It’s been a hot, dry summer in YVR this year. If you’re anything like us, you’ve been sweating up a storm living in a teeny tiny insulating condo, with no air conditioning, and no airflow! We feel your pain and we offer you our Summer solution: the fro-nana. With a crisp chocolatey coating that melts in your mouth and cool creamy inside, this fro-nana beats any store bought ice cream bar! Show them off at your next summer dinner party or enjoy one in the sun while trying to catch a breeze on your patio- that’s where you’ll find us.
Ingredients
- 8 popsicle sticks
- 4 bananas
- 1 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
Toppings (Select 2-3 based on preference)
- 1 cup chopped nuts (e.g. almonds, pistachios, pecans, walnuts)
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut
- 3/4 cup cherries (chopped into small pieces)
Servings: Servings
Instructions
- Peel bananas, chop in half, insert Popsicle stick in base, and place in container
- Chop nuts and cherries (if selected). Toast nuts and coconut (if selected) in oven at 380 degrees F until lightly golden or fragrant (approximately 4-6 minutes)
- Melt chocolate chips in small glass bowl in microwave, warming with 10-20 second intervals and stirring in between to prevent chocolate from burning
- Remove 1 banana from freezer. Coat with light layer of melted chocolate using a spoon, then roll in nuts, cherries or sprinkle with cocoa and roll in coconut
- Return topped banana to freezer and continue with next banana. Fro-nanas can be stored in freezer in a sealed container
Recipe Notes
Note: if chocolate in bowl hardens, re-melt using 10 second intervals in microwave, as needed.
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