Banana-Split Triffle
By: Sarah Donnell
Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 - 2:20am

Ingredients




3 cups milk
2 packages instant banana pudding and pie filling (3.4-ounces each)
1 package cream cheese (8-ounce), softened
2 containers frozen nondairy whipped topping (8-ounces), thawed and divided
1 box wafer cookies (12-ounces)
4 bananas, sliced to 1/4-inch thickness
1 can cherry pie filling (21-ounces)
1 jar prepared hot fudge sauce (12.25 ounces)
1/2 cup salted peanuts, chopped
maraschino cherries

Preparation

1 Combine milk and pudding mix in a large bowl, whisking for 2 minutes, or until thickened 2 In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese and one container of the whipped topping, beatting at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. 3 Combine the pudding mixture with the cream-cheese mixture, beating until smooth 4 Layer half of the cookies in the bottom of a trifle bowl, standing some upright around the base of the bowl 5 Add one-third of pudding mixture, half of the banana slices, and cherry pie filling. 6 Repeat the layers with remaining wafers, pudding mixture, and bananas 7 Top with fudge sauce and remaining container of whipped topping 8 Sprinkle with peanuts 9 Garnish with cherries 10 Cover tightly and store in the refridgerator