It is hard to find a person who can resist themselves from having desserts after any savory dish. Desserts are more like the key to eternal happiness. The happiness gets even more significant if you find out that you will have banana pudding as your dessert.
Every bite of that delicious pudding gives you the sensation of delightfulness. Now you want to store those leftover banana puddings so that you can have that again afterward.
So, you decided to keep them inside your refrigerator to taste that deliciousness whenever you want. However, the question may arise what if the pudding gets moldy even after storing it in the fridge?
Sometimes, fruit-based meals might turn out stale and inedible after keeping them in the refrigerator.
How long does banana pudding last in the fridge?
Considering the storage condition and the ingredients added to the pudding tells us a lot about how long it will take to expire. If you make your own banana pudding, it will keep for a week.
However, if the pudding is store-bought or pre-packaged banana pudding, it may last longer than homemade banana pudding.
For homemade banana pudding
To put it simply, homemade puddings do not contain any artificial ingredients that will aid in their preservation. Storing the pudding in the refrigerator will keep it edible for a week. If the temperature in the fridge is less than 40 degrees Fahrenheit, make sure it will last a week.
Furthermore, if you store it in an airtight container and then in the fridge, it will keep for more than a week. The airtight container will keep contaminants and moisture out of the banana pudding.
For store-bought or packaged banana pudding
Unlike homemade pudding, store-bought puddings have certain preservatives that help the pudding to last more than a month. In case you yet haven’t opened the seal of the pudding, then it is better to store them at a stable temperature in the fridge than keep them on the shelves.
On top of that, store-bought or packaged banana puddings have an expiry date mentioned on their label.
Although expiry dates are mentioned so that you can eat it while the taste and the quality of the pudding are preserved. The good thing is, if the banana pudding is stored in the fridge properly, then it will last up to 3 months, even after the expiry date.
Final thoughts
Storing banana pudding in the fridge will ensure it lasts between a week to three months. This range ultimately depends on the product itself or how you tried to preserve them.
If the pudding is a store-bought pudding, then it will last for longer and vice versa. The only suggestion everyone provides is to eat your dessert before it is too late, as there are many more people willing to eat the pudding at any time possible.