Birthday Trifle

Here's a fun twist on a birthday cake...

Shortcut Nutter Butter®-Banana Pudding Trifle

Prep: 35 min., Stand: 35 min., Chill: 2 hr. The pudding has thickened enough when a distinct trail is left in the mixture when you stir with a spoon. The cookies will soften the longer the dessert chills.

Ingredients

• 3 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 (3.4-oz.) packages vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1 8 ounce container sour cream
• 5 medium-size ripe bananas
• 1 (1-lb.package) peanut butter sandwich cookies
• 2 cups thawed extra creamy whipped topping

Preparation

1.     1. Place 3 cups milk and vanilla in large bowl; add vanilla instant pudding mix. Beat with an electric mixer at medium speed 2 minutes or until thickened; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in sour cream.

2.     2. Fill a large bowl with ice. Place bowl in ice, and let stand, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes or until mixture is thoroughly chilled.

3.     3. Meanwhile, cut bananas into 1/4-inch slices. Break cookies into thirds.

4.     4. Spoon half of pudding mixture into a 3-qt. bowl or pitcher. Top with bananas and cookies. Spoon remaining pudding mixture over bananas and cookies. Top with whipped topping. Cover and chill 2 to 24 hours. Garnish, if desired.

5.     Note: For testing purposes only, we used Nabisco Nutter Butter® Sandwich Cookies.

6.Recipe from:

Southern Living
FEBRUARY 2009      (you can also find the recipe at southernliving.com)

And here's my review...with the help of 12 others on the tasting panel:

Yummy flavors, nutter butter cookies are a nice surprise, kids really loved it.  I might change it up a bit next time and add a layer of strawberries and maybe half the cookies.