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Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Baby Bananas |
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Serves: 8 The recipe below is complete except for the ingredient amounts (_). Since the recipes offered at DVO.com are brand name recipes, our publisher partners require us to account for each recipe distributed. To get the entire recipe click Request Recipe below. This is the best Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Baby Bananas recipe on the web!!Baby bananas are native to tropical countries such as Central and South America. They are shaped like miniature slender bananas and are very sweet. When dipped in chocolate and gussied up with a topping, these sumptuous garnishes add pizzazz and great taste to any smoothie. _ 6-to-10 inch wooden skewers or lollipop sticks _ baby bananas (or 2 to 3 bananas cut into 1-inch chunks), peeled _ ounces milk chocolate bar, chopped (or semisweet chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips) _ tablespoon vegetable shortening _ cup either edible confetti, chocolate sprinkles, coconut (toasted, if desired), nonpareils, or chopped peanuts (optional) Insert a wooden skewer halfway into each baby banana or banana chunk. Place them on a baking sheet lined with nonstick aluminum foil or freezer paper and freeze for 1 hour. When you are ready to prepare the baby bananas, melt the chocolate and vegetable shortening in a heavy small saucepan, covered, over low heat, stirring occasionally. Once the chocolate has melted, remove the saucepan from the heat and tilt it at about a 45-degree angle to facilitate the dipping process. Holding onto the skewer, dip each banana into the chocolate, allowing the excess to drip back into the saucepan while gently twisting the skewers. (Do this step quickly because the cold banana will set the chocolate.) Immediately roll the banana in the optional edible confetti, chocolate sprinkles, coconut, nonpareils, or peanuts. There are several ways to allow the chocolate to set on the dipped baby bananas. You can insert the skewers upright into Oasis (a green spongelike material used in plant nurseries) or a piece of Styrofoam, which will act as an anchor for them. Or they can be placed in a pan lined with nonstick aluminum foil or upright in a glass. When the chocolate has set, freeze the baby bananas for 2 hours or overnight. Once the baby bananas are frozen, wrap each one tightly in plastic wrap and keep in the freezer for up to 5 days. Allow the bananas to sit at room temperature for at least 10 minutes before serving, then place upright in a smoothie. From SINFUL SMOOTHIES: more than 130 dessert smoothies & other indulgences. Copyright © 2004 Donna Pliner Rodnitzky. All Rights Reserved. Berries on a Skewer Chocolate Pirouettes Chocolate-Covered Oreo Cookies Chocolate-Dipped Frozen Baby Bananas Cinnamon and Sugar Twists Cinnamon- or Chocolate-Dipped Tortilla Triangles Cinnamon Wonton Crisps Crisp Banana Wafers Peanut Butter-Chocolate Drops Pear Chips Pineapple Chips Strawberry Fans Turtle on a Skewer -GREAT GARNISHES: Go to the Head of the Glass Cinnamon Pirouettes Vanilla Pirouettes |
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