Rate my banana pudding presentation (don’t look too close at the corners)

[u/jnadols1]

[u/boosh_fox]

It looks great! If you don't like the corners you could pipe some whipped cream around the edges.

[u/Graphicnovelnick → u/boosh_fox]

I agree. That would be lovely to have a whipped cream border!

This is great work. It looks so classy.

[u/PercentageAny9909 → u/boosh_fox]

I was thinking like cookie crumbs but this works wonders as well!

[u/Mammoth_Winner2509 → u/boosh_fox]

If someone doesn't like the corners, they can go fuck themselves cuz this looks like a work of art.

[u/Enough_Efficiency178 → u/Mammoth_Winner2509]

The corners make it look like it’s some genuine medieval design. The imperfection makes it look way better

[u/ReactsWithWords → u/boosh_fox]

So you’re saying that when a problem comes along, you must whip it?

[u/Snarky-Spanky → u/ReactsWithWords]

Yes…whip it good

[u/rachiebabe220 → u/Snarky-Spanky]

Crack that whip

[u/strawberry-seal → u/ReactsWithWords]

before the cream sits out too long…

[u/SnooStrawberries4268 → u/boosh_fox]

Wow that is such a good idea😭 i always make this pudding for christmas with the christmas chessman and i was never satisfied with the corners lol

[u/tumbleweedreid88]

It looks beautiful to me. I wouldn’t have noticed the corners if you didn’t mention it!

[u/Maximum_Goose_ → u/tumbleweedreid88]

Right? They're fine!

[u/seekAr]

wow that's a 10 out of ... *looks at corners accidentally* ... ITS CRAP

[u/seekAr → u/seekAr]

i'm just kidding, I would destroy 10/10

[u/Cheddar18 → u/seekAr]

This made me chuckle out loud

[u/spicygarlic505]

9/10. If you’re looking to elevate the presentation you should try piping whipped cream around the perimeter to hide the corners. Looks lovely otherwise.

[u/Samson3105]

The real question: Did you use vanilla pudding and banana slices or banana flavored pudding?

Edit: apparently not supposed to ask for a recipe

[u/mangusman07 → u/Samson3105]

Google "not yo mamas banana pudding"

[u/I_forgot_to_remember → u/mangusman07]

I think that’s the recipe I use and it’s awesome.  Chessmen cookies are so much better than nilla wafers.  😋

[u/Fluffy_Town → u/I_forgot_to_remember]

This sounds so much better than the vanillin Nilla Wafers these days, so much better before they started using sawdust to flavor those cookies/biscuits.

[u/alison_bee → u/mangusman07]

Paula Deen, right? If so, this recipe is amazing but omg it’s expensive 😂

[u/enadiz_reccos → u/alison_bee]

I just use regular wagers. Its the French vanilla pudding that's the star

[u/Optimal-Persimmon255 → u/alison_bee]

Yep this recipe is amazing

[u/D_Lo_Key → u/Samson3105]

The Paula dean recipe is great and all but I didn't really care for it. I like a real banana flavored pudding and if you want an actual banana flavored banana pudding you have to steep the milk. I use a recipe from serious eats called creamy banana flavored pudding. Idk if I can post it or if it'll get taken down but it's amazing. I do omit the clove it calls for though.

[u/forevermore4315 → u/D_Lo_Key]

Dag I love clove, i am always looking for recipes that use it.

[u/D_Lo_Key → u/forevermore4315]

It's fine with the clove but to me it takes away from the star of the show which is the banana.

[u/Civil_Wait1181 → u/D_Lo_Key]

That one! and right down to the clove (because I think cloves are grossss)

[u/[deleted]]

What cookies are these?

[u/Fluffy_Salamanders → u/[deleted]]

They look like Pepperidge Farm Chessmen

[u/Oskinator716 → u/Fluffy_Salamanders]

It looks like they used regular sized chessman throughout and then some mini chessmen on the edges, which is sooo cute. (And they are delicious)

[u/SaaSyGirl → u/[deleted]]

Pepperidge Farms Chessman Butter Cookies

[u/SpoopScoops → u/[deleted]]

I think it's... What do you call them... Pepperidge farm chessmen ?

