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Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Bites

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These easy-to-make, tempting, and healthy banana bites make a great snack, breakfast sideline, or dessert topping. With only four simple ingredients, you’ll have something your whole family will dig into.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Kid-Friendly: Bananas, nut butter, and chocolate make a great combination; kids love it! If you’ve been looking for a fun way to get your little boos to eat their bananas or have healthier sweet treats, this recipe is key!

Simple and Easy: This simple recipe has only a few easy steps that even a beginner can master. Just follow them to the letter, and I promise you won’t have any trouble.

Simple Ingredients: It’s a simple 4-ingredient recipe with nothing too pricey or exotic. You don’t have to wait for a special occasion to make these.

Healthy and Nutritious: Homemade banana bites are healthy snacks perfect for all family members. They are low in added sugar, have no artificial flavoring or sweeteners, and no preservatives. Keeping these on hand satisfies my sweet tooth in a healthy way!

Ingredients for Delicious Banana Bites

Bananas: You can’t make banana bites without bananas, can you? Bananas are perfect for this recipe because they are naturally sweet, a great source of potassium and vitamin B6, and are every kid’s favorite fruit.

Nut Butter: Let’s add some flavor and healthy fats to our yummy banana bites. You can use almond butter, peanut butter, or any other nut or seed butter of your choice.

Dark Chocolate Bar: Healthy snacks can be fun, too. So, add some chocolate goodness. Kids will love it! If you’re using a bar, chop it so it’s easier to melt. For an easier option, I recommend using dark chocolate chips.

Coarse Salt: Although optional, I never leave it out. A sprinkle of flaky sea salt can enhance the overall flavor of these goodies.

Tips and Trickssliced bananas with peanut butter in the middle

The yummiest ever chocolate peanut butter banana bites are a breeze to make. Just to make sure they turn out perfectly for you, here are a few tips:

Choosing Bananas: Do all bananas work in this recipe? Yes, but some work better than others. Use semi-solid ones that aren’t too mushy. If you go for overly ripe bananas, they won’t hold their shape as well.

Melting Chocolate: Use your microwave or a double broiler on the stovetop to melt your chocolate. Both methods are easy and work well!

Microwave Melting: Can I Use any bowl? Please only use a microwave-safe bowl to melt your chocolate. Glass is preferred!

Use Your Freezer: Once you make your banana “sandwiches,” (photo above) make sure you freeze them for at least 10 minutes before dipping them in the melted chocolate. This makes the whole thing much easier as they stick together.

Storage Tips: You can keep the leftovers in the fridge or freezer in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

More Toppings to trya row of banana bites with salt on top

These banana bites are super tasty. They are perfect for snacks or a sweet treat after dinner. You can also try adding different toppings to your chocolate, such as:

  • shredded coconut
  • chopped nuts (peanuts, walnuts, almonds, or pecans would all work well)
  • mini chocolate chips
  • a drizzle of vegan caramel sauce
These Salted Dark Chocolate Covered Banana are a healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth! Each one is just 48 calories, 3 grams of fat, 1.3 grams of added sugar, and just under 1 gram of protein! Quick and easy recipe!

If we have a stash of these Salted Dark Chocolate Covered Bananas in our freezers, we will have something sweet and delicious to eat when the sugar cravings hits.  Each chocolate-covered bite is around 48 calories, with 3 grams of fat, only 1.3 grams of added sugar (3 grams total sugar with the natural sugars from the banana), and just under 1 gram of protein.  Now that’s a healthy dessert we can all feel good about eating, right?

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Salted Dark Chocolate Covered Bananas

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These Salted Dark Chocolate Covered Banana Bites are a healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Ingredients

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  • 3 medium bananas, sliced
  • 3.5 ounce dark chocolate bar, chopped and melted
  • almond butter (or nut butter of choice)
  • coarse salt

Instructions

  1. Line a baking sheet with wax or parchment paper.
  2. Make a “banana sandwich” by putting a small smear of almond butter (or nut butter of choice) in between two banana slices and place them on the baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in the freezer for 10-30 minutes to firm the banana sandwiches. (This makes them easier to work with)
  3. Meanwhile, melt your chocolate. You can use the microwave or a double broiler on the stovetop.
  4. Next, put a banana sandwich on a spoon or use two forks and dip it into the melted chocolate.  Let excess chocolate drip back down, and then place the chocolate-covered banana on the baking sheet and repeat until all of your banana sandwiches have been used.
  5.  Top each chocolate-covered banana with a small amount of coarse salt. These may be stored in the refrigerator or freezer*.

Notes

If you store these in the freezer, they’ll need a few minutes to thaw out before eating them as they will be very firm.

  • Prep Time: 20
  • Cook Time: 2
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 48
  • Sugar: 1.3g
  • Sodium: 284mg
  • Fat: 3g
  • Carbohydrates: 5.6g
  • Protein: 0.9g

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    • Maryea says

      Hi Erin,

      Thanks for your comment. I have no problem printing my recipes, so I am not sure what’s happening on your end to make them unprintable. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but I offer all of my recipes to my readers for free. This is my full-time job, and if I didn’t have ads on my site I would be working for free. Ads are my main source of income, and without them I would not make any money. Most people I know are not willing or able to work for free, so that is why I have ads on my site. As much as I’d love to be able to have an ad-free site (I really would!) at this time that is the main way blogs are able to be monetized. I wish you well!

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  3. Emily says

    I so appreciate your point about the one pound! The funny thing is that most people talk as though we gain ten pounds over the holidays, and of course, the majority of us don’t. That’s A LOT of extra calories! But it’s the weight gain that sneaks up on us that is more insidious. I think if we suddenly did gain a huge amount we would be more likely to get it in check, but the slow gain is, like you said, easier to let slide.

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    • Maryea says

      Yes, exactly! Nobody notices a pound. But it’s the fact that it stays with you and you gain one more the next year, and the next year, and the next year that is concerning.

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  9. hippymomelizabeth says

    —-I was being super honest when I said you look cute, in fact when I was at VS I pieced together a outfit just like yours and thought about how you looked when I was holding it up, This is a continual comment from last post. —

    New Comment I love chocolate, cacao, cocoa, carob, white all. You have me with this YUM! Hope your well as well as your Mom!!!!:)))))))))))) Xoxoxoxoxo

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