Ingredients:
1/2 cup DFS unsalted butter
3 cups Domino brown sugar
2 tsp. ComSource vanilla extract
1/4 cup ReaLemon lemon juice
2-1/2 cups ComSource pineapple chunks
6 cups DFS bananas, 1”diagonal sliced
10 slices Pastry Chef pre-cut New York style cheesecake
1-1/4 cups Hershey’s chocolate syrup
2-1/2 cups Rich’s whipped topping
2/3 cup Gel Spice coconut, flaked
2/3 cup Fisher macadamia nuts, coarse chopped
10 Dell’s maraschino cherries
Directions:
1. To prepare tropical caramel sauce, combine butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar is completely dissolved, stirring frequently. Add pineapple chunks and continue to cook 15-20 minutes or until liquid is slightly reduced.
2. Add banana slices to tropical caramel sauce and cook 2-3 minutes or until slightly softened, gently turning once halfway through cook time. Remove from heat. Hold warm.
3. To prepare single serving, portion 1 slice cheesecake into center of shallow bowl. Mound 1/3 cup tropical caramel sauce onto each side of cheesecake. Drizzle 2 tbsp. warm chocolate syrup over cheesecake, then garnish with 1/4 cup whipped topping. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp. coconut and 1 tbsp. macadamia nuts, then top with 1 maraschino cherry.
