Hello Chocolate Lovers! My name is Christina, and I’m here from Christina’s Cucina to share a special recipe with you: Chocolate Banoffee Pie. I specifically created this recipe with Joan and you (her readers) in mind, so I hope you’ll like it.
Have you ever heard of Banoffee Pie? It’s a very popular no-bake dessert in Britain, which combines bananas, caramelized condensed milk (also known as dulce de leche) and coffee-flavored, real whipped cream in pie form. Uh huh, someone has already thought of this marvelous combination!
I probably don’t need to tell you that it’s a decadent and deliciously dreamy creation that most anyone would love, especially those of us with a sweet tooth! This dessert originated in a pub in England and has now been made all over the world. I too, have made my own version of Banoffee Pie, which you can find here. My recipe is a wee bit more child-friendly, as I omitted the coffee in the cream, but by all means, you can still flavor it if you like.
In honor of Joan, I have made yet another version which I think she’d have loved even more: Chocolate Banoffee Pie. I added cocoa to the crust, and a dark chocolate ganache (mixture of melted cream and chocolate) on top of the caramel layer. Most of the time, I feel that less is more, but then there’s nothing wrong with gilding the lily once in a while!
This is such an easy 5 step recipe, you can even have your kids help: they can crush cookies for the crust, slice bananas, pour the caramel and even make, and pour the ganache! A bet this will be a new favorite in your household, and maybe it’ll become a popular pie in the US, too!
Chocolate Banoffee Pie
Ingredients
- one single pie crust, baked, or a chocolate or plain cookie crumb crust
- 1/2 cup good quality dark chocolate or chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 or 2 firm, but ripe, bananas
- lemon juice for bananas
- one 14 oz can of caramel flavored condensed milk or dulce de leche
- 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream
- (sprinkles-optional)
Instructions
- Place the chocolate in a small pan along with 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream. Stir constantly over low heat until the chocolate melts and becomes a smooth, thick sauce (ganache). Remove from heat.
- Slice the bananas and toss with a little lemon juice, then arrange slices on the bottom of the pie crust.
- Pour the caramel flavored condensed milk or dulce de leche over the bananas.
- Pour the ganache over the condensed milk, and smooth evenly. Place in fridge for at least an hour.
- Whip the 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream until thick peaks form, but do not over whip. Pipe or spoon the cream over the top of the pie, leaving the center open, if desired (use sprinkles-optional). Keep leftovers refrigerated (yeah right, as if there will be any leftovers)!
Here are some other super quick and easy recipes from Christina’s Cucina that I think you’ll enjoy:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Baked Alaska Pie
Caramelized Rum, Bananas and Ice Cream
DAVID M. DUNN says
Hello, Roxana;
I am writing to thank you for the kindness you have repeatedly shown Joan. That is the reason I visit your site in the first place but the recipes would get me there eventually, too.
So, a BIG thanks to you, and I hope 2016 will be good for you and yours.
Joanne says
This pie looks so good with the chocolate, caramel and banana’s!
Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says
Wow! This looks so decadent! Love all the flavors going on! Yum!
Christina @ Christina's Cucina says
Thank you, Cynthia!
Teri Giese says
Hi Roxana! Happy New Year!Get your blog email also. Thanks for explaining what Banoffee pie is! Am not new to baking, but to the blog world am fairly new.No social accounts except Pinterest, but see banoffee EVERYWHERE! Must admit,have avoided it as thought it sounded gross. Now, this recipe does NOT sound nor look gross. YUMMY! PIN, PRINT, REPLY!, (What my family says I do for a living, aside from any other SAHM adventures).
Christina @ Christina's Cucina says
Hi Teri! Christina here, just to say I’m so happy to have changed your mind about Banoffee Pie! Hope you try the recipe and do come back to let us know how you liked it, if you do! 🙂 CC
Lelia Archambault says
Can you use caramel syrup
Christina @ Christina's Cucina says
Hi Lelia, I’m sorry, but caramel syrup would not work in this recipe. It’s much too runny, so when you cut the pie, it would all run out and make a big mess. Hope you try it with the condensed milk! Enjoy!
Tricia @ Saving room for dessert says
Hi Christina! This looks wonderful 🙂 I’m a fan of banoffee pie and this chocolate version looks wonderful. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and New Year!
Christina @ Christina's Cucina says
Thank you so much, Tricia! I had a lovely holiday season, thank you! Hope you did, too!
Barb says
The banoffee pie thumbs down did not set after 8 hours total waste
Karen Aromatorio says
I’m so sorry it didn’t work for you. I don’t know what went wrong.