Who has the best banana pudding in Houston?

The trick is not finding who has the best. The trick is finding who has it at all.

Seem to remember Blackeyed Pea used to have some that was pretty good. Also Buffalo Grill, and maybe 59 Diner if I remember correctly.

Pizzitola's BBQ.

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Rudy's BBQ has really good banana pudding. I know there is one on The Woodlands now, but I don't know the other locations in the Houston area.

Banana pudding is handsdown the best when served from mom's kitchen. This gets gobbled up by even the oldest of guests.

* 8 oz of room temp cream cheese
* 14 oz can fat-free sweetened condensed milk
* 5 oz instant vanilla pudding mix
* 2 cups of COLD milk
* 1 tsp vanilla
* 8 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed
* 4-8 bananas, sliced
* vanilla wafers

Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Then beat in condensed milk, pudding, milk and vanilla until. Fold in 1/2 of the whipped topping.

Line trifle dish with vanilla wafers. Arrange sliced bananas evenly over wafers. Spread with pudding mixture. Top with remaining whipped topping. Chill for at least an hour to let wafers get soft a bit.

Tip: Dip banana slices in lemon juice before placing down so they don't brown as fast.

wow, haven't seen a version with cream cheese before, I bet that takes it up a notch.

I was also thinking Blackeyed Pea and Pizzitola's BBQ.

Grandma's recipe that used homemade pudding (not a pudding mix) is the best. I'll get the recipe for you.

Carl's BBQ on 290 has some good banana pudding.

We had banana pudding for lunch today at work and it was darn good!

There's nothing like free lunch!

thanks Tat, i'm digging the recipes, I hadn't thought of cream cheese in one.

My general food rule is that cream cheese makes most things better.

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It's the sweetened condensed milk that really sounds good to me. You could pour that stuff on a shoe and it would taste delicious.

Pudding is the easiest thing to make since there's no heating or anything which the traditional recipes do. My kids love eating it with Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies instead of wafers which is how Paula Dean makes hers!

If it's too sweet, use 1-2 cups of heavy whipped cream (whipped with mixer until consistency is the same as whipped cream) instead. It's not as sweet as frozen whipped cream (Cool Whip), and you don't have to wait for it to thaw.



[This message has been edited by fourkids (edited 7/25/2008 2:54p).]

Never tried it, but Pappadeaux's has it - I think served in a mason jar

Pappadeaux does have banana pudding, served in a mason jar, and it's pretty good.

Pitzatolas is better, though.

[This message has been edited by Bighamp03 (edited 7/25/2008 11:30p).]

Cleburne's Cafeteria

banana pudding

Excellent looking recipe, fourkids! Thanks! Will try it in the near future.

I seem to remember 'This is it Soul Food' to have great pudding in addition to the plethora of food they give you.