Walking through the grocery store, I saw a kit to make chocolate covered bananas hanging in one of the displays. After reading the ingredients (below), I decided to try it since they were not that bad for a sweet treat.
All you need to supply is bananas and hot water, everything else is in the box. I was surprised to see that there were sticks in the kit. I know the back of the box said there were sticks in the box, however I have had a product say something like sticks were included but there were none, or it was missing some. In addition, they were quality sticks, sticks you would not be afraid to use. They were smooth, and strong enough to hold a frozen banana with ease.
When I made my Banana Pops, I enlisted my younger friend to help me test the kit. The only aggravating step to this kit is the first step, cutting (in half) and freezing the bananas; of course, this is only because I hate to wait. While you wait find a tall skinny (glass) glass, you want it to be just a little bigger (around) than the bananas and get a piece of wax or parchment paper to place dipped bananas on. After the bananas are frozen, you fill a medium to large bowl with the hottest tap water your faucet can produce. Than place the bag of coating in the water, letting it sit for 3-4 minutes. You are melting the coating in this step. Pour the melted coating into the tall skinny glass. Note: At this point you should have everything set up and ready to make the pops, no messing around.
Coating the bananas is the best part. Watching the coating harden quickly over the frozen banana is cool. For thicker coating of the bananas use only 3 and dip them several times; dip the banana and let stand on wax or parchment paper while you dip another banana and then re-dip the banana(s) that are on the wax paper. After you have dipped a few and the coating is about half gone be prepared to tip the cup and turn the banana to coat the whole thing. So let young kids (if applicable) dip their bananas first to avoid any messes.
I really liked the Bananas Pops, the chocolate coating was not too sweet but sweet enough that people who like sugary treats will like it as well. I would like to see it in dark chocolate, which would make it even healthier for you
It was the wrong time of year (winter) to be eating something frozen, but I will defiantly be getting another one of these Banana Pops kits in the summer. I had a little of the coating left in the cup after dipping all the bananas so I decided to throw some frozen strawberries and blueberries in the cup. They were as good as the bananas, so I have concluded that you can coat anything that is edible while frozen.
Ingredients: Vegetable oil (coconut, soybean), sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), whey (milk), soy lecithin (an emulsifier) salt and vanilla.
Concord Food’s also has Strawberry and Peanut Butter flavored kits available.
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