Rich Chocolate Banana Pie

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (9 inch) pie crusts, baked and cooled
• 1 large banana, sliced
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 egg yolks
• 3 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups hershey's special dark chocolate chips
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1 (3 1/8 ounce) box instant banana pudding mix

Recipe

• 1 place banana slices in bottom of cooled baked pie shell.
• 2 stir together sugar, cornstarch and salt in 2 quart pyrex measuring cup.
• 3 combine egg yolks and milk add to dry ingredients.
• 4 cook in micro, whisking occasionally, until mixture comes to a boil and thickens.
• 5 microwave for 1 minute more.
• 6 remove from micro, whisk pie mixture smooth.
• 7 whisk in butter and vanilla.
• 8 add 2 cups chocolate chips, stir until chips are melted and mixture is well blended.
• 9 pour into prepared pie shell over bananas.
• 10 cool.
• 11 meanwhile whip whipping cream and pudding for 1-2 minutes at medium speed.
• 12 spread on top of chocolate filling.
• 13 refrigerate covered several hours or overnight.