Banana Split Brownie Pizza
Read my review of this recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 (20-ounce) box fudge brownie mix
- 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 8-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained, juice reserved
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 bananas, sliced and tossed in lemon juice to prevent browning
- 1 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- Chocolate ice cream topping or chocolate syrup, for drizzling
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 15-inch pizza pan. Prepare the brownie mix according to box directions. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 20 minutes, or until done. Remove from the oven and cool. Beat the cream cheese, pineapple, and sugar together in a bowl. Use any reserved pineapple juice at this time, if needed, to soften the mixture to a good spreading consistency. Otherwise dispose of or save the juice for another use. Spread the mixture over the cooled brownie crust. Arrange the banana and strawberry slices over the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with the chopped nuts and drizzle with chocolate ice cream topping. Refrigerate. To serve, slice as you would a pizza, and enjoy!
Serves 8-10.
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Substitutions:
I made this in a 9×9 dish (I also used my own brownie recipe), so the brownie was slightly thicker than if I had made it in a pizza pan. However, that wasn’t my issue. Something about the pineapple cream cheese and the chocolate didn’t jive for me. Seth suggested peanut butter instead of cream cheese, but I personally think it was more so the pineapple. Cute dessert idea though – other people seemed to enjoy it.
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen.