Fudge Bottom Banana Cream Pie

Ingredients:

1 refrigerated pie crust

1 cup dark chocolate chips

½ cup heavy whipping cream

1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

½ cup smashed banana (about 1 ripe banana)

1 (3.4 oz) box instant banana cream pudding

1 cup milk

1 (8 oz) container Cool Whip, thawed and divided

2 bananas, sliced

Chocolate curls for garnish

Instructions:

Prepare Crust: Preheat oven to 400°F. Bake the pie crust in a 9 ½ inch deep dish pie plate as per package instructions. Cool completely.

Chocolate Layer: Microwave the heavy cream for 45 seconds. Pour over chocolate chips, let sit for a minute, then stir until smooth. Spread onto the bottom of the cooled crust and refrigerate.

Pudding Layer: Whisk pudding mix and milk; refrigerate until firm, about 5 minutes.

Banana Cream Layer: Beat cream cheese until creamy. Add smashed banana and mix. Fold in pudding and 2 cups of Cool Whip until well combined.

Assemble: Place sliced bananas over the set chocolate layer. Gently top with the banana cream mixture.

Decorate: Pipe remaining Cool Whip around the edges. Chill for at least an hour.

Serve: Add fresh banana slices and chocolate curls just before serving.

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