Banana Cream Brownies
INGREDIENTS
- 3/4 cup dry roasted peanuts, chopped
- 1 package brownie mix (plus ingredients to make)
- 3 medium bananas
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 1 package (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding
- 1 container (1 1) Cool Whip, thawed
- 12 strawberries
- 1 square (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate for baking
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat to 350F.
- Prepare brownie mix according to instructions, stir in 1/2 cup of peanuts. Pour into square baker dish. Bake according to package instructions. Cool Completely.
- Slice 2 bananas. Place in a single layer over brownie. In a bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk; beat until mixture just begins to thicken. Gently fold in 2 1/2 cups of the cool whip. Quickly spread pudding mixture over bananas.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup peanuts over pudding mixture. Using decorator, fill with cool whip.
- To serve, cut into squares; garnish with whipped topping. Grate chocolate evenly over dessert. Slice remaining banana and strawberries. Garnish each square with banana and strawberry slices.