Homemade Banana Pudding Ice Cream and my 29th Birthday!! - Big Bear's Wife

Homemade Banana Pudding Ice Cream and my 29th Birthday!!

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! YAY! I’m not shy about it at all! Today is my birthday and I don’t mind telling my age! 🙂 As of about 5 am this morning, I’m 29! :)If you haven’t noticed, I’m not one of those gals that shys away from their age or Birthday! I’m thankful to have survived 29 years on this earth and I hope to live through many, MANY more!

Ready for what I thought was just going to be dinner with BigBear, Adam and Meghan.

Can I just tell you about the sweetest thing ever?! Saturday night my friends and family totally got me with a Surprise Birthday Party!!!! I felt so, so loved! Meghan put it all together and everyone kept their lips sealed!

I haven’t had a surprise party since I was 16! I thought that BigBear and I were just going out to dinner with with Adam and Meghan and to my surprise we pulled up to the fire department where my friends and family were standing with balloons and banners to welcome me to my party!!

And do you know what theme Meghan and My mom put together? Guess…. ok I’ll tell you! haha
Disney/Disney Princesses!! hahahaha! An absolute PERFECT theme for this Disney loving girl!
You have no idea how much it meant to have all these people working secretly to give me a birthday party! Everyone always jokes that I spend all my time throwing people parties and that I need to have one of my own and that’s exactly what I got!
So yes, I know this post is suppose to be about Homemade Banana Pudding Ice Cream and don’t worry the recipe is below, BUT I want to take a second to show off just a few photos from Saturday Night!

Look, look, look!!! Disney and Disney Princess stuff everywhere! Just because I’m turning 29 doesn’t mean that I can’t have a Disney loving party!!! haha

Thomas’ grandma thought of the perfect gift haha. A gift card and Chocolate! I was so, so happy to see her there!

Oh and goodness knows…..what would I do without these ladies!

Nikki, Crystal, Me & Meghan

I am so lucky to have such amazing friends and family!

 

Thank you SO MUCH Meghan and everyone else that put together my party! Ya’ll are quite amazing!
Do you know what else is amazing? This Banana Pudding ice cream that I’ll be enjoying today for my birthday!
I used my favorite vanilla ice cream recipe, added some banana pudding and walked away with one of the most fantastic ice cream flavors I’ve ever had! BigBear has claimed two bowls of it already!!
I wish you were here to celebrate with me because I would totally share my ice cream with you BUT lucky for you even though it’s my birthday, I’m giving you a gift! The gift of Banana Ice Pudding Ice Cream that is hee hee 🙂 Hope you love it!
Homemade Banana Pudding Ice Cream
by: Angie Barrett 06/23/14                                                    (Click to Print)

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups whole milk
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 cups heavy cream
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract

2 cups banana pudding (I used a box mix but you can use homemade)
1/4 cup crushed Vanilla Wafers

Directions
In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix together the milk and sugar. Mix for about 5 minutes on medium speed until the sugar is dissolved.

Once the sugar is dissolved completely, mix in the heavy cream and the vanilla. 

Turn on the ice cream maker and pour the mixture into the ice cream machines frozen freezer bowl.
(check your ice cream makers instructions for your exact model)

Let the ice cream churn for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, slowly pour in 2 cups of Banana Pudding.

Let the ice cream churn for 15 minutes.

Now pour half of the ice cream into an airtight container, sprinkle on half of the crushed vanilla wafers. Pour in the other half of the ice cream. Top with the rest of the crush vanilla wafers. Now use a knife to swirl the crushed vanilla wafers into the soft ice cream.

Place into the freezer to harden.
(This may take anywhere from 2 hour to overnight, depending on your freezer).
Makes 2 quarts
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Here’s to 29 years and a TON more to go! I never want to hate my birthday, I will love it no matter how old I get! As I always tell BigBear…. “I’m thankful for every year I’m blessed with because so many people we know didn’t even have a chance to make it this far!”

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  2. Aww you looked like you had an amazing time. And this banana pudding ice cream looks wonderful. I need that in my life right now.
    Happy Birthday and I wish you many more to come! 🙂

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  4. That looks absolutely delicious and perfect for summer! Can’t wait to try it! Happy birthday!

