Gluten-free Banana Pudding Cups
gluten-free | grain-free option | dairy-free option | tree nut free | egg free
by Alexa Lehr | The Pioneer Chicks | May 20, 2025
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These gluten-free banana pudding cups are layered with all sorts of goodness! From the softened gluten-free cookie crumbs to the silky smooth pudding, these banana pudding cups are loaded with flavor and sweetness. They can easily be customized to meet various dietary restrictions and everything can even be made from scratch! With every bite you’ll get a mouthful of softened cookies, smooth pudding, fluffy whipped cream, and sweet banana. You can even play with flavor combinations! Try peanut butter cookie banana pudding cups or chocolate cookie banana pudding cups. The options are endless with this fun gluten-free banana pudding cup recipe!
These gluten-free banana pudding cups are a modern pioneer recipe! Even though they aren’t a heritage recipe, you can easily build modern pioneer kitchen life skills while making this recipe. Learn to make your own dairy-free pudding from scratch, bake your own cookies for the pudding cups assembly, and even find out how you can easily make stabilized dairy-free whipped cream!
Aside from learning modern pioneer kitchen hacks, you’ll also love this recipe because it can easily be made allergy-friendly! These banana pudding cups can be made…
And, this recipe is practically a no-bake recipe! Once you have made the cookies, the actual banana pudding cup recipe doesn’t require any baking. You can even make the cookies ahead of time and freeze them until they are needed for making these banana pudding cups. This recipe is a great option for a sweet and refreshing summer treat that won’t heat up the kitchen!
After you realize how easy it is to make your own pudding from scratch, you’ll definitely want to check out my dairy-free chocolate pudding pie recipe!
To keep these banana pudding cups allergy-friendly, you may choose some different ingredient options to meet your dietary needs. You can even experiment with different flavor combinations! Vanilla wafers are often the go-to pairing for banana pudding. But one of my favorite alternatives is to use peanut butter cookies! Peanut butter cookies are easy to make gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and even egg free.
Grain-free Option: To make these banana pudding cups grain-free you will just need to choose grain-free cookies for the cookie crumb base and cookie garnish. You can find countless grain-free cookie recipes in The Pioneer Chicks Cookie Cookbook, including recipes for grain-free peanut butter cookies or grain-free almond butter cookies!
Dairy-free Option: The pudding and stabilizes whipped cream are already dairy-free, so you just need to use dairy-free cookies to make these pudding cups completely free from dairy products. There are several dairy-free cookie options you can choose from, including store-bought options and homemade options:
Egg-free Option: The pudding recipe for these banana pudding cups is already free from eggs, so you just need to choose an egg-free cookie option for assembling the pudding cups. The Kinnikinnick vanilla wafers and Partake mini vanilla wafers I mentioned above are both store-bought options that are gluten-free and egg-free. You can also make your own egg-free cookies! I like to use the grain-free and egg-free caramel chip cookies in The Pioneer Chicks Cookbook. You can also make these grain-free double chocolate cookies if you want chocolate banana pudding cups!
I don’t recommend using an alternative for the canned coconut milk in this recipe. The fat from the canned coconut milk helps the pudding set up without needing to add a lot of flour to the pudding. With that said, you can use classic canned coconut milk or you can use the guar gum free canned coconut milk sold by some brands.
There are several options to get yellow banana pudding even when the pudding is free from eggs! The best option is to use all-natural yellow food dye. Another option is to use a dash of turmeric powder. I have not tried this option myself, but from what I’ve read the turmeric does not flavor the pudding. Don’t use more than 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric and only add just enough to get the pudding to be yellow.
You can use maple sugar or coconut sugar, but both of those sugars will alter the color of the pudding. The maple sugar will be less noticeable. You may even be able to cover up the color with all-natural yellow food coloring or turmeric. Coconut sugar will yield brown colored pudding, which is fine if you are making chocolate banana pudding cups!
No, the pudding recipe for these pudding cups will not work for pudding pie. This pudding is silky and creamy, but it won’t hold its shape if it is cut into a pie slice.
Most of the ingredients for these banana pudding cups can be made in advance, however, I don’t recommend assembling them until right before serving or at least within a few hours of when you plan to serve them. The pudding can be made in advance and kept refrigerated for 1-2 days. The stabilized whipped cream can also be made and kept refrigerated for 1-2 days, however, it will get a little firm. Whatever gluten-free cookies you choose to use can be made in advance and even frozen until you need them.
The only reason why you would not want to assemble the pudding cups too far in advance is because the banana slices will oxygenize and turn brown. You will want to slice the banana and assemble the cups as close to the time as you are going to serve them for the prettiest appearance.
These gluten-free banana pudding cups are loaded with softened cookie crumbs, silky smooth pudding, sweet banana slices, and fluffy whipped cream topping! They are a perfect no-bake dessert or snack!
These gluten-free banana pudding cups are refreshing, sweet, and full of flavor! They can easily be made grain-free, dairy-free, and egg free when you choose allergy-friendly cookie options or make your own cookies. I like making peanut butter banana pudding cups by using homemade peanut butter cookie crumbs and peanut butter cookies for garnish. You will also learn how to make pudding from scratch and stabilize whipped cream for this recipe… both helpful kitchen life skills to know! Enjoy the silky smooth texture of this banana pudding paired with the cookies of your choice!
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