Did you know that yesterday was National Peanut Butter Day? I must have been feeling it, because I was all over the peanut butter experimentation. To be honest, National Peanut Butter Day is kind of every day for me. I love nut butter.
From cashew butter to almond butter to walnut butter, I love them all. But, peanut butter will always have a special place in my heart. I grew up eating peanut butter and sugar sandwiches, no joke. I wasn’t a fan of jelly and my mom always put sugar on my sandwich for a little sweetness and crunch.
I’m not talking about mounds of sugar for all of you scrunching your noses up at me right now. Just a little sprinkle. Though, nowadays peanut butter is eaten daily with some apple slices or even a banana for a snack.
Yesterday, it became apparent to me that I had some bananas that needed to be used pronto. I had bought sixteen (16!!!!) bananas for the week because… well I actually have no idea why. It seemed like a good idea at the time since I like to put half of a banana in my smoothie in the morning, Michael eats them as snacks and I’ve been working on a peanut butter banana protein pancake for you all.
But needless to say, we didn’t get through all the bananas and had a few extra. It’s the curse (I call it a major advantage) of being a food blogger. So back to the bananas! We had three perfectly ripe bananas sitting on the counter just waiting to be used.
I threw one of them in the freezer for smoothie making, made delicious peanut butter chocolate dip with another one, and then made these frozen bites with my third banana.
Let me tell you, these bananas could not have gone to better use because these bites were out of this world good! And only took 3 ingredients. How simple is that? When I made these bites, I wasn’t intending for them to be a blog post since really I just layered chocolate, peanut butter and bananas in a muffin tin. But as soon as I took my first bite, I knew these had to be shared!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bites
Ingredients
- 1 banana sliced into 12 rounds
- 6 oz dark chocolate at least 70% cacao - also check to make sure it's gluten-free!
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
Instructions
- Line a mini muffin tin with 12 paper cups.
- In a bowl, melt chocolate in the microwave in 30 second increments, stirring in between, until completely melted.
- Add a little chocolate to the bottom of each cup so that the bottom of the cup is just covered.
- Then, add a banana slice on top of the chocolate.
- Spoon a heaping 1/2 teaspoon of peanut butter on top of each banana slice.
- Cover with remaining chocolate.
- Freeze for about 3 hours until set.
- Store in an airtight container in the freezer until ready to eat.
Megan, these are SO CUTE! I would have NEVER thought to put a slice of banana at the bottom of a peanut butter cup. These are genius! Can’t wait to try ๐