Banoffee Pie
This homemade banoffee pie is delicious and decadent and the best part is it is seriously so easy to make! Dulce de leche and bananas were meant to be together.
I’m sitting here hemming and hawing over how to convince you to make this pie NOW without coming across as pushy. (Me? Pushy? Never!)
How about: If I had to choose ONE dessert to eat before I die, this would be it. No question. And that is saying a lot considering I’d take chocolate over life any day.
Not enough?
What about: This pie is so good that after eating two pieces (ok, three), I went into labor. Not for two weeks and not without being induced, but still, I think there’s something to it.
Convinced? Hmmm…
How’s this: I promise you that this pie will change the way you view pie and life in general. And that’s not a bad thing. Delicious, sinful, decadent pie that is seriously so easy, you’ll mourn the loss each day this pie has not been in your life.
I’m sorry to hold out on your for so long, but really, you need to make this and become one with the Banoffee Pie. After the success that was homemade dulce de leche, I needed more applications for the divine concoction and suffice it to say, after this stunner of a pie, I haven’t looked any further for ways to use dulce de leche. This is it, baby.
A chocolate crust smothered in dulce de leche, topped with toffee, banana slices, creamy brown sugar whipped cream cheese (seriously) and more toffee. I mean, really, can you even handle it? I can’t.
So that’s all the convincing I can do. I hope it worked because I really, really don’t want to be the only one out there winning the Guinness Book of World Record for eating my body weight in Banoffee Pie.
The Best Banoffee Pie
Ingredients
Crust:
- 24 chocolate sandwich cookies, like Oreos or Trader Joe’s Joe-Joe’s
- 5 tablespoons butter, softened
Pie:
- 20 ounces dulce de leche, (1 1/2 cans)
- 2 medium bananas
- 1 cup chocolate covered toffee bits
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 8 ounces light or regular cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- ¼ cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Add the cookies and butter to a blender or food processor and process until well combined. Press the mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate or freeze until set (this makes it easier to spread the dulce de leche over the crust). Spread the dulce de leche over the bottom and up the sides of the chilled crust.
- In a medium bowl, combine the powdered sugar, brown sugar and cream cheese. Whip with a handheld or electric stand mixer until smooth and fluffy. Add the heavy whipping cream and starting at the lowest speed (to avoid splatters), mix until combined. Increase the mixer speed to medium and mix until the mixture is light and creamy and is the consistency of spreadable, thick frosting.
- Slice the bananas about 1/4-inch thick and layer the slices over the dulce de leche in the crust. Sprinkle about 1/2 cup toffee bits over the bananas. Spread the whipped cream filling over the bananas and toffee, making sure to spread all the way to the edges of the pie, covering the bananas completely so they don’t brown. Sprinkle the top of the pie with the remaining toffee bits. Chill for 1-2 hours before serving and up to 8 hours (longer than that and the bananas may get a little brown and mushy).
Notes
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Recipe Source: adapted from Our Best Bites
Very good, but overly sweet. Reduced to 1 can dulce de leche which for us was plenty. Also before serving, whipped 1 c. heavy cream w/ 4 T. powdered sugar and spread that on the top, and drizzled a little more ddl over it. According to the pie crowd at Thanksgiving yesterday, it was the biggest hit. Thanks for sharing.
My family loves this pie! We’ve made it several times. The only thing I’ve changed is to reduce the dulce de leche. Dulce de leche is super sweet and rich and we like it a little less sweet. Just a personal preference. My daughter made it for a Friendsgiving at our church and it was the only pie that was completely gone at the end. So yummy!
I am stalking your site and grabbing so so many of your delicious recipes!! Thank you! I totally love your humor/how you write. I cannot wait to stop *collecting* and start *making* your recipes.
This version of Banoffee Pie sounds amazing—- except for that little part of cream cheese. I am not a fan. (I know!!) Is there any way to sub it out? Perhaps butter? I have looked at another recipe I have for this pie, and it’s basically just a whipped cream top. But your “frosting” version sounds even more up my alley…. Do you have any suggestions?
