Peanut Butter-Chocolate Banana Cream Pie

On Sunday night we had a friend and her family over for dinner. Bob made enchiladas and other stuff. I made a pie. Even though Bob and I aren't dessert people, its nice to have something at a dinner party.

This recipe came from the Kraft Food & Family magazine. I substituted a pre-made graham cracker crust instead of making my own crust, which is a great time saver.

You will need:

1 pre-made graham cracker crust

2 bananas, halved lengthwise and quartered

a little more than 1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 cups milk

2 pkgs instant vanilla pudding

2 cups thawed Cool Whip

2 Tbsp coarsely chopped nuts

Lay the banana pieces in the pie crust.

Microwave 1/2 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup peanut butter on high for 1min. Stir together to make sure the chocolate is well melted and mixture is blended. Poor mixture over bananas.

Whisk the 2 cups of milk with the instant pudding packages. Mix 1 cup of Cool Whip into the pudding mixture, then spread over the chocolate and bananas. 

Top the pie with the remaining Cool Whip. Sprinkle some chopped nuts and chocolate chips on top of the pie for decoration. Refrigerate pie for at least 3 hours before serving.