Philly Banana Split Food

THE ULTIMATE BANANA SPLIT

Steps:

• Preheat your oil in a heavy-based pot for deep frying to 365 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Make a well in the center and add the yolks and club soda. Using a whisk, stir from the inside working your way out, slowly incorporating the dry ingredients without forming any lumps. Peel the bananas and dip in the batter and coat well. Fry in hot oil for 4-5 minutes until batter is puffy and golden brown. Drain on paper towels when done.
• While bananas are cooking, prepare caramel sauce. Combine the sugar and water in a large heavy saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling the pot around, until the mixture is a deep caramel color and looks like syrup, about 8 minutes. Add the butter then carefully pour in the cream (it will bubble up) and continue to cook for another minute. Add a pinch of salt then cool before serving.
• To serve the banana split, cut the bananas lengthwise and top with a large scoop of vanilla bean ice cream. Pour warm caramel sauce over the top and finish with a sprinkle of banana chips and toasted pecans.

PHILLY BANANA SPLIT

Steps:

• Microwave strawberries and sugar in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 min.; stir. Cool 10 min.
• Meanwhile, microwave chocolate and cream in small microwaveable bowl 30 sec. Stir until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended. Cool 10 min.
• Add 1/3 of the cheesecake filling to strawberry mixture; mix well.
• Spoon half of the remaining cheesecake filling into separate medium bowl; stir in 3 Tbsp. of the chocolate mixture. Reserve remaining chocolate mixture for later use.
• Cut each banana lengthwise in half, then cut each piece crosswise in half.
• Place 2 banana pieces in each of 8 serving dishes. Use a 2-Tbsp. scoop to place a scoop of strawberry cheesecake filling over the bananas in each dish. Repeat with chocolate cheesecake filling, and remaining (plain) cheesecake filling.
• Spoon reserved chocolate mixture into resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to drizzle chocolate mixture over banana splits. Sprinkle with nuts; top with cherries.

TRADITIONAL BANANA SPLIT

Steps:

• Line up ice cream scoops next to each other in an oval deep dish or a banana boat.
• Cut the ends of the banana off (about 1/4 inch) while still in the peel.
• Slice in half longways.
• Pop each half of the banana out of the peel onto each side of the ice cream row, pressing down and in a little so it'll stay put.
• Top the vanilla ice cream with the pineapple, the chocolate with the chocolate syrup and the strawberry with the strawberry sauce.
• Spoon the wet walnuts over all three scoops of ice cream.
• Top each scoop with some whipped cream and a cherry for each.
• Enjoy!

GRILLED BANANA SPLITS

Steps:

• Cut a small piece off the curved side of 4 unpeeled bananas so they'll sit level, then make a deep slit down the center of each through the peel; place on separate sheets of foil. Open the slits and brush the inside of each banana with melted butter, then sprinkle with sugar and 1 ounce chopped semisweet chocolate; fold up the foil. Grill the packets over high heat until the chocolate melts, 6 to 8 minutes (don't worry if the peel turns brown). Open the peels and top the bananas with ice cream, whipped cream, sprinkles and a cherry.

SPEEDY BANANA SPLITS

Steps:

• Peel and split the bananas in half lengthways and place on two plates. Top with the scoops of ice cream, drizzle over the sauce and scatter with almonds.

BANANA SPLIT 'CAKE'

Steps:

• Combine graham crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter; press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Freeze 10 min.
• Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer until blended. Spread carefully over crust; top with pineapple. Slice 4 bananas; arrange over pineapple.
• Beat pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread over banana layer in pan. Top with remaining COOL WHIP. Refrigerate 5 hours.
• Slice remaining bananas just before serving; arrange over dessert. Top with nuts.

CHILL OUT UPSIDE-DOWN BANANA SPLIT

Steps:

• Using a large, tall glass (at least 20 oz), layer from the bottom up as follows:.
• Half of the sliced banana.
• Chocolate ice cream.
• Hot fudge or chocolate syrup& crushed cherries.
• Strawberry ice cream.
• Strawberries& Pineapple.
• Vanilla Ice Cream.
• Wet walnuts& rest of bananas.
• Whipped cream& cherry.
• Serve with a LONG spoon (or two)!