Choco-banana Cream Pie

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 inch) refrigerated pie crusts
• 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages chocolate pudding, cook and serve, not instant
• 3 cups milk
• 3 bananas, coarsely mashed
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 banana, sliced, for garnish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 450°f.
• 2 unroll crust into 9 inch pie pan and crimp edges; prick bottom with a fork and bake at 450°f for 9-11 minutes.
• 3 let cool.
• 4 meanwhile, finely chop 1 ounce of chocolate; set aside for garnish.
• 5 coarsely chop remaining 3 oz. of chocolate and place in a nonstick saucepan along with pudding mixes. slowly stir in milk.
• 6 cook over medium heat stirring constantly until the mixture reaches a full boil and is very thick.
• 7 remove from heat and quickly stir in mashed bananas.
• 8 pour into the cooled pie crust shell. cover filling directly with waxed paper to prevent skin from forming and refrigerate until set, 4 hours to overnight.
• 9 to serve pie, remove and discard waxed paper.
• 10 in a medium sized bowl, beat cream and confectioner's sugar until stiff and spread over pie filling and sprinkle with reserved finely chopped chocolate over whipped cream.
• 11 garnish with additional banana slices, if desired.