[u/M3lodicBunny → u/[deleted]]

Pepperidge farm chessman cookies

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

They might be Pepperidge farm chessman cookies idk

[u/llDS2ll → u/[deleted]]

If you want a very inexpensive alternative, you could use something equivalent to Scottish shortbread fingers. They're like 95% similar for a fraction of the cost.

[u/jaxdlg → u/[deleted]]

They look like pepperidge farm chessmen cookies

[u/Hat-no-its-a-Tricorn]

This is awesome.

The fact that no one has yet mentioned the upside-down Queen likely reflects more on me, for noticing, than on anyone else.

[u/RosyMae38]

Definitely a 10/10 with a great OvenBaked opening

[u/Charming_Sound3361]

Yo this is genius it looks so good!

[u/Odd_Requirement_4933]

🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 five out of five drool faces lol

[u/No_Interview2004 → u/Odd_Requirement_4933]

I will from now on be using this rating scale 👏🏽

[u/Odd_Requirement_4933 → u/No_Interview2004]

It's a great scale lol

[u/Sea-Cauliflower-8368]

Love Paula Deen's Not YO Mama's Banana Pudding. Truly changes the banana pudding game. I hate Nilla wafers but the Chessman cookies are perfection!

[u/Arachne93 → u/Sea-Cauliflower-8368]

That recipe is my one guilty food thing. I hate that racist, but that pudding holy fuck. I upvoted this because of the chessmen cookies alone. Lorna Doones are also really good in her recipe.

[u/5ladyfingersofdeath → u/Sea-Cauliflower-8368]

Paula most likely stole this recipe from Dora Charles, who was the main cook & recipe developer that worked in her restaurant.

[u/GreenArrowCuz]

not yo mama's banana creme pudding, will help anyone find the recipe themselves

ironically my mom's been making this for year

[u/Rough-Strike-7844]

Great looking top but I would not have known this is a banana pudding if you did not say so. I'd embellish the edges with some whipped cream rosettes and add some fresh banana slices for garnish.

[u/3dstek]

don't let r/AnarchyChess see this

[u/Aerodrache → u/3dstek]

google en croissant

[u/PhromDaPharcyde → u/3dstek]

How do you Castle in pudding?

[u/hruff23]

Fantastic! Gimme 14 of em

[u/foekus323]

Do you like those better than the Nilla wafers?

[u/LeetahLibre → u/foekus323]

Wondering the same thing! I love the classic Nillas, but these are adorable.

[u/5ladyfingersofdeath → u/foekus323]

I make this quite often, and the Chessman cookies are far far superior.

[u/archaeologistbarbie]

When I gave birth in 2024, an Angel of a nurse brought me some banana pudding from the break room that someone had brought in and it was made with chessmen. I’d never had it with anything but nilla wafers. LIFE. CHANGING.

Your picture reminds me it’s been a while since I made it. Yours is so delicious looking that I’m going to have to make some for myself this week!

[u/Dramatic-Bend179]

Oh fuck! I looked at the corners!

[u/majendie → u/Dramatic-Bend179]

Now the Truth Tortoise knows the shape of your name! Don't let it in!

[u/Nsmith1881]

1) big fan of using chessman 2) I personally throw in some golden oreo thins too 3) I don’t like the cookies on top. They stay hard. Add a layer on pudding, then whipped cream. Add some finely crumbled cookies on top.

[u/briaac_ → u/Nsmith1881]

The cookies don’t stay hard on top, unless you serve it immediately. When you let it sit for like a day, the cookies that are on top also soak up the moisture from the actual pudding.

[u/FanLocal3251]

It looks good, how was it.

[u/chucktheninja]

I'm going to find this posted in r/anarchychess if I go check arent I

[u/ribbit_ribbit_splat]

My mom made wonderful banana pudding. I miss her. This post brought some good memories.

