These chocolate covered hand-dipped banana bites might be one of my favorite little frozen treats ever! I fell in love with chocolate covered frozen bananas as a kid - but I much prefer the chocolate-banana ratio of these yummy little slices. Since I spend my life playing around with recipes and trying to simplify recipes that I make to make things faster, easier, and cleaner. These hand-dipped banana bites remove some of the mess from cleanup, since you can just dip them by hand. (Yes, it's a bit cold on your fingers, sorry! Maybe grab someone to share the chocolate dipping with so your fingers don't freeze.) If you prefer to dip with forks, I still have my
original banana bites recipe here. Enjoy!
Don't mind the missing slices - they were lost to quality control. These were dipped in milk and semi-sweet chocolate. Yum!
Dipped in a caramel and dark chocolate, these were popped out for a sweet treat.
Chocolate Hand-Dipped Banana Bites
You can make as much as you like, but I find 2-3 bananas per 10"x12" tray work well.
Use a small metal baking sheet for your banana bites. Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
Slice up in ½” slices and lay on parchment paper:
2-3 nice, ripe yellow banana (not the overripe, spotted brown ones)
Pop that into the freezer, and allow to freeze completely (1-2 hrs at least, but you can leave it overnight). I've forgotten I froze the banana slices and left them several days before - no problem!
Use two types of chocolate for dipping.
In two microwave safe bowls place:
1/2 cup dark, semi-sweet, milk chocolate, caramel, OR white chocolate chips
1/2 - 3/4 tsp oil
Heat each bowl of chocolate at 50% power in the microwave for 60 seconds, stir, and then another 20-30 second increments until melted, stirring each time.
Work quickly with the frozen banana. If you feel like they're softening, return them to the freezer for 5 minutes to chill.
Remove the frozen banana slices from the freezer. You’ll want to use your fingers to pull them off the parchment paper, since they’ll stick a little.
Dip each banana halfway in one type of chocolate, returning to the frozen parchment-lined pan immediately after dipping.
Bananas dipped halfway in a delicious caramel chocolate. Ready to dip the other side! We think they look like little creatures dipped like this. hehe.
It's best to work quickly - or pop the bananas back in the freezer for 10 minutes before dipping the other side. Repeat, dipping each banana slice halfway in the second type of chocolate.
Dipped in a dark chocolate on the second side.
A delicious combo of milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate for these banana slices. Yum!
The chocolate hardens quickly, so you can eat right away, or store in the freezer for later. For storing, make sure you put the frozen dipped banana bites in a Tupperware or Ziploc in the freezer to retain the best taste. Perfect for summer!!!
A few bites for each person, ready to serve!
Extra chocolate?! No problem! Put those frozen cookies to good use and dip them in the extra melted chocolate. Dipped some triple chocolate cookies in a caramel chocolate. Scrumptious!
**I love using Callebaut chocolate chips for dipping. They are a high quality chocolate and they give you the fluidity of the chocolate, which is helpful. A 3/5 or 4/5 fluidity is the easier to work with for these. Their caramel chocolate is divine!**
Chocolate Hand-Dipped Banana Bites Recipe by Successfully Gluten Free!
