Peanut Butter-chocolate Banana Cream Pie

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 35 vanilla wafers, finely crushed
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 medium bananas, halved lengthwise, quartered
• 2 (1 ounce) baker's semi-sweet chocolate baking squares, divided
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 cups milk
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix
• 2 cups thawed cool whip topping, divided
• 2 tablespoons planters cocktail peanuts, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f
• 2 mix wafer crumbs and butter until well blended; press firmly onto bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate.
• 3 bake 5 to 8 minute or until golden brown. cool completely; top with bananas.
• 4 make chocolate curls from 1/2 square of the chocolate; reserve for garnish.
• 5 microwave remaining chocolate and the peanut butter on high 1 min.; stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. drizzle over bananas; set aside.
• 6 pour milk into large bowl. add dry pudding mixes. beat with wire whisk 2 minute or until well blended. gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping. spread over bannans; top with the remaining 1 cup whipped topping.
• 7 refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. top with chocolate curls and peanuts just before serving. store leftover pie in refrigerator.