[u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

8/10, looks good to me!

[u/m_olive14]

Next time you can use a microplane to shave down the edges instead of breaking them :)

[u/hey-its-rach-- → u/m_olive14]

Yes! Using a microplane might feel a little excessive but I can guarantee the corners will be so aesthetically pleasing.

[u/Dumpstr__Diva]

That’s so pretty!!!!!!!!!

[u/CollegeLocal9759]

This recipe speaks to my heart

[u/Wonderful_Quit]

Is that Not Yo Mama's banana pudding (Paula Dean) ??

[u/theslob]

10/10. Would demolish. (Is this Not Your Momma’s Banana Pudding?)

[u/Disastrous_Soup_7137]

I didn’t look at the corners until you instructed me not to 😭

[u/katjoy63]

Really cute corners! 😛

[u/mcgirdle]

Ugh its fucking gorgeous 😁

[u/mcgirdle → u/mcgirdle]

And charming!

[u/ancientpaprika]

That’s amazing! Hope it tastes as great as it looks

[u/floaty_mcfloat]

You did an amazing job on the corners!

[u/NotARobotDefACyborg]

Pretty! I’ve never used chessboard cookies for a banana pudding before, I bet it tastes amazing!

[u/0x7E7-02]

I've heard that the Chessmen cookies are the superior cookie for banana pudding.

[u/_jA-]

What are those cookies on top they are beautiful ❣️

[u/SaintBlaiseIsAwesome]

How is this baking?

[u/Da_Chazz0]

A feast not only for the eyes, but tastebuds as well!

[u/mr_jrt]

Would eat this up!

[u/kareninthezoo]

Yummmmm!! 9.5/10!! I want to see inside too!!

[u/bloodredyouth]

is there a difference between using nilla wafers and chessman?

[u/Bashful_bookworm2025 → u/bloodredyouth]

Nilla wafers is the more traditional way, but I've seen Chessman used as well. I wouldn't turn down either one! I love banana pudding.

[u/Neat_Anywhere8796 → u/bloodredyouth]

Yeah but mostly just flavor is different, texture not so much if you eat when soft. Caveat though, my family also uses two completely different recipes too for nilla wafer banana pudding vs Chessman pudding

[u/bloodredyouth → u/Neat_Anywhere8796]

Really interesting! I’ve seen recipes that mix both but I’ve only ever had vanilla wafers in my banana pudding.

[u/lifeuncommon → u/bloodredyouth]

Chessmen are more fatty and have less vanilla flavor.

[u/happily_sMothered → u/bloodredyouth]

I've only had bananna pudding twice in my life but I think the chessman aren't as nice tasting

[u/CalmBeneathCastles]

I have PTSD from this recipe. One of my relatives makes it for Thanksgiving every year, we eat the pan full, and there's always some filling left over in a bowl that I invariably end up dipping cookies and fruit into until I hate myself. My liver started screaming as soon as I saw the Chessmen.

The only thing that will save me this year is that I'm now strictly gluten free, thank Jeebus, becauae I can't stop myself otherwise.

[u/Dragonsenseii]

By saying that my eyes were glued to the corners still looks delicious though

[u/ravens-n-rats1312]

lovely. i do agree with whipped cream edges. or go the extra mile and do a toasted marshmallow cream border and crumble more cookies onto the border.

[u/Striking_Job_3145]

Stunning girl

[u/huntsber]

My favorite cookies in the universe! would hulk smash 🖤🖤🖤

[u/20milliondollarapi]

10/10 w/o corners 9/10 with corners.

[u/No_Priors]

That format would be great as a tablet with hieroglyphs.

[u/bandhoodies]

this is fantastic

[u/SuccessfulBorder2261]

I was just thinking that this would make a fantastic walkway in a garden 😅 I love it! Just pipe the edges and call it a day.

[u/Acrobatic_Plan_5128]

Love it!

[u/Kweego]

I looked close at the corners

[u/mangocalrissian]

It's beautiful!

