Cookie Salad

1 small (3oz.) package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup buttermilk
8 oz. tub Cool Whip
1 ½ pound strawberries hulled and cut into ½ pieces or slices
3 bananas (chilled). Slice right before serving.
5 bags of mini fudge stripe cookies

Mix together pudding mix and buttermilk until well blended. Fold in Cool whip.
Prepare strawberries and refrigerate fruit and pudding mixture until ready to assemble.
To assemble- fold fruit and cookies into pudding mixture. Reserve some cookies to garnish the top.
Serve and share immediately.