Banana Split Dessert


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Hello! My name is Jenny and I am the girlie behind A Little of This… where I share yummy recipes. I also let you in on little secrets about myself, share organizational tips and my attempts to decorate my house! I am ‘newer’ to blogland and am SO excited to be guest posting on Jamielyn’s adorable blog! I L.O.V.E. love her site! She is one of my absolute favorites! No really! I visit her blog daily!

Today I am going to share one of my most favorite desserts with you….banana split dessert!

This recipe made it to almost every birthday party in our household growing up! It is delicious! I decided to leave husband and my little bug at home and went to my mom’s house to make this. My dad asked what I was going to make and when I told him he said “you’re not going to take all of it home, right?” “No dad, I will leave you some.” “You’ll leave me half of it, right?” “Uh….We’ll see!” So obviously, this dish is just pure heaven and I am so excited to share it with you!

 
 
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Banana Split Dessert

Ingredients

  • ~2 sticks of butter
  • ~1 12oz bag of milk chocolate chips
  • ~2 cups of powdered sugar
  • ~1 large can of evaporated milk
  • ~2 packages of graham crackers
  • ~2 boxes of vanilla ice cream {necessary to get the boxes instead of a tub}
  • ~1 bunch of bananas

Instructions

  1. The first thing is to make the topping. Melt 1 stick of butter in a sauce pan and then add the bag of chocolate chips, constantly stirring until fully melted.
  2. Then add 2 cups of powdered sugar and immediately thereafter, whisk in the evaporated milk.
  3. Constantly stir. Boil about 2 minutes until nice and bubbly. The mixture will not be very thick at this point.
  4. Place the chocolate mixture into the freezer {still in the pan}. It will need to stay in there until it is cooled. A couple of hours. I suggest that you occasionally go in and stir the mixture in the freezer so that it will all cool, not just the edges. It will then start to thicken up. In the meantime, start making the base of the dessert.
  5. Put both packages of graham crackers in a zip lock baggy or food processor and crush them until they are nice and crumbly! Put your crumbs into a 9x13 dish.
  6. Next you will melt 1 stick of butter in the microwave and pour it over the crumbs in your dish. Then take a spoon to mix the crumbs and butter all together and spread evenly along the bottom of the dish.
  7. Then you will want to fully open your first box of ice cream. Cut approximately 1" slices and place directly on top of the crust. Depending on how thick you cut your ice cream or how big your dish really is will determine if you end up needing to use the second box of ice cream.
  8. Then it's a good idea to kind of push down on the ice cream and make sure that there aren't any huge gaps anywhere.
  9. Next, take those perfectly ripe bananas and start slicing away! Then put them on top of the ice cream.
  10. Place the dessert in the freezer until your chocolate topping is completely cooled.
  11. Once it is cooled, pour the chocolate on top of your crust, ice cream, banana base and place in the freezer again for another hour or so.
  12. Enjoy!
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Allow several hours for this to set before serving. In fact, I recommend you make this dessert the night before you plan to serve it so that it will be perfectly chilled! If you really wanted to make this dessert EASY, just buy some hot fudge from the store and pour it on top. ;)

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Serving size is approximately 12.
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15 Responses to “Banana Split Dessert”

  1. Kristin P

    I think my husband would love this! Unfortunately I don't have a big enough freezer. I'll just have to make it over at my moms sometime! :)

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  6. Judy

    This looks delicious… how many cups of graham cracker crumbs would be in "2 packages"? — I buy the pre-made crumbs so could you possibly estimate? Thanks

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  9. The Brownings

    Hi Judy! I would estimate about 2 cups of graham cracker crumbs. It's just to make a thin layer for the base.
    Enjoy!!

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