Chocolate-Covered Bananas

Name: Chocolate-Covered Bananas
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped; 6 popsicle sticks or wooden skewers; 2 bananas, peeled and cut crosswise into thirds; 1/3 cup coarsely chopped salted peanuts

This dessert treat combines the healthy benefits of bananas and chocolate.

Source: Everyday Food, March 2006

40 mins 20 mins 6

Total Time Prep Servings

Ingredients

8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
6 popsicle sticks or wooden skewers
2 bananas, peeled and cut crosswise into thirds
1/3 cup coarsely chopped salted peanuts

Directions

1. Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of gently simmering water. Stir just until melted.
2. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Insert a popsicle stick in one end of each banana piece. Dip banana, one piece at a time, in chocolate, spooning on additional chocolate to cover.
3. Sprinkle each banana with peanuts, and set on prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until chocolate is firm, 20 minutes, or up to 3 days.