Chocolate Banana Split Dessert

Submitted by Connie Dietrich

Chocolate Banana Split Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 30 (2 1/2 cups) Oreo cookies crushed
  • 6 Tbsp. butter melted
  • 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 (8 oz.) tub Cool Whip thawed and divided
  • 4 bananas sliced
  • 2 (3.9 oz.) pkgs. chocolate instant pudding
  • 3 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp. milk
  • 1/3 cup maraschino cherries without stems halved
  • 1/4 cup toasted nuts chopped
  • 2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup

Instructions
 

  • Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press into 13x9 pan; refrigerate. Beat cream cheese, sugar & 2 Tbsp. milk with whisk until blended. Stir in 1 cup Cool Whip; spread over crust. Top with bananas. Beat pudding mixes, 3 1/4 cup milk for 2 minutes; spread over bananas. Let stand for 5 minutes to thicken. Cover with remaining Cool Whip. Refrigerate for 4 hours. Top with cherries, nuts, and syrup just before serving.