Almond Chocolate Frozen Banana

Almond chocolate frozen banana is simple and easy dessert. It’s healthier popsicle alternative. And also perfect for kids.

Making Almond chocolate frozen banana recall me to my childhood memories, more precisely at elementary school. There is a stall seller that sell this dessert at my school. During break time I quite often bought this chocolate frozen banana.

Making this dessert is quite simple. The stall seller inserts popsicle sticks or skewers into the middle of each banana. And then coat it with chocolate sauce. It’s like eating banana popsicle but in original form.

In Indonesia we call it “Piscok” or “pisang coklat“. Pisang means banana and coklat means chocolate. Actually, the original recipe only frozen banana and chocolate sauce on the outside. But to give a more interesting texture and flavor, I add toasted crushed almonds on the chocolate shell. It’s more delicious.

Using frozen banana, is it still healthy?

Popular as a fruit for daily diet, bananas are an excellent source of nutrition for your body. Potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, magnesium, copper, and manganese are crucial vitamins and minerals that bananas offer.

Flash freezing bananas can hold the nutrients. A constant temperature of 0 °F (-17.8 °C) keeps the nutrients in the banana. The bananas will be saved for 2-3 months if you do that. To make it safe, checking the frozen banana is a must before you consume it. If they’re soft and oozing, it means they’re probably spoiled, especially if their insides are dark.

How do I know if Frozen Bananas are Bad?

To freeze bananas, you have to identify the ripe bananas. The ripe bananas are still good when it becomes frozen. You need to pay attention to is whether the bananas that you purchased good or not.

There are ways to determine the banana becomes rot or bad. First, check the mold on bananas. It typically starts forming at the tip of the fruit (opposite the stem-side). Second, you can see the slimy liquid forming in the banana.

If the banana has those signs, you have to throw away the bananas. The clues are the sign that the banana contains risk microbes. Then, the freezing process will not kill those harmful microorganisms. So, it is better to freeze bananas before it turns to rot.

How to Make Almond Chocolate Frozen Banana

First of all, make sure the ingredient you need is in the kitchen. The ingredients are peeled small bananas, milk chocolate couverture, and
sliced almonds.

To make this dessert you can modify as you like. You may change the chocolate sauce with any sweet sauce you like. Oh and also you can change the almonds with another nuts or sprinkles.

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Stick a banana into a skewer, then freeze the banana at least for 4 hours.

In a pan toast sliced almonds at low heat until golden brown. Set aside and crush the almonds to tiny pieces.

Chopped milk chocolate couverture and put in to a bowl.

After the bananas is frozen, bain marie the chocolate until all melted, then put into a glass.

Dip the frozen banana to a melted chocolate until fully covered.

Coat the banana with crushed almonds immediately before the chocolate hardened.

Almond Chocolate Frozen Banana is ready to serve.

Recipe Notes :

• Make sure your bananas are frozen. It’s a simple tip, but you want your bananas nice and frozen before dipping.
• For this recipe, I use a small banana that widely sold in Indonesia. But if you can’t find any in your area, you can use regular bananas and cut them in half.
• Dip banana when it is still frozen. The bananas will soften quickly after coming out from the freezer. So, try to do this step as fast as possible.
• Express your sprinkle with your preference. You may change the almond if you want it.
• It is better to peel bananas before you freeze them. Leaving the peels intact will diminish the quality of your bananas. Also, it makes the peels very difficult to remove.
• You can separate bananas with aluminum foil, wax sheets, or oil paper. It is to avoid banana freeze together in one big clump,
• If you want to save even more time and hassle, consider flash freezing your whole bananas.

I hope you enjoy this almond chocolate frozen banana as I do. Also, you can give us feedback by giving the rating and comment below. Let me know how it works 😁

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