Peanut Butter-Chocolate Banana Cream Pie
- 35 nilla vanilla wafers, finely crushed
- 14 cup butter, melted
- 2 medium bananas, halved lengthwise, quartered
- 2 squares baker's semisweet chocolate, divided
- 12 cup kraft smooth peanut butter
- 2 cups milk
- 2 (113 g) packages Jello Instant Vanilla Pudding Mix
- 2 cups Cool Whip, thawed
- 2 tablespoons salted peanuts, coarsely chopped
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Mix wafer crumb and butter until well blended; press firmly onto bottom and up sides of 9-inch pie plate.
- Bake 5- 8 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool completely; top with bananas.
- Make chocolate curls from 1/2 square of the chocolate; reserve for garnish.
- Microwave remaining chocolate and the peanut butter on medium 1-2 minutes; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended.
- Drizzle over bananas; set aside.
- Pour milk into a large bowl.
- Add dry pudding mixes.
- Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended.
- Gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping.
- Spread over bananas; top with remaining 1 cup of whipped topping.
- Refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Top with chocolate curls and peanuts just before serving.
- Store leftovers in refrigerator.
- To keep bananas from browning, brush with lemon juice.
- HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CURLS: Warm the chocolate slightly by heating it, unwrapped, in the microwave for a few seconds until you can just smudge the chocolate with your thumb.
- Hold the square steadily between thumb and fingers of one hand and draw a vegetable peeler slowly over flat bottom of square.
- Allow a thin layer of chocolate to curl as it is peeled off the bottom of the square.
- This will make long, delicate curls.
- Make short curls using the same technique on the narrow sides of the square.
- To arange curls on a dessert, use a tothpick to lift them into place.
nilla vanilla wafers, butter, bananas, chocolate, kraft smooth peanut butter, milk, vanilla pudding mix, peanuts
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-chocolate-banana-cream-pie-419489 (may not work)