Chocolate Banana Cream Pie

I've been wanting to try making a banana cream pie since I had a delicious one at Geske's. http://www.geskesgrill.com/

I improvised a bit on the recipe, but here's what I came up with.

I followed the recipe for a graham cracker crust from my Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. (If you don't have a copy of this already, I strongly recommend it! My mom still uses hers from the 60's, and the recipes always come out great.)

 CRUST

1. 2 packages of graham crackers, crushed (about 1/2 a box) comes out to about 2 cups 
2. 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

• Place the graham crackers in a ziploc bag. 
• Using a rolling pin, gently crush the crackers until they are a fine consistency
• Pour the graham crackers into the glass pie dish. (aluminum ones work too, if this is for a potluck or a party)
• Melt butter over stove or in microwave
• Pour melted butter into pie dish. 
• Using a fork, mix in the butter.

FILLING

1. 1 small package vanilla pudding mix
2. 1 small package chocolate pudding mix
3. 4 cups milk
4. 2 bananas, sliced

•  Following directions on the back of the pudding mixes, cook the chocolate pudding on the stove. (Most puddings have you combine the mix and 2 cups milk in a saucepan, cook on medium heat until it begins to boil, stirring occasionally to prevent scalding it to the bottom of the pan )
• Pour chocolate pudding into the pie pan, and place in the fridge to cool. Pudding will thicken as it cools. 
• Repeat the process for the vanilla pudding, but leave it in the pan to cool. Once it is at room temperature, stir in the sliced bananas. Mixing them in with the filling keeps them from turning brown. 
• Spoon the vanilla pudding with the bananas on top of the chocolate layer. 

 TOPPING
Try one or several of these toppings for a delicious pie!

•   Whipped Cream
• caramel sauce or cajeta (goat's milk caramel from mexico)
• chopped peanuts
• chocolate sauce

FINISHING:

Makes about 8 servings. Cover and store in the fridge. This recipe can be made low-fat by using fat-free milk and pudding mixes, and fat-free whipped cream.