Before I became a member of Club Mom, I had no idea how much time I would spend obsessing over school lunches and after school snacks. Along with how hard it is to cut tiny fingernails and how accustom to contact with bodily fluids you become, these are things not mentioned in those baby books. Heads up kids, there is a LOT they don’t mention in the baby books.
My little lady is a constant mover, more interested in sports than food at this point. She’s tiny and needs bites that are both nutrient and calorie dense to keep meat on her tiny bones. I started to make these because they’re portable, fruit filled, and just enough chocolate to get her interested.
You can also make them with cinnamon chips, yogurt chips or peanut butter chips. It all works out about the same. Just slice the banana into 1/2 inch slices, add a toothpick, melt the chips in a microwave safe bowl, dip, add to a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and freeze. Once they’re frozen you can add them all to a large zip lock bag.
Couldn’t be easier.
And while I’m at it, California Strawberries is doing a fun Build a Better Lunch Box campaign and giving away these adorable lunch boxes. Cute, right? Enter the giveaway here.
Ingredients
- 1 large banana, ripe but firm
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips (or peanut butter chips, or yogurt chips)
- 12 toothpicks
Instructions
- Slice the banana into 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick slices.
- Skewer with a toothpick.
- Add the chips to a microwave safe bowl.
- Microwave on high for 20 seconds, stir and repeat until melted.
- One at a time, dip the banana bites into the melted chips, place on a baking sheet that has been covered with parchment paper.
- Freeze.
- Serve frozen.
They’re so cute. I need like 3 dozen 🙂
These are adorable!
These pops are so fun!
I am done with school, but I can always make these for my younger siblings or you know, me! The are so cute and banana’s and chocolate a match made in heaven!
I pinned these earlier today because they are so dang cute!!
LOVE these, such a cute idea for the kiddos
These look so simple and easy! I’m not a kid, but I could see myself making and eating these! 🙂
My oldest is heading to Kindergarten in the fall (gasp! and also *sniff*) and I’m about to start obsessing over snacks such as these. Love them!
We aren’t to the point yet where I have to worry about school lunches and after school snacks but once we are I am all over these. And confession, I didn’t even buy one baby book. I just figured I would go with the flow and there are sooooo many different books. So many theories. One would work for someone and not for another. People have been raising babies for a long time without books. 🙂
So cute! I could snack on this all day man. Plus, I always have bananas on my counter just waiting to be used up.
Oh Hi…. um can I please come over for afternoon snacks?! Say 4? xo
Hi where did you find the skewers from?
I got them from Cost Plus World Market. Every time I’m there I stock up on Skewers!
Hi, we don’t have Cost Plus Market here in Jersey as far as I know. Could you tell me what brand they are? Thanks!
The brand is Cost Plus World Market. You can probably find similar ones on Amazon
What a great idea! Delicious and cute!
Cool idea!
After school snack? I think this an after the pool snack! Cute and fun. I am gonna make these for my niece and nephews. ; )
Hi, will the bananas brown? Or should I mix in some lemon juice?