Recipe #40 - Chunky Monkey Banana Cream Pie

I have a very simple outlook on life -- everything will be okay as long as you have chocolate and peanut butter.  Right?  If you're a chocolate/peanut butter fan, this recipe is a fantastic twist on banana cream pie, and you need to try it.

It's call Chunky Monkey and it is found on page 225 of the cookbook.  Click here to find the variation listed at the bottom of this page with the Banana Cream Pie recipe.

First, you combine your pudding mix (I used chocolate), water and sweetened condensed milk.

After it is mixed well, you put in the fridge to chill while you move to the next step -- whipping the cream.

You fold the whipped cream into the pudding mixture and return it to the fridge.

Next you slice the bananas and layer them on the bottom of the crust.  Since I made this pie at the same time as the Banana Cream Pie I posted yesterday, I made the same mistake on my banana layer.  (See post here.)  Make your banana layer look like this:

Not like this:

Notice above that I used a chocolate crust for this pie.

Then you pour the chilled mixture over your bananas.

I gave my daughter the beaters to lick.  She liked the whipped cream so much, both beaters went in the mouth immediately.  She couldn't get it in fast enough.

After that, you whip up some more cream, but this time you sweeten it with powdered sugar.

It gets spread it over the top of the pie.

 

This pie can be served with honey roasted peanuts on top of you like.

I made both this pie and the original Banana Cream Pie version for an extended family dinner.  The Chunky Monkey was the favorite for sure.  However, all those people were related to me...so, take that for what its worth.  But make no mistake about it, this pie is tasty!