INGREDIENTS:
– 50 Nilla Wafers
– ¼ cup margarine, melted
– 8 ounces Philadelphia Neufchatel Cheese, 1/3 less fat than cream cheese
– ½ cup powdered sugar
– 1 (8 ounce) tub Cool Whip Free Whipped Topping, thawed
– 3 medium ripe bananas
– 3 cups fat free milk
-2 pkg. (4 serving size) Jell-O Vanilla Flavor Fat Free Sugar Free Instant Reduced Calorie Pudding and Pie Filling
-(Optional) ½ (1 ounce) square Baker’s Semi Sweet Baking Chocolate, grated
DIRECTIONS:
1. Mix wafers and margarine. Press firmly onto bottom of 13×9-inch dish.
2. Mix Neufchatel cheese and powdered sugar with wooden spoon until well blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of whipped topping. Spoon mixture evenly onto crust; spread carefully. Cut bananas in slices and arrange banana pieces over Neufchatel cheese mixture.
3. Pour milk into a large bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with a wire whisk for 2 minutes. Spoon over bananas. Spread with remaining whipped topping. If you wish, you can sprinkle the top of the whipped topping evenly with chocolate. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours before eating. Enjoy!
HELPFUL TIPS:
1. Spreading the Neufchatel cheese topping can be difficult because you could accidently detach some of the crust. Try this; instead of just plopping it on with a spatula, put some in a Zip-lock bag and cut the tip. Now you can easily squirt out the topping without ruining the crust. After you finish squirting the Neufchatel cheese, get a very small spatula and spread the top of it to make the layer smooth.