Chocolate Covered Banana Pops

I make these during the summer for a quick treat. My children, although grown up, always look in the freezer for them.

Yield: 6 to 9 pops

Ingredients

• 3 ripe large bananas
• 9 wooden ice cream sticks or skewers
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped unsalted, roasted peanuts*

Instructions

1. Peel bananas; cut each into halves or thirds.
2. Insert wooden stick into each banana piece and place on wax paper covered baking sheet. Cover and freeze until firm.
3. In a double boiler over hot not boiling water, melt chocolate chips and shortening until smooth.
4. Remove bananas from freezer just before dipping.
5. Dip each piece into warm chocolate covering the banana completely, roll immediately into peanuts, covering the entire banana.
6. Return to freezer.
7. Serve frozen.

Notes

* You can also use toasted coconut or jimmies.

Attribution

Posted by Betty Boop50 at recipegoldmine.com

Photo credit: (c) Can Stock Photo / voltan