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Chocolate Banana Split Dessert
by Julie VanWynsberghe
serves: 24
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Ingredients:
  30   OREO cookies
  6 Tbsp   melted butter
  1 8oz   cream cheese
  1/4 c   sugar
  2 Tbsp   cold milk
  1 tub   cool whip
  4   sliced bananas
  2 pkgs   chocolate instant pudding (3.9)
  3.25 C   cold milk
  1/3 C   marachino cherries, halved
  1/4 C   Planters peanuts
  2 Tbsp   Chocolate syrup
Directions:
  Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 13X9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and 2 Tbsp milk in medium bowl with whisk until well blended. Stir in 1 cup Cool whip; spread over crust. Top with bananas.

Beat pudding mixes and 3-1/4 cups milk with whisk for 2 minutes; spread over bananas. Let stand 5 minutes or until thickened. Cover with the remaining cool whip. Refrigerate for 4 hours.

Top with cherries, nuts and syrup just before serving. Also good frozen.