Banana Split Lollies Recipes

BANANA SPLIT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, banana, sour cream and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in the chocolate chips, walnuts and dried cherries., Place dough in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a 3/4-in. hole in one corner of bag. Pipe 2-in. strips about 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 375° until lightly browned, 6-8 minutes. Remove to wire racks., In a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Pipe three mounds over each cookie., For glaze, in a small saucepan, combine butter and chocolate. Cook and stir over low heat until smooth. Remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough water to achieve a drizzling consistency. Drizzle over tops; sprinkle with candied cherries and walnuts.

BANANA SPLIT BITES

Steps:

• To make a batch, peel 2 overripe bananas and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Melt 4 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate with 1 tablespoon shortening or coconut oil in the microwave. Cut the bananas into pieces and drop into the melted chocolate to cover; remove with a fork. Place on a plate and immediately sprinkle with chopped peanuts and top with a maraschino cherry; freeze 30 more minutes.

ALL-AMERICAN BANANA SPLIT

Steps:

• Place banana in a dessert dish; place scoops of ice cream between banana. Top with remaining ingredients. Serve immediately.

BANANA SPLIT BROWNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a microwave, melt chocolate and butter; stir until smooth., In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar on high speed 10 minutes. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Gradually stir in flour. Fold in cherries. Spread into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan., For topping, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in mashed banana and preserves. Add egg; beat on low speed just until blended. Spread over brownie batter; sprinkle with peanuts., Bake until topping is set and a toothpick inserted in brownie portion comes out mostly clean, 40-45 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack., Cut into bars. If desired, serve bars topped with banana slices and additional cherries. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

BANANA SPLIT LOLLIES

Steps:

• Blitz the yogurt, bananas, honey and vanilla together in a food processor or blender until smooth. Divide the mixture between lolly moulds, then freeze overnight until solid.
• The next day, line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring until completely smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 mins. Arrange the lollies in a single layer on the baking sheet, then drizzle over the melted chocolate and sprinkle with the cereal. Return to the freezer for 5 mins until the chocolate has set, then serve. Will keep frozen for up to a month.

FROZEN BANANA LOLLIES

Steps:

• Peel the bananas and trim off the very ends if you'd like them neater. Then chop them each into 4 equal-sized chunks. Thread a strawberry onto each lolly stick first, then push on the pieces of banana.
• When all your banana pops are made lay them on a baking tray and put in the freezer, uncovered, for 1 hr.
• Put the yogurt into a tall glass or jug then dip each banana pop into the yogurt to coat (avoiding the strawberries), then place back onto the tray to refreeze until set.
• Melt the chocolate in the microwave in 30 second bursts (stirring after each blast) then pour into a mug. Dip the end piece of each banana pop in the chocolate then sprinkle over the hundreds and thousands.
• The chocolate should set pretty much instantaneously, but you can keep them in the freezer until you want to serve them for up to 1 week.

BANANA SPLIT SANDWICH

Steps:

• Spread peanut butter on a side of 1 piece of bread. Top with marshmallows and chocolate chips. Lay banana slices on top.
• Spread strawberry preserves on 1 side of the other piece of bread. Assemble sandwich.
• Spray a skillet with cooking spray and cook sandwich over medium heat until browned on both sides and marshmallows are beginning to melt, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

BANANA SPLIT DESSERT

Steps:

• In a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan stir together graham cracker crumbs, 3 tablespoons of the sugar and butter. Press firmly into bottom of pan.
• In large mixing bowl beat cream cheese and remaining sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread evenly over crumb crust.
• Slice bananas and place on top of cheese mixture. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup.
• Spoon drained pineapple over bananas. Spread Cool Whip over top. Sprinkle with pecans and cherries. Drizzle with remaining chocolate syrup.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.

TRADITIONAL BANANA SPLIT

Steps:

• Line up ice cream scoops next to each other in an oval deep dish or a banana boat.
• Cut the ends of the banana off (about 1/4 inch) while still in the peel.
• Slice in half longways.
• Pop each half of the banana out of the peel onto each side of the ice cream row, pressing down and in a little so it'll stay put.
• Top the vanilla ice cream with the pineapple, the chocolate with the chocolate syrup and the strawberry with the strawberry sauce.
• Spoon the wet walnuts over all three scoops of ice cream.
• Top each scoop with some whipped cream and a cherry for each.
• Enjoy!