Chocolate-Banana Split Layered Dessert

Ingredients:

  • 30 Oreo Cookies, finely crushed (about 2-1/2 cups)

  • 6 Tablespoons Butter, melted

  • 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened

  • ¼ cup Sugar

  • 2 Tablespoons Cold Milk

  • 1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip, thawed, divided

  • 4 Bananas, sliced

  • 2 pkg.  (3.9 oz. each) Jello-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

  • 3 ¼ cups Cold Milk

  • ⅓ cup Maraschino Cherries, halved

  • ¼ cup Chopped Toasted Walnuts

  • 2 Tablespoons Chocolate Syrup
     

Preparation:

  1. Mix cookie crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch dish. Refrigerate until ready to use.

  2. Beat cream cheese, sugar and 2 Tbsp. milk in medium bowl with whisk until well blended. Stir in 1 cup Cool Whip; spread over crust. Top with bananas.

  3. Beat pudding mixes and 3-1/4 cups milk with whisk 2 min.; spread over bananas. Let stand 5 min. or until thickened; cover with remaining Cool Whip. Refrigerate 4 hours.

  4. Top with cherries, nuts and syrup just before serving.