Banana Split Brownies

These have a cherry flavoured fudgy brownie layer with a creamy top layer and tastes of banana, strawberry and peanut. They have all the delicious flavours of a banana split.
Found on the Taste of Home website.

Brownie layer:
8 ounces unsweetened chocolate
3/4 cup salted butter
3 large eggs
2 cups white granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
Topping layer:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1/2 cup mashed ripe banana (about 1 medium)
1/3 cup strawberry jam, the chunkier the better.
1 large egg,
1/4 - 1/2 cup chopped (or unchopped) salted or unsalted peanuts
Sliced bananas and additional chopped maraschino cherries for garnish if desired.

Melt the butter and chocolate together, either in the microwave or on the stovetop. Set aside.
Cream together the white sugar and the 3 eggs for 3-4 minutes until light yellow and the volume increased.
Blend in 1 tsp vanilla extract and the melted chocolate/butter mixture.
Blend in the flour until just combined.
Fold in chopped cherries.
Pour brownie batter into a 9x13" greased baking dish. Set aside.

Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Beat in the mashed banana and the strawberry jam.
Beat in the egg.
Pour this mixture on top of the unbaked brownie batter.
Sprinkle peanuts on top.
Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs.

Allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.
Serve with a dollop of whipped cream and some sliced bananas and cherries if desired.
Store covered in the refrigerator.

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I missed Happy cream cheese
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being sponsored by KitchenAid is every home baker's dream, haha...and so happy to see the Happy Cream Cheese again! Even though I am a grown adult watching now and no longer a kid, it still makes me so happy to see it :)

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looks amazing! am horribly ill right now but seeing happy cream cheese again made me smile. thank you for continuing to bring joy to our days after all these years <3

[delilahboa]

Hi Tammy, these brownies look amazing, thanks so much, hope you’re well ❤❤

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Amazing!! Gotta Try!! Thank You Always for the Best Recipies Ever!!❤

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Yummy yummy! They look so tasty. Thanks for sharing, my lovely friend 👍👏😊💕🤗👋

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It has been years since I’ve seen a video of yours and it’s crazy that it feels like I haven’t missed a thing!

[fijimermaid]

These look delicious! I’d love to see you make brown butter chocolate chip cookies! ❤️

[lukeycharms]

ooooh these look delicious! brownies are my favorite dessert too 😋

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Looks awesome. 😮 Would go great with banana ice cream.

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Saw this pop up on my feed and audibly went in a very homer simpson-esque voice lmao.
My roommate really likes brownies so I might make these for their birthday

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Always so good to see some Happy Cream Cheese!! :)

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We used to eat cream cheese and banana sandwiches growing up. Apparently, my dad found the recipe online in the early 00's 😂

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