Awesome Banana-chocolate Pie

Total Time: 5 hrs 1 min Preparation Time: 5 hrs Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 ounces baker semisweet chocolate
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon margarine or 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 graham cracker crumb crust (either your own or storebought)
• 2 medium bananas
• 2 3/4 cups milk (cold)
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant banana pudding mix or 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding
• 1 1/2 cups whipped topping (either whipped cream or cool whip)

Recipe

• 1 in a glass bowl, microwave chocolate, milk and margarine/butter on high power for 1 minute, stirring every 20 seconds; depending on the power of your microwave, you may need another 30 seconds or so.
• 2 try not to microwave longer than 90 seconds.
• 3 stir mixture until chocolate is completely melted.
• 4 spread this mixture evenly in crust, then refrigerate for 30 minutes or until chocolate firms up.
• 5 pour milk into a large bowl; add pudding mixes.
• 6 with a whisk, beat for one minute; let stand for five minutes.
• 7 during this standing time, peel and slice the bananas and arrange over chocolate.
• 8 spoon pudding mixture over bananas in crust, then top with whipped cream/cool whip.
• 9 if you wish, you can refrigerate the pie without the whipped topping, then add it just before serving; this is recommended if you use real whipped cream as opposed to the cool whip.
• 10 refrigerate this pie for four hours, or until set.
• 11 keep leftovers stored in fridge.
• 12 for vegetarian option use vegetarian pudding mixes.