Pig's Trough For A Crowd

Having a

Summer BBQ

Family Reunion

Block Party

Birthday Party?

Here's the treat for you.

We like to call this banana split the Pig's Trough.

It has become a family and neighborhood favorite.

This Pig's Trough fed 50 people this week .

Start with a plastic rain gutter that you can buy for about

$7 at your Home Depot store.  It runs about 10 feet long. 

Buy the two end caps too. Wash and dry all parts.

This Trough was created outside with a plastic table cloth,

but we have been known to let piggies in the house.

It is a little messier, but they are soooo cute!

First I layer in cookies to add a surprise crunch at the

bottom of the trough.  Piggies love crunchy things.

Next, cut bananas in half and layer those down the

trough.

I like to buy the rectangular boxes of ice cream so that you

can open the boxes quickly and cut slabs of ice cream.

This helps me put the trough together quickly because

both little piggies and big piggies

don't like their ice cream

to be soup.

Continue layering ice cream.  We used 7 containers of ice cream

for this trough, chocolate marshmallow, fudge ripple, peanut

butter chocolate, and vanilla.

Now comes the sauces.  We drizzled on raspberry sauce, caramel

sauce, chocolate sauce and chocolate hard shell (loved this one).

Finish it off with whipped cream and cherries.  You can add

nuts too.  I often do, but this was for teenage piggies and

you know how they can be.

We find it best to make the traditional pig sounds to call

everyone to the trough.

Have spoons ready and stand back if you don't want to get

stampeded.

Don't hesitate if you want some because it doesn't last long.

Pig's Trough

1 plastic trough and 2 end caps (9-10 feet long) 

7-8 cartons of ice cream

1 large package of chocolate chip cookies (or other flavor)

2 bunches of bananas

squeeze bottles of assorted toppings

1-2 large cans of whipped cream

cherries

nuts (optional)

I used the large package of cookie, the bunches of bananas

and the whipped cream all from Costco.

OINK OINK

 I will be posting this on

Kitchen Bouquet's Ice Cream Social

Summer Sundays

 Just Something I Whipped Up Mondays

and Tasty Tuesdays.