Cream Pie Recipe - Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie Recipe

This Banana Cream Pie Recipe is delicious. The chocolate in the bottom blends well with the Banana cream to give it a chocolate taste without being overwhelming.

Black-Bottom Banana Cream Pie Recipe from Kraft foods site.

Prep Time: 30 min
Total Time: 4 hr 30 min
Makes: 8 servings

6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, divided

25 NILLA Wafers, finely crushed

(about 1-1/4 cups crumbs)

2 Tbsp. sugar

4 squares BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate

2 large bananas, sliced

1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

1-3/4 cups cold milk

1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

MELT 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp.) of the butter; place in medium bowl. Add wafer crumbs and sugar; mix well. Remove 2 Tbsp. of the crumb mixture; set aside for later use. Press remaining crumb mixture firmly onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate; set aside.

MICROWAVE chocolate and remaining 2 Tbsp. butter in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min. or until butter is melted; stir until chocolate is completely melted. Drizzle evenly onto bottom of crust; top with bananas. Set aside.

PREPARE dry pudding mix with 1-3/4 cups cold milk as directed on package for pie; pour evenly over bananas. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or up to 24 hours. Top with whipped topping just before serving; sprinkle with reserved 2 Tbsp. crumb mixture. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.