No Bake Banana Split Dessert
Delicious, rich and creamy, with all the ingredients you love in a banana split, this no-bake Banana Split dessert will be one you make again and again.
Servings 12 -16
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter melted
- 1 box graham cracker crumbs
- 1 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cups butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 4 bananas sliced
- 1 20 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 16 ounce container Cool-Whip, thawed or 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 4 ounce jar maraschino cherries, stemmed
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans chopped
- hot fudge sauce slightly warmed
- 1 tablespoon rainbow sprinkles
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and melted butter.
- Firmly press into a crust in the bottom of 9x13 glass or porcelain dish, let it chill in the freezer for about 10 minutes to firm up.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese, 1/4 cups butter, and the powdered sugar until creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Don’t be tempted to add milk, it will take a few minutes, but the mixture will blend up perfectly!
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the cooled graham cracker crust.
- Add a layer of sliced bananas over the cream cheese mixture.
- Spread pineapple chunks evenly over the bananas.
- Evenly spread the Cool-Whip over the pineapple-banana layer using a rubber spatula.
- Garnish with the pecans/walnuts and maraschino cherries.
- Drizzle the chocolate fudge over the dessert and then sprinkle the rainbow sprinkles over the surface.
- Chill for at least 4 hours before cutting to allow the layers to set.