Decorated Bananas

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 firm bananas (slightly underripe)
• 8 ounces semisweet baking chocolate
• candy sprinkles, as needed

Recipe

• 1 place a sheet of wax paper on a cookie sheet and set aside.
• 2 peel bananas; cut each one in half.
• 3 push a popsicle stick into each banana half, in about two inches.
• 4 either in a heavy saucepan over low heat, or in the microwave, melt chocolate.
• 5 pour melted chocolate into a tall drinking glass; it should be about 2/3 full.
• 6 holding popsicle stick, lower banana into the melted chocolate until it's completely covered.
• 7 give it a gentle turn and slowly pull banana out, letting excess chocolate drip back into glass.
• 8 immediately roll in desired topping: recommended are candy sprinkles of any colour, or crushed nuts.
• 9 put coated bananas on wax-paper-lined sheet and stash in your freezer, uncovered, until the bananas are solid.
• 10 place frozen bananas in an airtight freezer bag and keep stored in your freezer.
• 11 serve frozen.