Chocolate Peanut Butter Covered Frozen Banana Pops

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Covered Frozen Banana Pops

Chocolate peanut butter covered frozen banana pops are a great summer treat that are gluten-free and dairy-free and only FIVE ingredients! Frozen bananas get dipped in creamy peanut butter, and then rich chocolate and topped with roasted salted peanuts for a creamy, sweet treat. They're seriously addictive, but a fun dessert to have on warm days. Kids will love dipping the bananas in the peanut butter and chocolate, too!

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Prep Time 15

Resting Time 2

Total Time 2 15

Servings banana pops

Ingredients

▢ 4 bananas - cut in half
▢ 3/4 cup peanut butter - divided
▢ 2 tbsp coconut oil - divided
▢ 3/4 cup chocolate chips - dairy-free if need be
▢ 1/4 cup salted roasted peanuts - chopped

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Instructions

Cut bananas in half horizontally. Stick a popsicle stick into the end of each banana half. Freeze on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper for at least an hour.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt 1/2 cup of the peanut butter with 1 tablespoon of the coconut oil in 30 second increments, until melted completely. Stir to combine.
Dip or spoon the peanut butter mixture over the bananas. Place back on the parchment paper and freeze for 20-30 minutes.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips, the remaining 1/4 cup of peanut butter and remaining 1 tablespoon of coconut oil in 30 second increments, stirring in between, being sure not to burn the chocolate.
It should take about a minute total. Dip the bananas in the chocolate mixture, tapping off the excess chocolate.
Immediately sprinkle chopped roasted salted peanuts over the chocolate covered bananas before the chocolate hardens. Place back on the baking sheet and freeze for 20-30 minutes. Serve.

Notes

Make sure your bananas are completely frozen before dipping in the peanut butter mixture. The frozen banana will help the peanut butter firm up quickly.
Coconut oil is used to thin out the peanut butter and chocolate mixtures, but also because it is solid at room temperature so it will help create a solid coating around the banana.
There's a trick to getting a flawless chocolate coating on your bananas. Place the chocolate mixture in a narrow glass and dip the bananas in the glass. If you use too wide of a glass or bowl, the chocolate won't be high enough to get a good dip for the bananas.
Wooden popsicle sticks are used in this recipe to make our banana pops, but you can also use skinnier lollipop sticks which you find at a craft store. If you don't want to use sticks at all, that's okay, too! You'll still have delicious frozen bananas.
If for any reason you have leftover peanut butter mixture after dipping the bananas, add it in with the chocolate chips to use it up!

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