Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs (about 10 crackers)
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 (3.4-ounce) package vanilla or banana cream-flavored instant pudding mix
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 1 3/4 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed and divided
• 1 1/4 cups peeled, sliced bananas

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine cracker crumbs and butter, stirring well. Press in bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate.

Bake 8 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool on a wire rack.

Combine pudding mix and milk in a medium bowl, stirring 1-1/2 minutes with a wire whisk. Gently fold 1 cup whipped topping into pudding mixture. Store remaining whipped topping in refrigerator.

Arrange banana slices over prepared crust. Spoon pudding mixture over banana slices. Cover and chill 1-1/2 hours or until set. Pipe or spoon remaining 3/4 cup whipped topping around edge of pie just before serving.