With a creamy almond butter filling these frozen, paleo chocolate covered banana bites make the perfect summertime treat! Ultra creamy and deliciously sweet, these banana bites come together with only 5 ingredients.
“I used Sun Butter to make these nut-free, and they turned out just as delicious. And BTW thank you for the super tip about freezing the sliced bananas first. Easy preparation and less mess.” - Laura
Filled with a creamy almond butter center and topped with melted chocolate, these frozen banana bites are a delicious way to indulge.
Though protein popsicles and frozen yogurt banana bites are fun ways to stay cool, the richness of this snack can't be beaten.
As a Certified Nutrition Coach, I make these frozen banana bites a lot for my kids. However, they can easily be made into a tasty protein snack for yourself too.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Allergy-friendly: Given the minimal ingredients, these paleo chocolate coated banana bites are dairy-free, gluten-free, paleo, and vegan.
No baking: The best kind of summer desserts require zero baking and keep you cool.
Bite-sized: Perfect for parties or a simple snack, these bites are pop-in-your-mouth size.
How To Make Frozen Paleo Chocolate Coated Banana Bites
Important Teaching Tips
Any nut or seed butter will work for the frozen chocolate-covered bananas. If you want to make them nut-free, use Sun Butter. However, you want fresh nut butter so that it smears easily.
To keep the chocolate coated bananas paleo, you need to use enjoy-life chocolate chips as they're dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and vegan.
You want ripe bananas for sweetness but not too ripe that they're mushy.
It can be hard to spread the almond butter filling on the bananas if they're super ripe. If this is the case, freeze the sliced bananas first (freeze them peeled but whole). Then, slice them from frozen and spread the nut butter.
Storing and Serving
Once the banana bites are made, store them in the freezer. However, wait until they are frozen completely before putting them in a bag or container so you don’t get chocolate everywhere.
To enjoy them, let them sit at room temperature for 2 minutes before enjoying them. They soften ever so slightly. I like to serve them with toothpicks to save sticky hands.
Variations
Get creative! After you dip the bananas in the melted chocolate you can decorate them however you like. I typically just use a flaked sea salt but here are some other ideas.
Chopped nuts: This adds a fun crunch. We love chopped pecans the most.
Sprinkles: Great for summer birthday parties!
Drizzle: Feeling fancy? Drizzle some dairy-free caramel sauce on top to serve at a party.
These are one of those recipes that makes for the perfect summer treat. If you need more ideas, here are some easy summer desserts to fall back on!
Making Them A Protein Snack
You can actually make these paleo chocolate covered bananas higher in protein by adding collagen powder to the almond butter filling.
Similar to these high protein almond butter cups, add 1 tablespoon of collagen powder to the filling (or follow the recipe for the filling in the butter cups).
Collagen helps give you the fuel you need to stay full and boost your protein intake.
FAQs
Yes, they do! When left out, the chocolate frozen banana bites go soft and make one hell of a mess. Since my girls don’t like biting into cold, we find that bringing them out 2-5 minutes before we’re eating them to be the best course of action.
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Frozen Paleo Chocolate Covered Banana Bites
Video
Equipment
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 3 bananas
- ⅓ cup almond butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tbs coconut oil
- ¾ cups chocolate chips mini
Instructions
- Slice your bananas and place half of them on a tray lined with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the vanilla and almond butter.
- Portion out the almond butter mixture onto the bananas and top each one with another banana to make a “sandwich”.
- Place in the freezer for a moment.
- In a small pot, heat the coconut oil and chocolate chips at low temperatures. Once mostly melted, remove from heat and stir to combine.
- Carefully, dip the banana sandwiches one at a time into the melted chocolate and place them back on the parchment paper.
- Freeze for thirty minutes or until you’re ready to enjoy it!
- Makes 23 banana bites (roughly)
Notes
Disclaimer:
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data"
Anonymous says
My family loved this!
Padma says
This has two of my favorites - banana and chocolate. Love it!
fitasamamabear says
You and me both!
Evie says
These were really nice! I added some chopped almonds to the top for an added crunch and protein kick. I will make these again!
fitasamamabear says
Ohh nice add on for crunch!
Hanna says
I am so happy I found this recipe because I ran out of recipes for my toddler already. Indeed it is easier to put almond butter on the banana when its frozen. Thank you, didn't know that. My toddler gave me 2 thumbs up!
fitasamamabear says
Haha they just devour snacks all day!
Roxy says
Perfect for summer, as we're experiencing intense heat right now! Love that it only needs 5 ingredients, so healthy and delicious! The kids cant get enough. Will try other variations next time.
fitasamamabear says
Ohh send that heat this way!
Laura says
I used Sun Butter to make these nut-free, and they turned out just as delicious. And BTW thank you for the super tip about freezing the sliced bananas first. Easy preparation and less mess.
fitasamamabear says
Sun butter is such a great alternative! And happy to help with the bananas, it makes it so much easier lol