This is Jack – the “and” in Love and Lemons – and this is my first post. For awhile now, Jeanine has been mentioning that I should make some posts. But I didn’t want to tread on her writing territory, and I’m used to the “video gamer” view of the internet, where people are mean and petty. This “food blog internet” where people are sweet and polite is frighting and confusing to me.
As the one year anniversary of the blog has come and gone, my apprehension went from “what do I say” to “what do I make?” I can cook a few things, but I wanted my first post to be purposeful and appropriate to the site. We already posted my molten cakes, and fried chicken isn’t exactly a “love and lemons” dish, so what do I do?
We have a banana stand about two blocks from our house. On one of our more recent weekend walks, I brought up swinging by for a snack (as I do just about every time). That’s when Jeanine thought of it – I should make frozen bananas to celebrate the return of Arrested Development!
It’s perfect! This is the only series that Jeanine and I have watched twice. We still quote it all the time to each other, years after watching it. We even named our newest dog Annie partially after Ann (when Jeanine said she was getting me a puppy for Christmas, I saw the picture and said “her?”)
It turns out that this is pretty much the easiest thing to make. Freeze bananas. Melt chocolate. Dip the bananas in the chocolate. The chocolate magic-shells on the banana and it’s delicious.
I would be worried that sharing the ease of this method would put our local banana stand out of business, but, well, we all know there’s always money in the banana stand.
frozen chocolate bananas
- 6 bananas
- 8 ounces dark baking chocolate, chopped
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons agave syrup
- tiny pinch of salt
- toppings of your choice (crushed peanuts, shredded coconut, etc)
- Place popsicle sticks in half-bananas and freeze, preferably overnight.
- For the chocolate sauce: Simmer water in a small saucepan, place a glass bowl on top to create a double boiler (a bowl big enough so it doesn't touch the water in the pan). Add the chocolate, agave, coconut oil, and salt and stir continuously as it melts over the simmering water.
- Remove from heat, let it cool slightly and pour the chocolate into a mug.
- Dip each banana into the chocolate and sprinkle the toppings on quickly before the chocolate hardens.
welcome jack!
I love the frozen bananas! It’s bananas and I would like one now!
Haha, these are absolutely perfect for the celebration of Arrested Development returning! Happy so see you writing and creating on the blog! Looking forward to more…
Delicious recipe contribution. And I believe your dog’s name should be “Egg” or “Bland”, yes?
She’s Bell… err Annabelle… She’s the belle of the ball.
HA, yea we totally named her wrong…
Hi, Jack. Your post gave me a good chuckle. In honor of Arrested Development, I have to make these for my family!
Hello, Jack! Your post made me laugh out loud. It’s nice to hear your voice here and I’m glad Jeanine let you tread on her territory a bit 🙂 Also, frozen bananas = brilliant.
I love how healthy this “dessert” is! This sounds lovely!
Arrested Development is hilarious and these bananas looks awesome! Nice work on your first post! Keep it up! I love this blog!
Omg love chocolate bananas! Love the idea of adding the toppings! YUM!
Well done Jack! I am so excited for the return of Arrested Development. I know what I will be snacking on while I marathon through the new episodes!
Good start, hope to see you here more often 🙂
Hi Jack,
Thanks for posting. Frozen bananas are a favorite of mine. Greetings to you both from Maggie’s grandma in Ashalnd Oregon. Love the blog!
Kathy
Hi Jack! This is hilarious. My heart skipped a beat when I saw “Frozen Chocolate Bananas” come through the subject line on this email. This is a perfect idea for a group-viewing this Sunday! I can’t even count how many times I’ve watched seasons 1-3. This post has honestly made my day…all the way to the last sentence!
HAHA Loved this post! I can’t wait for this Sunday! Does your banana stand have a Mr. Manager too? 🙂
It’s manager… we just say manager. 🙂
Haha! My husband is also in the video game industry and says the same thing about being so surprised how lovely everyone is in the food blogging world. It’s a different animal.
We are so excited for Arrested Development! We have already begun a marathon of the past seasons just to gear up. So what if we have already watched the entire series two (okay…maybe three.) times all the way through?! Maybe we will make these frozen bananas before we sit down this weekend and plow through the whole thing. Oh, Netflix. You play a convenient and dangerous game. 🙂
That last sentence made me laugh! I am also excited about the return of Arrested Development and these banana pops look great 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Haha I can’t wait for the return of Arrested Development and will definitely need to make these for the viewing party!
Good to hear from the “and” on this blog! We love Arrested Development as well — it wouldn’t surprise me if we tore through the entire season this weekend 🙂
These look great! We also named our dog after an AD character, Kitty “Say good-bye to these” Sanchez, but most people think we’re just trying to be ironical by naming our dog “kitty”. It’s the diminutive of Katherine!!
Best. Dog. Name. Ever.
Welcome! I love chocolate bananas. My husband and I recently went to disneyland and in the hot sun craved the ones they were selling for a whopping
$5. We caved but as we were munching, I was shaking my head at how easy this would be at home. Definitely bookmarking this to keep a stash for the summer heat.
has anyone else made these without the toppings and noticed how they really look….phallic? .lol….thats all anyone saw when I posted my creations on instagram.