This Dulce de Leche Banana Cream Pie recipe has it all! A no bake banana cheesecake filling is layered with thick dulce de leche and banana slices on a homemade graham cracker crust.
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Why This Pie is Best
I love adding dulce de leche to desserts. If you’re not familiar with this Mexican confection, it’s a milk-based caramel that’s thick and spreadable, like jam.
This Banana Cream Pie with dulce de leche tastes AMAZING. It’s made with simple ingredients and takes just a few minutes to assemble.
- It’s a banana cream pie and cheesecake in one.
- Dulce de Leche pairs perfectly with the flavor of fresh bananas and cool, creamy cheesecake.
- It has a homemade crust sturdy enough to hold up to all those layers!
- A no-bake dessert you can make any time of year.
Ingredient Notes
- Graham cracker crust – Make your own graham cracker crust from scratch or pick up a store bought crust.
- French vanilla pudding – We used use instant pudding mix and milk. Regular vanilla pudding mix works well if you can’t find French vanilla.
- Cool Whip – Folded into pudding to make the pie filling light and fluffy. You can use homemade stabilized whipped cream instead if you prefer!
- Sweetened condensed milk – Beaten with cream cheese to sweeten the cheesecake layer.
- Banana slices – For the bottom layer and arranging on the the edges of the finished pie.
- Dulce de Leche – To spread over the first banana layer. You can find it in cans in the baking aisle near the sweeten condensed milk or in the International section of your grocery store.
Tips and Trick
- After assembling the pie, place it in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours! I like to cover it and let it chill over night to give it plenty of time to set.
- You will have about half a cup of Cool Whip leftover after assembling the banana cream pie. Save it for decorating the finished pie!
- Before serving, add the Cool Whip to a piping bag and pipe it all around the edges of the pie. Then arrange the remaining banana slices between each dollop of cool whip.
Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can, but I found it did not hold up as well to the mile high filling! Store bought crusts tend to be thinner than my homemade versions and crumbled more easily under the weight of the pie filling.
Store the Dulce de Leche Banana Cream Pie covered in the refrigerator. It will keep for about 5 days.
Since fresh bananas oxidize quickly (turning brown), I suggest adding them to the pie right before you serve it.
You sure can. It would be delicious as a Dulce de Leche Vanilla Cream Pie too!
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Dulce de Leche Banana Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 box French Vanilla instant pudding mix 3.4 ounce
- 1 cup whole milk
- 4 ounce cream cheese softened
- 7 ounce can sweetened condensed milk only use half a can
- 2 cups Cool Whip or homemade whipped cream, divided
- 2 bananas sliced
- 1 prepared graham cracker pie crust see note below
- 1 can dulce de leche 15 ounce
Instructions
- Prepare graham cracker crust (as noted below) or use a store bought crust.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the pudding mix and milk. Set aside.
- In a separate large bowl, combine the cream cheese with sweetened condensed milk. Beat until smooth. Fold in the pudding mixture and stir until combined.
- Fold in 1 1/2 cups Cool Whip (or homemade whipped cream). Set aside.
- In the bottom of your pie crust, lay your sliced bananas. Top with dulce de leche, spreading until smooth. Pour your filling over the top.
- Refrigerate pie for two hours.
- When ready to serve, pipe the remaining cool whip or whipped cream onto the pie. Add freshly sliced bananas (optional). SERVE and enjoy!
Notes
- For the graham cracker crust: Combine 1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs with 1/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup melted butter. Mix with a fork and press into bottom of pie plate.
- After assembling the pie, place it in the fridge to chill for at least 2 hours! I like to cover it and let it chill over night to give it plenty of time to set.
- You will have about half a cup of Cool Whip leftover after assembling the banana cream pie. Save it for decorating the finished pie!
- Before serving, add the Cool Whip to a piping bag and pipe it all around the edges of the pie. Then arrange the remaining banana slices between each dollop of cool whip.
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This Banana Cream Pie is now one of my favorite dulce de leche desserts. I hope you love it just as much as we did!
Followed the recipe right to the tea why why I cut the first piece the caramel sauce ran
I’ve been looking for a dulce de leche cream pie recipe, but I’ll be back one seem to have the banana layer. Would it be okay to do this recipe without the banana layer?
Sure!
Made this last year for Thanksgiving and it was such a hit that we have to have it this year. My grandson loved it so much, he ended up eating most of the pie! He is making it this year. 17 years old and he is making the entire Thanksgiving dinner (except the rolls, I’m making those). I used a can of sweetened condensed milk and poured it in a bowl, then into the Instant Pot – delicious duchess de leche! This pie is to die for and I highly recommend it. If I could give it 10 stars, I would!
This pie rose to the top of my family’s favorites after one try. It is relatively easy. I had 2 cans of dulce de leche that I needed to use. I will definitely be using the 2nd one to make this pie again in a few weeks or so. I made the dulce by boiling condensed milk which is cheaper and easier for me. (Said to explode so use caution)
I did make 1 change to the recipe. I don’t know if it is regional, but I have never understood why banana pudding is often made with bananas in vanilla pudding. I love Jell-o brand banana cream pudding so I used that instead of vanilla. Using only 1 cup of milk is genius since it allows the pudding to help the pie to set perfectly.
The fact that it uses 1/2 of the sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, and Cool Whip means I have the second half ready for a second pie a few weeks later. Given how much we love it, that is very convenient!
I was to lazy to decorate mine – esp as I knew I would have leftovers that would turn brown. This pie comes out of the pan perfectly – right from the 1st slice. Simply amazing! Thanks so much for a fabulous recipe.
This pie rose to the top of my family’s favorites after one try. It is relatively easy. I had 2 cans of dulce de leche that I needed to use. The 2nd 1 will definitely be in this pie again in a few weeks or so. I made the dulce by boiling condensed milk which is cheaper and easier for me.
I did make 1 change to the recipe. I don’t know if it is regional, but I have never understood why banana pudding is often made with bananas in vanilla pudding. I love Jell-o brand banana cream pudding so I used that instead of vanilla. Using only 1 cup of milk is genius since it allows the pudding to help the pie to set perfectly. I was unsure if it would be better with a whole pkg of cream cheese. The answer is definitely not. It is perfect as is.
I was to lazy to decorate mine – esp as I knew I would have leftovers that would turn brown. This pie comes out of the pan perfectly – right from the 1st slice. Simply amazing! Thanks so much for a fabulous recipe.
Do you know if the topping works with diced berries or a fruit juice reduction mixed in or would it be to moist? I’m not sure about dulce and berries, but this topping seems like one that might be fun to experiment with…
Just made this for a family gathering! It was a huge hit! It was a breeze to put together and
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so rich and creamy. I would highly recommend making homemade crust ,using extra creamy cool whip and dipping bananas in fruit juice/sprite to prevent browning. A little banana flavoring could maybe be added to filling for more banana flavor. Delicious! So happy to have another recipe to use dulce de leche. if you have never tried you are really missing out!
What is dulcet de Leche where do u buy it?soon want to make this looks delish
It is like a Carmel sauce. Very tasty.
That looks awesome
Do you mean prepared boxed cool whip? Not the frozen one?
For the whipped cream? You can use homemade, or Cool Whip (thawed). I’ve never used a boxed cool whip
Do you bake the crust?
Oh my! I love anything banana!! Throw in the dulce de leche and I’m a gonner. This is simple enough to prep which is perfect for my laziness today, lol. Thanks for the share 😉
Duhhhh. It’s the Dulce de leche.
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Is that chocolate pudding that is poured over the layered banana?
Ahhh this looks so incredible!! And the cover of that cookbook is just gorgeous!!
Fantastic! What a great combination of flavors and textures. Wish we lived closer. I might beg for a slice!
BEAUTIFUL!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Pinning to alllllll the boards!