipes! I found you thru Six Sisters’ Stuff blog hop.
Have a Sweet Day!
Heather
I am so excited you “found” my blog! It is always “sweet” around here 🙂
Beautiful, and no baking great for the hot summer days. Andi
You are right…these are such a perfect summer time dessert to cool off with!!!
I sort of loathe math lol so I completely forgot about pi day once I left high school. BUT if they served me this pie on pi day MAYBEEEEE I would’ve paid more attention in class 😉 I love how simple this is to whip up – and it’d be awesome around Easter!
Enjoy your weekend!
I only know about school holidays because of my crazy math obsessed friends (whom I adore)! PIE in school would totally help me remember these kind of days!!!
I love desserts in jars-so cute. Especially pie!
Good to know…I’m kind of obsessed with desserts in jars 🙂
Hooray for no bake!
Hooray for 10 minute desserts 🙂 Gotta love those kind of baking days!!
We love desserts in jars! These banana cream pies are not only adorable but need to happen in my kitchen ASAP! So fun!
Easy banana desserts in jars…such a fun treat to be in your kitchen!!!
jar desserts are so much fun Jocelyn. I love all the banana around these parts lately. 😉 Happy Pi Day! (yesterday!)
Something about a cute dessert in a jar gets me every single time!!!
Math is not my strong suit either, but any day is great to have more Pie! I am obsessed with anything in a jar!!
I agree…every day is better to have PIE on!!!
These are so perfect! I love no-bake and these are great, easy little treats for something special. My kiddo would love ’em–plus, I can make mine with the sugar-free pudding and add tons of fruit and call it “health food.”
I like the way you think! I used fat free milk in mine to help cut some of the fat!
Oh girl, these look awesome. Love cute little jars of pie! Good warning on the dulce de leche cause I totally have been known to eat spoonfuls. YUM.
I should never have taken that first bite…I’m officially hooked!!!
I love pie in jars… looks delicious!
Thank you Emily!
Math is totally lost one me, partially because I never payed attention to the teacher and instead at the hot soccer player in front of me. He was more fun to think about it. Moving on, these no bake banana cream pies are darling. The cookie crust has me hooked.
Cute soccer players are definitely more interesting than math! The cookie crust was such a fun touch!!!
I love these Jocelyn! You know my weakness for food in jars. And dulce de leche under the pudding? LOVE! Your math story made me chuckle. We’re in 2nd grade now and I cannot do the grammar. AT ALL.
LOL how about you handle all the math problems and I will take on the grammar! I knew you would love the cute jar treats 🙂
Jocelyn… these look AMAZING! Holy Moly. Pinned! I hope you have a wonderful day 🙂 xoxo~ Ruthie
Thank you so much Ruthie!!!
I’m so running out to buy myself some jars! These little pies are wonderful-easy, quick and already portion controlled!
Yes, get some jars! I use mine all the time. In fact I have a huge tub of all the different sizes just in case I need some!!!
LOVE! These are so cute!
Thank you Julie!
MMM these look so fun! And a cookie crust!! YUM!!
The cookie crust just gave it that little edge over all the other ones 🙂 Plus I like to eat choc chip cookies whenever I can!!!
Yay I posted a banana cream pie today too! Love yours in the jars
Power to the banana desserts! I love that we both posted banana pudding pies…I can’t wait to check out yours!!!
These look so amazing! Yum! Wish I had one right now! 🙂
Thanks! They are so easy to do…just throw them together and dessert in jars for the week!
I am LOVING this banana cream kick you’re on! So tasty and perfect for spring 🙂 these pies are WAY cute and I wouldn’t mind celebrating Pi Day with an infinite amount of these cuties!!
I am all about the cute desserts! Sure wish you were closer and we could celebrate together 🙂
I’m drooling over the Banana Split Brownie Pie! It looks amazing.
My kids are still reminding me of my mistakes and they are in their 30’s! They never forget!
Have a great PI Day.
haha good to know!!! I’m pretty sure my son will NEVER let me live this down.
Happy Pi Day to you! I think that I will make this today !
I hope you tried these fun puddings. So easy and fast to have on the table!!!