Enjoyable with bananas | Lincoln Land Community College

I used to be having a random dialog with somebody, and meals got here up as a part of the dialogue. They requested if I had seen peanut butter and chocolate dipped bananas and wished to know if I had made them or imagined my very own model. 

My first intuition was to contemplate what the suitable dimension could be. Is a big piece of banana on a skewer or popsicle stick an excessive amount of for one serving, or would smaller, particular person bites be extra interesting? Ultimately, there isn’t any good approach, as everybody has their very own desire. Personally, I’d take pleasure in particular person bites, which permit extra management over the ingredient ratio and create much less mess to fret about whereas consuming. 

Next, I believed in regards to the peanut butter. A fast search confirmed that almost all variations of this concept use plain peanut butter. That stunned me, as I leaned extra towards one thing like a peanut butter cup filling or a perhaps a white chocolate peanut butter ganache, which incorporates heavy cream. Any of those choices work nice. It simply depends upon the specified texture and the way a lot effort somebody needs to place into making it. 

A humorous thought to me — rising up, I didn’t like peanut butter for causes I can’t recall. Now, I eat a banana with a tablespoon of peanut butter schmeared on prime and sprinkled with cocoa nibs day by day with a protein shake proper earlier than I am going to the fitness center. A premade, frozen twist of this every day meals is a fascinating effort. 

I’ve at all times loved banana desserts. My grandmother, who I’ve talked about earlier than, was a tremendous prepare dinner. She was well-known for a lot of meals, particularly her pies. My favourite was her banana cream pie. My spouse usually makes banana bread, although I not often get any as my children devour it with enthusiasm. If bananas Foster is on a menu, I have to order it. Warm banana, brown sugar, cinnamon, rum and ice cream — how will you go fallacious? 

Just a few years in the past, I made and wrote about banoffee, and each time I make it for an occasion, it will get compliments. Banana pudding with Nilla Wafers is a consolation meals at its greatest. There is that this Thai restaurant in Florida we’ve got been to dozens of instances that provides items of banana wrapped in rice and a skinny pastry which is fried, drizzled with honey, topped with black sesame seeds and served with coconut ice cream. I often get a chunk. Also, Elvis Presley’s sandwich of peanut butter, banana and bacon is now a traditional and price mentioning on this listing recognizing pleasant banana dishes. 

Peanut butter and chocolate dipped bananas

Ingredients

• 200 grams heavy cream
• 200 grams white chocolate
• 200 grams peanut butter
• Bananas, or strawberries, as wanted
• 200 grams darkish chocolate
• 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Directions

1. Place heavy cream in a pot, and convey to a simmer. Careful, it is going to boil over if not watched.
2. Pour the recent cream over the white chocolate, and stir till chocolate is melted.
3. Stir in peanut butter. I used an immersion blender for these two steps.
4. Dip the banana within the peanut butter combination, and place on waxed or parchment paper. You can reduce the banana into smaller items if desired. Substitute strawberries if most well-liked.
5. Place in fridge to agency.
6. Combine chocolate and coconut oil in a microwave secure container.
7. Gently soften and stir collectively till clean. Do not burn.
8. Dip the peanut dipped bananas within the chocolate and return to tray coated in paper.
9. Return to fridge to agency chocolate. Enjoy!

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