Banana Split Supreme

By commercecook

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup butter - divided use
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 24 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
• 3 to 4 medium firm bananas, cut into 1/2 inch slices
• 2 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened- divided use
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and halved
• 3/4 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts,chopped
• Sweetened whipped cream for accompaniment

Preparation

Step 1

In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, sugar, milk and chocolate chips. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 8 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely.
Meanwhile, melt the remaining butter, toss with cookie crumbs. Press into a greased 13x9x2 inch dish. Freeze for 15 minutes.
Arrange banana slices over crust, spread with 1 quart ice cream. Top with 1 cup of chocolate sauce. Freeze for 1 hour. Refrigerate remaining chocolate sauce.
Spread the remaining ice cream over dessert; top with pineapple, cherries and peanuts.
Cover and freeze several hours or overnight. Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving. Reheat the chocolate sauce. Cut dessert into squares and serve with chocolate sauce and a dollop of sweetened whipped cream.