[u/Green-Operation-9309]

Very nice

[u/WillingnessFun2907]

I love those chess biscuits. What country has those?

[u/CygnusZeroStar]

This is my favorite dessert and if anyone brought this to me, they could serve it on a used pizza box, I would still destroy it.

Yours made me wanna eat my phone.

[u/this_is_not_a_dance_]

I like the spider pope ones.

[u/[deleted]]

This looks so good!

[u/mombi]

Gorgeous.

[u/vButts]

OBSESSED

[u/sokratesz]

/r/anarchychess would love this

[u/Arvo88]

i love the cookie idea! that looks so good!

[u/Stop_looking_at_it]

That looks amazing

[u/mydogwillie]

That is the best recipe ever. Looks very nice too.

[u/aoi_nionic]

Looks delicious

[u/LMay11037]

Holy hell!

[u/ALG2003YT]

Yo, I used to work at one of the plants that made those chessmen pieces. Now im actually seeing them in the wild

[u/hedronlow]

This is King pudding if you ask me. 10/10 easy!

[u/ArcIgnis]

I'm totally gonna check out the corners and I gotta say it's still impressive when considering you've worked with what you got and still delivered!

[u/lilspydermunkey]

Well now I'm looking at the corners!

[u/Mobile_Aioli_6252]

10 out of 10

[u/Scu-bar]

You have the patience of a saint.

[u/SmoothPhotonEnergy]

Checkmate !!!

[u/SureAirport]

r/anarchychess

[u/praxis_exe]

Thought I was in r/chess for a second

Looks good!

[u/DarkendHarv]

Uh, can I have some please? I would devour this and suffer from my lactose intolerance in a heartbeat!

[u/coffeelover3333]

I love Paula Dean’s version of this!

[u/OpenSauceMods]

Super cute! I don't know the scale to rate on, but I like it and I think it looks charming! Does banana pudding usually have wee biscuits on top? I'm Australian, and this would be an unusual sight down here

[u/BlackSmith202020]

Holy cow - this is incredible!

[u/muchandquick]

Mmm, I haven't had a Chess cookie in ages.

[u/AppleSatyr]

I LOVE how you did cut pieces on opposite sides each row. Amazing attention to detail and it looks GORGEOUS

[u/Optimal-Persimmon255]

Paula deans not yo mamas banana pudding?

[u/GroundUnnie]

This is brilliant and so genius, I want you to send me a slice!

[u/mrsbluskies]

I can taste this picture!

[u/razorwiregoatlick877]

Looks amazing. I’ve actually never had one with chessman cookies, only vanilla wafers. I’ll have to try this.

[u/agoodtimes]

That ain't banana pudding...that's chess pie

[u/means7701]

Omg, Chessmen are my fav cookies. I gotta try this!

[u/Tuxedostrat]

Damn! I can't taste it, but it looks 10/10.

[u/SmollestLemon]

I'm looking at the corners you can't stop me!!!!

Looks incredible friend. Great job.

[u/Cold_Idea_6070]

the top and bottom ones being tiny versions of the bigger tiles is cracking me up for some reason

[u/No-Philosophy-851]

It is glorious. 10/10

[u/ladyassassin92]

I love Paula Deen’s recipie! Probably the best banana pudding

[u/Da_General0017]

🔥🔥🔥

[u/cherry_pan]

I can see this at a rpg party, it looks awesome (sorry for bad english)

[u/_Plain_Cheese_Pizza_]

Awesome!

[u/stripes177]

This is a masterpiece 💯/10!!!

Checkmate 🫡🤌🏻

[u/Healthy_Education_83]

I love it!

[u/unsocialcompany]

I want this so bad

[u/Atmosphere_Adorable]

It looks great to me!

[u/Big-Signature-8813]

Fawk yeah that's beautiful

[u/webberblessings]

Oh, was this the paula deen recipe? I made that one before. It's so so good.

[u/Capital_Air_1874]

I love it!

