5 Layer Chocolate Banana Pudding Pie
This is a make-ahead icebox dessert. Banana pudding is a southern classic. This recipe takes it to a new level by making it into a pie and adding decadent chocolate layer.
Ingredients
- 1 cup crushed pretzels
- 4 ounces vanilla wafer cookies, or as needed
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 6 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 5 medium bananas, or more as needed
- 3 cups milk
- 2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon grated semisweet chocolate, or to taste

