Sweet Banana Dollars

Submitted by WI Cheesehead

"From Baby Let's Eat! These are frozen snacks/treats."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Yields: 20 dollars

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup plain yogurt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 1 cup ground pecans or 1 cup ground almonds
• 1⁄2 lb unsweetened flaked coconut
• 2 ripe bananas, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch thick rounds

directions

1. In a small mixing bowl, blend together the yogurt and almond extract. Set aside.
2. Place the ground nuts and shredded coconut in separate shallow bowls.
3. One at a time dip the banana slices into the yogurt, then roll them in either nuts or coconut.
4. Place slices in a pan, cover, and freeze for at least 10 minutes before serving. If not eating immediately, transfer to plastic bags and keep in the freezer.

Reviews

[Stephanie Y.]

These were really good-especially the coconut ones! I used sweetened coconut, because it is what I had on hand, and I think that I will always make it that way. I only used about 2-3 oz. of the coconut and less than 1/2 of the ground nuts. I really wanted to dunk half of the banana dollars with nuts in chocolate- maybe next time. This would be a fun recipe to get the kids involved with.

 

[Mami J]

My kids enjoyed these very much. I used a vanilla yogurt and drizzled a bit of melted chocolate on them to make the look prettier. I did toast the coconut first, just a personal preference. I wish I had a pic to post, but I didn't have my camera with me. I will make them again! Thank you for posting!

 

[Kim127]

Great healthy snack! I used lime yogurt so I didn't use the almond extract. Worked like a charm. Simple and easy. We enjoyed them better totally frozen, it was like eating ice cream. I used ground almonds which DH liked best, but I liked the coconut better.

 

[twissis]

What a great idea & such an easy quick-fix treat to put together & store for ready use! I used vanilla flavored yogurt because I had it on hand & skipped the almond extract. I made your versions using pecans for the nuts + a 3rd version using chopped choc sprinkles. I do not have little ones around, but these are tasty, pretty & satisfied my DH & his sweet-tooth w/o a sinful indulgence. He had to have 1 of each as a serving. :-)

 

[CrazyKat]

I though these had a great start to them. I forgot to add the almond extract which might have been my downfall. I found these didn't have a ton of flavor (again it might have been the almond extract I left out). I did half with coconut the other half with ground almonds. I think maybe next time I will try it with a flavored yogurt. Perhaps some lemon yogurt would go nicely. I did like the idea and I will test some things out. Thank you!