Layered Banana Split

By ldelmas

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 2 2 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 8 8 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 1/2 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 2 3 1/2 + 3 1/2 cups cold milk, divided
• 16 16 16 ounces Cool Whip topping, divided
• 1 1 container 1 (23-ounce) container of frozen sliced strawberries, thawed and drained well
• 1 1 can 1 (20-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained well
• 2 2 ounce) boxes 2 (3.4 ounce) boxes of banana cream pudding instant pudding
• Chocolate syrup
• Maraschino cherries (optional, but encouraged!)
• Nuts (optional).
• Directions
• 9×13-inch a 9×13-inch baking dish; set aside.
• Pour your drained strawberries and pineapple on top of the cream cheese mixture and spread it evenly. It doesn’t matter which fruit you put in first.

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from coolhomerecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter. Stir the mixture until it’s evenly moist. Then, dump the crumbs into your baking dish and press them into an even layer. Then, place the baking dish into your refrigerator until you’ve prepared your next layer.

In another medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar, 2 T of milk, and vanilla with a hand mixer on a medium speed. Mix together until fluffy and light. Then, using a rubber spatula, completely mix in 8 ounces of the Cool Whip. Once the mixture is completely combined, remove your baking dish from your refrigerator and evenly spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the graham cracker crust.

Pour your drained strawberries and pineapple on top of the cream cheese mixture and spread it evenly. It doesn’t matter which fruit you put in first.

Mix the two boxes of banana cream instant pudding with 3 1/2 cups of cold milk. Whisk for a few minutes until the pudding starts to thicken. Then, use a rubber spatula to spread the pudding over the fruit layer. Let the dessert sit for about 5 minutes so that the pudding can firm up a bit more.

Spread the remaining 8 ounces of Cool Whip over the top of the dessert as evenly as possible. Drizzle (or pour, your choice) the chocolate syrup on top of the Cool Whip layer. Allow the dessert to chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before serving or overnight.

Thanks for putting the recipe & directions out there! I had a lot of trouble trying to get it to come up!

Stir some pineapple juice on bananas..they will keep a while longer

I like all these additional help tips. Thanks for all that shared.

This was fun to make for a party today,, it looks yummy. Thanks for posting it

I love this dessert, However, I do not like the taste of banana pudding, I use vanilla and add sliced banana’s on the strawberries. After adding the pudding I shake the pan a little to settle the pudding on the fruit.


Much easier and healthier alternate
Substitute unsalted soda crackers for graham cracker crust
Layer with pudding, fruit or bananas, cherry pie filling etc.
Put dream whip or cool whip or real whipped cream between layers.
Make in a Pyrex 8×10 inch pan, or spoon into sherbet glasses/parfait dishes for individual desserts.

Delicious!