CARAMEL BANANA CREAM PIE

This Caramel Banana Cream Pie recipe from Aimee over at Like Mother Like Daughter has a delicious graham cracker crust, followed by a caramel layer, topped by banana pudding AND whipped cream for a delicious twist on traditional banana cream pie!

I started with my simple banana cream pie recipe. A quick and buttery homemade graham cracker crust, topped with banana slices, caramel, and vanilla banana pudding, and whipped cream for good measure. Drizzle each slice with a little more caramel for decoration if desired.

I kept this pie recipe simple, by using pudding mixes for the filling. And to add the caramel goodness, I melted wrapped caramels with a little heavy cream to thin them just a little.

CARAMEL BANANA CREAM PIE

INGREDIENTS

For the Graham Cracker Crust:

• 12 graham cracker sheets
• ¼ cup sugar
• ¼ cup butter, melted

For the Pie Filling:

• 2 bananas
• 1 11oz package caramels, unwrapped
• 2-3 TBS heavy cream
• 1 3.5 oz instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 3.5 oz instant banana cream pudding mix
• 2½ cups milk
• 8 oz cool whip

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Crush your graham crackers into a fine crumb. (It should make about 1½ cups).
2. Mix together your sugar with your graham cracker crumb in a medium sized bowl.
3. Pour your melted butter over the top of your crumb and mix it all together.
4. Pour your crust mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch pie crust pan and press down on the bottom and the edges.
5. Cut your bananas into slices and lay them over your graham cracker crust.
6. Combine your caramels and heavy cream in a small sauce pan. Heat over medium until caramels are melted and smooth, stirring throughout.
7. Pour caramel over banana slices (reserve about ¼ cup if desired for later).
8. Pour your pudding mixes into a large bowl and pour your milk over it and stir together. Add ½ cup of cool whip to the pudding mixture and mix well.
9. Pour pudding mixture over caramel and smooth top. Place in fridge to set for about 3 hours.
10. Top with remaining cool whip and additional bananas before serving.

NOTES

**Pie should be eaten with 1 or 2 days, pudding and caramel becomes liquidy and no longer set after this time.

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