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  7. You are so cute! and Your birthday party looked like a blast! and Your ice cream sounds wonderful!

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  8. OMG! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Angie! I’m jealousofyoursurprise party. Literally. I wish I had good friends to throw me one! I’ll tell you what though… I can get down on some banana pudding ice cream! Mmm! What celebratory recipe!

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  9. Happy birthday to you.Looks like you had an amazing time.I love the theme and i really want to make the banana pudding :).

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  11. Happy Birthday Angie! You are a girl after my own heart with the Disney lovin. Ariel is my favorite princess! And this banana pudding ice cream looks perfect! 🙂

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  12. This is the most adorable birthday! It’s so sweet that they threw you a party. And I love this pudding ice cream! perfect way to celebrate.

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  15. Happy, happy birthday! What a lovely surprise party. The ice cream looks delish! I’m thinking of other pudding flavors that would be pretty tasty too!

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  16. Surprise parties are awesome! They make me feel so loved… Your ice cream looks delicious! Keep on loving life!

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  19. Happy birthday! My hubs likes to make his own ice cream and comes up with great and interesting flavors. Your banana pudding ice cream sounds delish, I’m sending this to him now!

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  21. Look how cute you are!!!! No wonder you’re so loved; you’re one sweet, sweet person! Also, that ice cream? Wow!!! I pinned it! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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  24. Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a blast at the party! This banana pudding ice cream sounds…amazing. I wish I had a spoon and lived next door!

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  25. Love the crown!! LOL Happy Birthday, Angie! Your banana pudding ice cream sounds delicious!
    Renee – Kudos Kitchen

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  26. Banana Pudding is my all time favorite dessert. I can only imagine how amazing it must be in ice cream form! This looks too good to be true.

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  27. Happy Birthday Angie! Looks like you had an amazing time. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Two of my favorite desserts in one!

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  29. How cute that they threw you a princess-themed party. They must know you very well and love you a lot to get all the decorations right 🙂

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  30. You celebrated RIGHT! What an amazing birthday!!! And this ice cream is pretty darned amazing too! So yummy and fun!

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  32. Happy birthday!!! I discovered Banana Pudding Ice Cream last winter and it’s the best thing ever. Yeah. Perfect for a wonderful birthday celebration!

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  39. That ice cream looks so good, I almost ate the screen 😉 and happy late bday, looks like you had a blast!

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  40. Happy Birthday!!! Looks like you had a blast! The ice cream looks fantastic, but I have to ask! Is that a REAL waffle bowl???? Where do you find those?!

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  41. What fun pictures! It looks like you had a blast. And that ice cream looks absolutely delicious.

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  45. The banana pudding ice cream looks to die for! Happy birthday to you. It looks like you had a great one!

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  48. Mmm hmm that does sound delicious. And happy birthday to you!! You’re the same age as my DIL. 🙂

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  52. You’re so cute!! I’m so happy your birthday was a blast! Now this banana pudding looks to die for!!

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  54. Happy Birthday to you and what a great attitude. I have never kept my age secret either. What a great party and a surprise one at that. A Princess forever!

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  55. Happy birthday Angie!!! I got an ice creamer maker over the winter and am super excited to try out some new recipes!

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  59. Happy Birthday girl! You look fabulous and I love your outlook on each new year. My birthday is coming up soon too, and I also feel so thankful just to have another year. This banana pudding ice cream is calling my name! Such a great idea!

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  60. My husband loves banana pudding. I bet he’d really enjoy this ice cream version of it! If there’s any left while the kids and I are making the ice cream, that is!

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  67. Happy Birthday, the straw is adorable. My daughter is named after Aerial, that is how I spelled it in 90. The ice cream looks super good my hubby would love it.

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  69. Hubby would love this. He’s a big big fan of banana pudding. Me not so much, every time I eat it I always end up on the porcelain god. 🙂

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  70. Oh look there’s me! Lol. I am so happy you loved your party! You deserved it! I hope next year is even better!! This ice cream looks amazing! Now I’m craving banana pudding! So maybe I’ll go to the store to get me these ingredients to make this!!!

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