Flag Icebox Cake with Banana Pudding
Looking for an easy patriotic dessert that’ll steal the show at your 4th of July party? This delicious flag icebox cake is made with banana pudding, bananas, Cool Whip, and topped with fresh berries.
It’s a no-bake dessert that’s perfect for feeding a crowd on hot summer days when you don’t want to turn on the oven. If you need a red, white, and blue treat that everyone will rave about for the 4th of July or Memorial Day, this is it!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- No-Bake and Easy: This icebox cake is a total lifesaver during summer when you don’t want to heat up your kitchen.
- Perfect for a Crowd: It’s made in a 9×13 dish, so there’s plenty to go around at your 4th of July celebration.
- Festive and Fun: The flag design made with berries makes this a show-stopping centerpiece.
- Perfect Make-Ahead Dessert: It needs time to chill, so you can easily make it ahead of your gathering for less stress.
You’ll find the ingredient list and step-by-step photos below, or you can scroll to the bottom of the post for the full printable recipe.
Flag Icebox Cake Ingredients
- Cool Whip
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Cream cheese
- Milk
- Instant French vanilla pudding mix
- Bananas
- Vanilla wafer cookies
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
How To Make Flag Icebox Cake With Banana Pudding
This visual guide is helpful for making this recipe. For the full printable recipe with measurements, scroll to the bottom of the post.
1. Mix pudding mix with milk according to package directions. Let the mixture set for 5 minutes.
2. In a separate bowl, beat softened cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the condensed milk.
3. Add cream cheese mixture to the instant pudding.
4. Cover the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish with a layer of cookies.
5. Pour half of the pudding mixture over the cookie layer.
6. Slice bananas and layer half of them on top of the pudding mixture.
7. Top with ½ the Cool Whip.
Repeat layers, starting with the cookies and ending with the layer of Cool Whip.
8. Add blueberries and sliced strawberries on top to resemble an American flag.
Refrigerate for an hour or until ready to serve.
Flag Icebox Cake with Banana Pudding
Ingredients
- 16 oz Cool Whip thawed
- 14 oz Sweetened condensed milk
- 8 oz Cream cheese
- 2 cups Milk
- 3.6 oz Instant french vanilla pudding mix box
- 4-5 Bananas sliced
- 1 box Vanilla wafer cookies
- ½ cup Blueberries
- 2 cups Strawberries
Instructions
- Mix pudding mix with milk according to package directions. Let the mixture set for 5 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, beat softened cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the condensed milk.
- Add cream cheese mixture to the instant pudding.
- Cover the bottom of a 9×13 inch baking dish in a layer of cookies.
- Pour half of the pudding mixture on top of the cookie layer.
- Slice bananas and layer half of them on top of the pudding mixture.
- Top with ½ the Cool Whip. Repeat layers, starting with the cookies and ending with the layer of Cool Whip.
- Add blueberries and sliced strawberries on top to resemble an American flag. Refrigerate for an hour or until ready to serve.
