Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened and divided
2 cups crushed vanilla wafers ( about 60 wafers)
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 cup whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1 large firm bananas, sliced thin
1/3 cup halved maraschino cherries
1 can crushed pineapple, drained
whipped topping
chocolate curls ( my family calls this “chocolate potatoes” because you use a potato peeler to shred a bar of chocolat)
additional maraschino cherries
Directions:
Melt 1/2 cup butter and toss with the wafer crumbs, press into a 9 inch pie plate.
In a mixing bowl, cream the remaining butter; beat in confectioners sugar until combined.
Spread over crust.
In another bowl, beat cream, sugar and cocoa until stiff peaks form.
Fold in walnuts, banana, pineapple and maraschino cherries and spoon this mixture into crust.
Cover, refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.
Garnish with whipped topping, chocolate curls and cherries.
Servings: 6-8
Time preparation: 20 min.
Time total: 20 min.