Red, White and Blue Banana Split Crepes

Submitted by Wildflour

"Why wait in the mile-long line at Dairy Queen in 90 degree heat, when you can make these easy, inexpensive treats at home! Just like a banana split, only better and with a fraction of the calories!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 4 prepared crepes, warmed
• 8 tablespoons sugar-free strawberry jam
• 2 bananas, peeled and sliced in half lengthwise
• 1 1⁄2 cups fresh blueberries, less if crepes are very small
• 8 fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 12 scoops sugar-free vanilla ice cream, use melon-baller
• 4 tablespoons sugar-free chocolate syrup, Hershey's
• 1 cup sugar-free Cool Whip, thawed
• 4 teaspoons graham cracker crumbs
• 4 fresh cherries, with stems, remove pits (or warn guests)
• 8 large blueberries
• mint leaf, sprigs optional garnish (optional)

directions

1. Prepare crepes, keep warm in low oven. *Frozen crepes can be used, follow package directions.
2. Slice bananas, hull and slice strawberries.
3. Carefully spread each crepe to edge with 2 Tbl. s/f strawberry all-fruit spread. *If difficult to spread, remove lid from jar and warm in microwave for 5 seconds at a time to soften, stirring after each time, until of easy spreading consistency.
4. Place one banana slice down center of each crepe.
5. Top each with blueberries and sliced strawberries.
6. Carefully roll up (or fold over sides), and place onto plates seam-side down.
7. Using a melon-baller (or mini ice cream scoop, or small spoon), top each with 3 mini "scoops" of s/f vanilla ice cream.
8. Drizzle each with s/f chocolate syrup.
9. Top each with a 1/4 cup s/f Cool Whip.
10. Top each with a fresh cherry and 2 large blueberries.
11. Sprinkle each with graham cracker crumbs.
12. Garnish with mint leaf sprigs if desired.
13. Serve immediately.
14. Serves 2-4.
15. *Remember to warn people of the cherry pits!
16. **Tip: Ice cream scoops/balls come out of utensil easily if utensil is dipped into a glass of hot water between each scoop. Scoops/balls can also be made ahead of time and placed in a bowl or on a lined cookie sheet, and placed into the freezer until needed.

Reviews

[Steve P.]

This was simple quick and easy to put together. Personally I prefer it without the bananas, in which case I would replace them with strwaberries. But that's just personal preference. in any case I would make this again.