Chocolate-Banana Split Dessert

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This is my go-to dessert. It's easy to make and tastes delish! People ask me for the recipe all the time and if come to the party without it, I get disappointed faces.

posted by

gbonewell

on 4/27/2013

time

prep:

20 min

total:

4 hr 20 min

servings

total:

24 servings

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What You Need

OREO Cookies, finely crushed (about 2-1/2 cups)

Tbsp. butter, melted

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/4

cup sugar

Tbsp. cold milk

tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed, divided

bananas, sliced

pkg. (3.9 oz. each) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

3-1/4

cups cold milk

1/3

cup maraschino cherries, halved

1/4

cup chopped toasted PLANTERS Walnuts

Tbsp. chocolate syrup

Make It

MIX cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.

BEAT cream cheese, sugar and 2 Tbsp. milk in medium bowl with whisk until well blended. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread over crust. Top with bananas.

BEAT pudding mixes and 3-1/4 cups milk with whisk 2 min.; spread over bananas. Let stand 5 min. or until thickened; cover with remaining COOL WHIP. Refrigerate 4 hours.

TOP with cherries, nuts and syrup just before serving.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Save 40 calories and 3 grams fat per serving by preparing with Reduced Fat OREO Sandwich Cookies, PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese, COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping, JELL-O Chocolate Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Pudding and fat-free milk.

How to Easily Cut Dessert

Freeze dessert about 1 hour before cutting to serve.

Make Ahead

Dessert can be refrigerated up to 24 hours before topping with cherries, nuts and syrup just before serving.

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gbonewell

posted:4/27/2013

This is my go-to dessert. It's easy to make and tastes delish! People ask me for the recipe all the time and if come to the party without it, I get disappointed faces.

freshchef

posted:1/29/2013

extremely delicious! and so easy to make! I was a hero at work :)

lakard

posted:12/30/2012

went just like the recipe said.. used every thing had room for it all.. tasted like ice cream

tmarie514

posted:12/3/2012

Everybody RAVED about this dessert and ate 2 and 3 pieces even after a large family holiday feast! A must-save recipe.

a cook

posted:9/12/2012

If you have a sweet tooth then this recipe is for you. I do not have that big of a sweet tooth so this dessert was overpowering with sweetness for me. It is majorly sweet!

a cook

posted:9/2/2012

Very good. I did not double the cream cheese and only fit 3 bananas on there. I also did not use cherries. I used strawberries on top. It would also be good with pineapple.

ruthac1960

posted:8/15/2012

This was a hit at a church potluck. I doubled the cream cheese layer for my recipe.

bcullen01

posted:7/29/2012

I tried this with a graham cracke crust and it was great!

amarie319

posted:7/10/2012

I've made this at least 3 or 4 times and people go crazy over it. I also use the low fat cream cheese, lite cool whip and sugar free/fat free chocolate fudge pudding. No one knows the difference!! I had gastric bypass almost a year ago and this is a desert that I can eat without feeling left out.

PharmerNessa

posted:1/16/2012

I made the recipe but used a premade Oreo pie crust - I did not double the cream cheese as a few other reviews mentioned and there was more than enough of the mixture. I also only needed 2 bananas. It was delicious! I loved it - my husband did too but he did not like it with the nuts (which I loved - I used pecans instead of walnuts).