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Black-Bottom Banana Cream Pie

By: JELL-O 
"Your friends and family will seriously go bananas over this spectacular tasting pie. This dessert is so creamy and luscious, even if you tell them how easy it was, they wouldn't believe you."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.4 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (6)

Prep Time:
30 Min
Ready In:
4 Hrs 30 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 8 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, divided
  • 25 NILLA Wafers, finely crushed
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 4 (1 ounce) squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate
  • 2 large bananas, sliced
  • 1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
  • 1 3/4 cups cold milk
  • 1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

Directions

  1. Melt 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp.) of the butter; place in medium bowl. Add wafer crumbs and sugar; mix well. Remove 2 Tbsp. of the crumb mixture; set aside for later use. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate; set aside.
  2. Microwave chocolate and remaining 2 Tbsp. butter in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Drizzle evenly onto bottom of crust; top with bananas. Set aside.
  3. Prepare dry pudding mix with 1-3/4 cups cold milk as directed on package for pie; pour evenly over bananas. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours. Top with whipped topping just before serving; sprinkle with reserved 2 Tbsp. crumb mixture. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

Footnotes

  • Size It Up
  • Enjoy a serving of this indulgent pie on occasion.
  • Great Substitute
  • Prepare as directed, using COOL WHIP French Vanilla Whipped Topping.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2007 by ernesta   view full review
i've been searching for nilla wafers everywhere, so i can follow the recipe to a t. but to no...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2010 by rusty   view full review
My wife made this pie and it was delicious, "BUT" she used Hershey's chocolate semi-sweet as...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 1, 2009 by jami1026   view full review
So tasty! I used the ready-made Nilla Wafers crust. Much easier than crushing all those...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 1, 2011 by CFlott   view full review
This was very easy to make, but didn't turn out as good as I imagined it would. I think the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by jess1984   view full review
Love that it was so easy to make.It tasted very good.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on May 27, 2010 by Rachel   view full review
One of the best banana cream pies I have encountered. My family and friends request this at...

 

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