You could try just a whipped cream topping, I think that would work just fine!
Banoffee pie isn’t a forgotten recipe, quite alot of independent/ regional or nationwide coffee shops in the UK offer them in their cake selection. Although, I don’t think most British coffee shop banoffee pies have chocolate in the crust
I love all the flavors here, but it was a little rich for me, so to counter that next time I’ll use only one can of dulce de leche, and I’ll use at least 3 bananas. Another wonder from my favorite site!
Good feedback to cut the richness!
I was excited to try this pie. I made your pressure cooker dulce de leche, and it was delicious! I put the pie together a few hours before Thanksgiving dinner. My cream layer was thick and creamy, and my dulce de leche was thick and beautiful. (For those who had trouble getting the cream layer to thicken, maybe try whipping it with the whip attachment like you’re whipping the cream, instead of just a paddle…that worked for me.) I chilled my pie for a few hours, but, by the time we ate pie that evening, my pie was soupy! I don’t know what happened! It seems like maybe the banana had a reaction with the other layers and produced a lot of liquid. It had great flavor, but next time I think I’ll put the pie together, and then serve the bananas sliced on top unless I’m serving the pie immediately!
Your convincing intrigued me, trying this tomorrow evening!
Hi, Mel!
I made this pie last Thanksgiving and it was such a hit that I decided to make and enter it into my stake’s Pi(e) night contest tonight. There were over 50 pies entered and a handful of categories (best crust, design etc.). Not only did I take first place in “Best Flavor”, but I also got the coveted “Best Overall” Award! Wow! That was fun! And know that I gave you full credit when I was asked about the recipe! Thanks for helping me “rock” tonight! ❤️
PS Not a crumb was left-I didn’t even get a piece! Ha!
That’s amazing! Congratulations!!
Had all the ingredients to make this for FHE last night except we only had peanut butter oreos. Ended up being a good problem to have …
Oh yes, I can imagine. Yum!
Mel, I’m wanting to make a version of this for Christmas Eve, but use tiny dark chocolate dessert cups (shells) I found at a store for the “crust”. Is the cream cheese/whipped cream filling stable enough to pile up high and not wilt? I’ll be using full-fat cream cheese. With a banana slice and dulce de leche in each shell, I don’t think there will be much room for the filling. Thanks. And Merry Christmas to you this week!!
Yes! It should be plenty sturdy to do that. To be safe, you might cut the heavy whipping cream down to 3/4 cup.
Sounds delicious!
Thank you!!
Made this a few weeks ago and it was fantastic! Everyone requested this pie to make a showing again at Thanksgiving. It was incredibly rich and we could eat tiny slivers, so we decided this serves 16 instead of 8!
Made this yesterday for Father’s Day and it was a hit! It was amazing! Made the recipe exactly and used canned dulce de leche. It was perfect! Thanks for an awesome recipe!!!!
Hey Lindy – Mel doesn’t have access to internet right now so I’m helping her out with comments for the next few days. Thank you for reporting back on the pie. Mel will be happy that you loved this and that it was a Father’s Day success!
Hi Mel! I tried sending a private email but I was doing something wrong because it wouldn’t send! I’m hoping this way will work 🙂 I’ve seen the cute ideas for the mason jar lid pies. Do you think this recipe will hold up okay (not fall apart when I remove it from the ring) using that method (wide mouth lid)?
Hmmm, that’s a good question but I really don’t know since I haven’t tried it. I think the mason jar pies work best with official pie crusts – or am I wrong? This pie might be a bit too soft but if you experiment, let me know how it works out!
I have never heard or tated Dulce de Lech. What on earh is it and how does one make it. Thank you
Hey Joanne – Here is a recipe for Dulce de Leche. It is super delicious.
Thanks for a great new pie!! My family loved it! I made one with the cream cheese topping and one with just whipped cream and toffee bits. We preferred the second… not quite as rich. Anyway, this will definitely be making an appearance for Thanksgiving!! You’re awesome!