Description
Delightful banana pudding cheesecake cones blend Southern comfort with playful dessert innovation. Sweet banana flavor and creamy cheesecake nestled in crisp waffle cones promise pure indulgence you’ll savor to the last delicious bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 16 ounces (454 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 1 package (3.4 ounces / 96 grams) instant banana pudding mix
- 1 1/2 cups (360 milliliters) cold milk
- 1 cup (120 grams) powdered sugar
Cone and Crust Ingredients:
- 10–12 waffle cones or sugar cones
- 1 cup (120 grams) crushed vanilla wafer cookies
- 2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) melted butter
Garnish Ingredients:
- Sliced bananas
- Whipped cream
- Crushed vanilla wafer cookies
- Caramel drizzle (optional)
- 1/2 cup (120 milliliters) heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) vanilla extract
Instructions
- Craft the velvety cheesecake base by whipping softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until luxuriously smooth in a spacious mixing bowl.
- Separately whip heavy cream to soft, billowy peaks, then tenderly incorporate into the cream cheese mixture, creating a light, airy foundation.
- Vigorously whisk instant banana pudding mix with cold milk for 2-3 minutes until it thickens and develops a silky consistency.
- Delicately fold the prepared banana pudding into the cream cheese blend, ensuring a harmonious integration of flavors. Chill the mixture while preparing the cones.
- Pulverize vanilla wafer cookies and combine with melted butter, creating a crumbly, golden coating.
- Artfully dip cone edges into the buttery cookie crumbs, generating a crisp, textured rim. Allow cones to set for a few moments.
- Generously fill each prepared cone with the chilled banana pudding cheesecake mixture, using a piping bag or spoon for elegant presentation.
- Embellish each cone with a fresh banana slice, pillowy whipped cream, additional cookie crumbles, and an optional caramel drizzle for decadent finishing touches.
- Serve immediately to preserve the cone’s crispness and the filling’s creamy perfection.
Notes
- Swap cream cheese for dairy-free alternatives like cashew or tofu cream cheese to create a vegan-friendly version of this dessert.
- Crush gluten-free cookies for the cone rim to make the recipe suitable for those with gluten sensitivities.
- Chill the cream cheese mixture thoroughly to ensure a firmer, more stable filling that holds its shape inside the cones.
- Use ripe, spotty bananas for the most intense natural sweetness and deeper banana flavor in the pudding mixture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 278 kcal
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 138 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 58 mg