Looking for a healthy and delicious sulfite free dessert for the summer? You’ll find the perfect blend of flavor, texture and temperature in these incredible chocolate banana snack bars! These bars are incredibly simple to make and can be kept frozen and ready to eat for 2-3 weeks. Banana snack bars are the perfect balance of flavor and nutrition and are great for people of all ages!
Sulfite Free Desserts:
Finding delicious sulfite free desserts can be a challenge. However not only can these chocolate banana snack bars be made sulfite free / low sulfite, they’re also fantastic for people looking to eat healthier. If you need some recommendations on brands to buy to use sulfite free ingredients check out my list of sulfite free foods here!
The important thing to remember is that ingredients matter. Using an organic chocolate over non-organic can make a big difference! Finding the right brands that work well for your body and utilizing the resources that you have will make cooking and baking a lot easier.
Ingredients:
- Bananas – almost ripe or ripe is best.
- Almond butter / peanut butter / sunflower butter – whatever you prefer!
- Walnuts / almonds / peanuts / etc – again whatever you prefer!
- Semi sweet or dark chocolate – my favorite chocolate is Hu brand which you can find in many stores or even order on amazon.
- Optional: Sea salt, cinnamon, any other preferred toppings.
Making your Chocolate Banana Snack Bars:
One of the best parts of these chocolate banana snack bars is how simple they are to make. You can fully prep and freeze these in under 25 minutes – but the actual prep takings about 5-10 minutes. This is also a great recipe to make with kids! Here’s how to do it:
Start by peeling the bananas and slicing them down the middle long ways. Then slice each piece once more in half so you are left with 8 pieces. Using a spoon, spread your nut butter of choice in a thin layer across the inside of the bananas. Next, top them off with whatever nuts/seeds/seasonings you prefer. Lastly you’re going to melt the chocolate in 30 second increments (stirring in between) until the chocolate is fully melted. Then drizzle across the top and you’re all set!
Pop them in the freeze for 20-30 minutes to enjoy frozen. Of course you can also eat these right away if you don’t want them cold. For storage purposes, keep them in a freezer friendly container and store for 2-3 weeks in the freezer or until the bananas begin to brown.
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Chocolate Banana Snack Bars
Ingredients
- 2 medium bananas
- 2 tbsp almond butter
- 1/3 cup walnuts, peanuts, or almonds
- 1/3 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate melted
Optional
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Peel open your bananas and slice down the middle long ways then once again in half on each piece.
- Using a spoon, spread a layer of almond butter onto the banana then add the nuts to the top.
- Melt your chocolate in 30 second intervals (stirring intermittently) until fully melted then drizzle over the top of the bananas.
- Freeze for 20 minutes then enjoy! Store these in the freezer for up to 3 weeks or until the bananas have browned in color.
Notes
- You can customize these to your liking! Feel free to use any type of nut butter or sunflower butter or any nuts.
- Add some sea salt or cinnamon if you prefer.
- You can also enjoy these without freezing them if you prefer!
- It’s not recommended to store these in the fridge as the bananas will go bad faster.
