Banana pudding takes its place next to ice cream in the upper echelon of summer barbecue desserts. It’s light, it doesn’t require your oven, and it has fruit so clearly that means it’s healthy. We did some legwork to help you find the best puddin’ for your ’naner needs.
Sweet Potatoes Restaurant
New Rochelle
This is that home-cooked feeling at its finest. Owner Sean Eggleston was inspired to open Sweet Potatoes after growing up in a southern family with a deep passion for food that makes you feel something. Speckled with fresh bananas and house-made vanilla wafers, this pudding will have you humming sweet nothings ’til the sun goes down.
The Snackery Bakeshop
Rye
With such a compact presentation, the places to enjoy The Snackery’s banana pudding — a picnic, the beach, in your car right outside of the bakery — are endless. Crosshatched to the hilt with crispy cookies and decadant filling, this grab-and-go sweet treat is an excellent choice for a midday indulgence or gift for a friend.
Mami’s Banana Pudding
Yonkers
Our edit team was blown away with how light and airy Kori Kirkland was able to get her confection. The nearly mousse-like texture was strong in flavor, but still melt-in-your mouth delicate. Sporting 11 (yes, 11!) flavors of banana pudding, such as butter pecan, chocolate, birthday cake and more, even that one friend who reportedly “doesn’t like bananas” will be an easy convert to the yellow side.
SugarHi
Armonk
Garnering the response from one editor exclaiming, “Wow! The banana in this!”, Sugar-Hi gives the people what they want: a sweetness that invokes nostalgia of childhood treats. A thick pudding that’ll stick to your ribs, this should be your absolute go-to if you’re the fruit’s No.1 fan.
Baked by Susan
Croton-on-Hudson
This show-stopping banana cream pie will come with a symphony of oohs and aahs from your guests. The valleys and peaks of fresh cream give a loving respite from the silky banana cream below. Encased in a freshly baked short crust, this pie is a playground of texture and flavor that you’ll have difficulty sharing.
Flour Power
Pelham Manor
The editorial team dove head-first into the fresh pastry cream of this fluffy pudding. It’s no wonder the bakery was featured on New York Live in 2022 for its banana-laden specialty. The soft cookies absorb some of the sugar, giving a creamy balance to every spoonful. Someone get us a blanket, please and thank you.
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