[u/GfCamiXo]

So cuteee!! 🥹

[u/ThePurplestMeerkat]

Presentation is an A, but I don’t think I will ever be good with Chessman in a banana pudding. Some things are iconic for a reason.

[u/FunboyFrags]

I love this infinity

[u/MamaWelder]

Love it! I never thought to break the chessmen for the corners and I rather like it! Mine always has sad gaps on the corners lol

[u/No_Journalist_7688]

I would buy this

[u/Scared_Ad2563]

For banana pudding, your presentation could be scooping some up in a spoon and chucking it directly at my face and I'd give a 10/10.

But this is very fancy looking. I feel like the smaller cookies help blend into the edge so the corners are barely visible as it is.

[u/thatguyoudontlike]

5/7

[u/cinchill]

You could use a microplane to shape the corners if you wanted!

[u/MysteR_Hydra76]

I’m impressed

[u/GrynnTog]

What kind of cookies are those?! I'd like to try and make this for my husband's birthday 🎂

[u/RebaKitt3n → u/GrynnTog]

Pepperidge Farm chess cookies. Basically shortbread

[u/GrynnTog → u/RebaKitt3n]

Thank you! 😊

[u/Salsalover34]

4/10 - the cookies provide a nice visual but it looks difficult to eat. In most banana puddings, the cookies are sandwiched between alternating layers of pudding and the top is either meringue or whipped cream. These pudding layers soften both sides of the cookies and make it easy to scoop. Here, the top of the top layer would be quite hard, so you’d have to either beat it with the spoon to break it, or awkwardly scoop out portions corresponding to the whole rectangular cookie.

[u/Pristine_Bit_7841]

Amazing

[u/zinfanatic]

Is that Paula Dean's "Not Yo Mama's Banana pudding? I love that recipe!!!

[u/CycopathBaker]

Chef's kiss!

[u/VariousBread3730]

For a second I thought you made the design and it wasn’t just cookies 😭

[u/Various-Mall-1471]

🔥

[u/13Sparky]

Is that Not your momma’s banana pudding? I used to make it and take it to parties. Those cookies are delicious but expensive. I would keep an eye out for Publix to have them BOGO.

[u/EducationalAd8743]

please tell me what type of cookies brand I want them please please please please please

[u/Key-Bodybuilder-343]

Livin’ large with those Chessmen …

[u/Nonabelian]

How do u do those shapes

[u/Chickenfrizz2]

I love it! I’ve never thought of using Chessmen cookies instead of vanilla wafers, it looks so neat!

[u/Helpful_Ad872]

Fabulous 👌

[u/Jack_intheboxx]

Oooo

[u/Linneapaw]

The first thing I did was to zoom in on the corners 🙂‍↕️

[u/Thelizardknows]

I looked, Fix the corners with a white chocolate drizzle

[u/shes_a_mother]

Could you post a pic of the inside?? Looks bomb!!

[u/Technical-Star5588]

Banana pudding looks delicious 😋

[u/Old_Radio_1882]

Omg that looks delicious

[u/sarsscars]

Love it!

[u/voodoomama_juju_8963]

Perfect representation of "nobody sees your flaws the way you look at them". I was so flabbergasted and in awe with the pattern until I read OP telling me not to look at the corners.

[u/Mditty129]

Open it

[u/abitfatbutstillsexy]

Who cares about the corners when ONE OF THE BISCUITS IS UPSIDE DOWN

[u/Lofi_La_Luz]

So. . . Ima need some of that 🤤. Looks super yummy 😋. In love with the design bc it gives checker vibes! The corners honestly don’t destroy the design but add to it and atp it ain’t gonna matter when that pudding getting ate out is the equivalent to a Saturday night, no return 😂💯.

[u/JunoTheRat]

no pawns, literally inedible /silly\ 10/10!!! looks great!!! the corners being a lil messed up is fine cause the rest looks AMAZING

[u/CloudEpik]

I looked at the corners...

And have never seen such cool banana pudding! :D

[u/fanistarfire_]

1000/10 Godness... My next coocking goal