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Monday, March 2, 2015

Banana Split Freeze Dessert

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 9
  • 3/4 cup butter, divided
  • 2 cups powdered sugar (confectioners sugar)
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 25 cream-filled oreo cookies, crushed
  • 3 -4 medium firm bananas, cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 2 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened and divided
  • 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
  • 1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and cut in half
  • 3/4 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts
  • whipped cream

Recipe

  • 1 to make the chocolate sauce: in a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, powdered sugar, evaporated milk and chocolate chips, bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for about 8 minutes, remove from heat and cool completely; set aside.
  • 2 meanwhile, melt the remaining 1/4 cup butter; toss with the crushed cookie crumbs.
  • 3 press into a greased 13x9-inch glass freezer-safe baking pan, freeze for 15 minutes.
  • 4 remove from freezer, and arrange banana slices over the crust.
  • 5 carefully spread 1 quart ice cream over the bananas.
  • 6 top with 1 cup of chocolate sauce (that was made earlier on top of the stove).
  • 7 place back in freezer for another 1 hour, and refrigerate remaining sauce.
  • 8 after 1 hour, remove from freezer, and top with remaining ice cream.
  • 9 then top the ice cream with the crushed pineapple, cherries and peanuts.
  • 10 freeze for 5-6 hours or overnight.
  • 11 remove from freezer for 10 minutes before serving.
  • 12 serve with the remaining chocolate sauce (heat the sauce for a couple of minutes in the microwave, or 10 minutes on top of stove before serving).
  • 13 top with whipping cream.
  • 14 absolutely fantastic!

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