Peanut Butter Banana Tart

PaulaG's Note:

This is sinful! Three of my favorite food groups--peanut butter, chocolate and bananas team together in this wonderful dessert. Don't look at the nutritional information and for once have a good time! The recipe is from Wilton Industries, Inc.

• Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Crust

• 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
• ¼ cup butter , melted

Filling

• 1 ½ cups milk
• 1 (3 ounce) package banana cream pudding and pie filling mix (not instant) or 1 (3 ounce) package vanilla pudding mix (not instant)
• plus 1/4 teaspoon banana flavoring
• 1 cup crunchy peanut butter

Topping

• ¼ cup orange juice
• 1 -2 medium sliced banana
• ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips , melted

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Mix the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter together.
3. Press into a 9 x 1 1/8" round tart pan that has been lightly sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
4. Place tart pan on cookie sheet and bake crust for 6 to 8 minutes.
5. Cool completely.
6. Prepare the pudding with milk and cook according to package directions.
7. Remove from heat and allow the pudding to set up slightly, about 10 minutes.
8. Stir peanut butter into cooled pudding then pour into prepared crust.
9. Place a sheet of plastic wrap over the top to prevent a film from forming and chill for several hours or overnight.
10. When ready to serve, slice bananas and dip into orange juice to prevent browning).
11. Arrange sliced bananas on top of tart and drizzle with melted chocolate.
12. Serve and sit back and watch your guests enjoy.

Reviews

[Shasha]

The tart didn't set up properly; I had a big mess in my hands when I served it. The melted chocolate chips also hardened; I was looking for a smoother topping. Also had to reduce the peanut butter by half.

[adena mangis]

I changed this a bit to fit our diet and it was still very good. I used a low fat graham cracker crust, sugar free fat free pudding, 1/2 cup peanut butter, and the same amount of other stuff. My husband said it reminded him of Denny's peanut butter chocolate pie. Thanks for a good recipe idea.