Mini Banana Pudding Bites

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 pinch salt
• 0.5 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 cup cold milk
• 0.25 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 sliced fresh banana

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Set out 2 mini muffin pans that each make 12 tiny muffins.
2. Combine vanilla wafer crumbs, sugar, melted butter, and salt in a bowl. Stir with a fork until well blended.
3. Spoon 1 tablespoon crumb mixture into each mini muffin cup. Press mixture firmly onto the bottom and up the sides of each cup.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until crusts have set, about 10 minutes. Cool muffin pans on a wire rack until completely cool, about 30 minutes.
5. Combine instant vanilla pudding mix, milk, and vanilla extract in a bowl. Whisk until mixture begins to thicken, about 4 minutes. Spoon pudding evenly over the 24 mini muffin cups. Set a banana slice on top of each pudding bite and refrigerate until completely chilled, about 20 minutes.