Not sure who first decided to try Nilla wafers with pudding, but the two desserts are clearly meant to be together! With this easy recipe, you'll have light buttery wafer cookies that are perfectly golden, crispy, and slightly chewy, every time. I received carbon monoxide poisoning and it was a difficult thing for me to jump back and forth and remember a measurement and the small extra step makes this one I can follow! And, although the evidence is strictly anecdotal, it also appears that Nilla wafers have done better in taste tests.

I just find it trickier than necessary to use graham cracker crumbs to make the cheesecake crust in a mini cupcake liner. This taste can’t be replicated by home bakers like us who are using commonly available (and… cough*so-much-better*cough) ingredients. The wafers themselves are commonly used to facilitate the oral administration of various compounds or medications to rats in testing. Besides tasting unreal on their own, they make a great vegan substitute for nilla wafers in dessert recipes.In fact, the National Biscuit Company's very first use of the brand name "Nabisco," the shortened version of "National Biscuit Company" that we know today, was in connection with selling the first Nilla wafers starting that same year, according to 24/7 Wall Street. With all the processed foods and snacks out there, it’s refreshing to have options to make our favorite treats from scratch. You can prepare it up to 2 days in advance, and I personally always prefer making it a day before to give the pudding enough time to set up and all the flavors to meld together. Such a simple little cookie, perfect for snacking on its own or smothered in vanilla pudding and bananas (they also make a great banana cream pie crust).

It’s important to try to keep your wafers in a cool, dry place (like the cupboard) and away from anything you might consider to be “fresh” (like bananas or oranges). Make sure you go for vegan block butter, and not margarine from a tub as this has higher water content. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.Can't think of anything to avoid (apart from what you've mentioned) at the mo' without checking it all out, but Teddy Grahams are great s, specially for young kids - well tasty and moreish anyway. Vanilla" flavor is often scoffed at for being "boring" or just plain "common" (via Scientific American). You can’t have my Nilla Wafers Banana Pudding recipe or my 15 Minute Banana Cream Pie (No Bake) recipe without crisp Nilla Wafers. Vanilla is what makes these cookies so irresistible, so try making your own homemade vanilla extract.