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Banana Cream Pie with Pretzel Crust

Gooey, creamy, salty, crunchy Banana Cream Pie with Pretzel Crust and Caramel Drizzle is the ultimate in Banana Cream Pies.
Prep Time50 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

Filling

  • 1 box vanilla pudding
  • 1 ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 4 – 5 bananas; sliced
  • 2 tablespoons caramel sauce*
  • 1 teaspoon milk
  • 1 pretzel crust with chocolate lining

Instructions

  • Make the vanilla pudding according to the instructions (letting it set completely is important).
  • Beat cream until it’s very stiff then add in vanilla.stiff whipped cream
  • Reserve a good size dallop to garnish the pie.
  • Fold pudding into cream gradually. If at any point the filling appears to be getting to thin, stop adding in the pudding and enjoy eating the excess.
  • Line pie shell with ⅓ + of the filling.
  • Layer banana slices over the whole pie.
  • Add the remaining pudding. filled banana cream pie
  • Either add another layer of banana, or just place a ring around the outside.
  • Place the reserved dallop of cream in the center of the pie.
  • Drizzle the caramel sauce over the top.
  • I then sprinkled a few maldon salt crystals over the top. Looks good enough to eat, right?banana cream pie with pretzel crust

Notes

*I used a very dense dulce de leche sauce and had to thin it a bit with milk to drizzle it.