Start making the Banana Split Pie by prebaking the deep dish pie shell. Place the baked pie shell into the freezer so that it is nice and cold before starting the recipe. TIP: Best to make this pie the same day as you serve it. If making it the night before, I recommend brushing the bottom and sides of the baked pie shell with melted chocolate before cooling the pie and filing it. This will help the pie from becoming soggy overnight.
1 piece Deep Dish Pie Shell
Combine in a medium saucepan, the milk, and the banana pudding powder. Follow the instructions on the box and cook until thickened. Remove from the heat and set aside.
1 box Cook and Serve Banana Pudding, 2 cups Milk
Take the baked and chilled pie shell out of the freezer. Peel 2 bananas and cut enough ¼" slices, to cover the bottom of the pie shell. Keep the third banana if needed to decorate the pie.
3 medium Fresh Bananas
Pour the warm banana pudding over the banana sliced. Use a spatula to smooth over the top of the pudding.
Drain the pineapple pieces, and placing them on paper towel to soak up any extra liquids. Cover the banana pudding with the pineapple pieces. Place the pie in the refrigerator to chill while you prepare the cream.
¾ cup Pineapple Pieces
Pour the whipping cream in a large bowl. Use a hand blender to beat the cream until foamy. Add the icing sugar and vanilla, and keep whisking the cream until peak start to form.
2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream, ¼ cup Icing Sugar, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Reserve about 1 ½ cup of the cream, scooping out the rest on top of the pineapple pieces in the pie. Gently smooth over the cream, bringing it to the crust to seal in the fillings.
Place the reserved whipped cream in a piping bag equipped with a large star tip. Pipe 8 large rosettes equally around the edge of the pie.
Pat dry enough maraschino cherries to place on the piped rosettes. Drizzle your desired motif of chocolate syrup on the Banana Split Pie.
12 pices Maraschino Cherries, 2 tablespoon Chocolate Sauce
Use remaining ingredients like, strawberries, walnut pieces, and more pineapple pieces to decorate the top of the Banana Split Pie as desired. Place the pie back in the refrigerator for an hour to allow the pie to further set before cutting into it.
6 pieces Fresh Strawberries, 2 tablespoon Walnut Pieces