Peanut Butter Banana Bon Bons

After a long day, and weeks of salads (an attempt at restoring my insides to sanity after all the crap I'd consumed on the road) I came back to my temporary home desperate for something sweet.  There's goddamn nothing in this kitchen.  But I knew that wasn't true.  There's always something, I just wasn't in the mood to have to think or invent.  But it turns out that wasn't true either.  All it took was spotting that jar of peanut butter which was next to the bananas which was next to the coconut flakes that got me really excited about the dessert my mouth was about to meet.  Dudes, this is my favorite new treat.  And pretty healthy to boot!  NOT TO MENTION SO EASY A CHILD COULD DO IT.  Seriously.  

INGREDIENTS:

Bananas

Peanut Butter

Vegan chocolate chips

Coconut oil

Agave

Vanilla extract

And if you've got 'em, coconut flakes.  

DIRECTIONS:

Cut the bananas into 1/4" slices, spread a healthy amount of peanut butter on one side, then sandwich together like this and place little sammies on some parchment paper, 'cause shit's about to get mess-ay:

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Meanwhile, in a saucepan over low heat, add the chocolate chips (about half a bag), 2 tablespoons of coconut oil, a small splash of vanilla extract, and a three second squeeze of agave.  I like to do it this way and taste as I go.  Too thick?  Add a tad more coconut oil.  Too watery?  More choco-chips!  Get it so it suits your buds...  Thickness should be just less than that of honey.  

Take the chocolate mixture and pour VERY LIBERALLY all over the 'nanner sammies so that they are completely covered.  Stick one coconut flake on top of each bite sized goody and then transfer to freezer. Set a timer for twenty minutes and check one.  They shouldn't be totally frozen as you want them to have that ice cream softness so they taste just like banana peanut butter coconut flavored klondike bars. Remember those?  Took me ten minutes.  I know you have ten minutes.  And I'd bet you have peanut butter.  

UPDATE:  Want a super easy "how-to-get-a-perfectly-dipped-nanner-sammich?"  You do?! First, get a piece of styrofoam.  Next, hold on to this guy and store with your other baking equipment.  Why?  Because styrofoam is TERRIBLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, and you should not make a habit of using it.  In fact, if you know of any other materials that poke easily, PLEASE let me know : )  Where were we?  Oh yeah...once you make the peanut butter and banana sandwich: next stick it gently with a toothpick.  Transfer your chocolate from the sauce pan to a small cup so as to create a kind of swimming pool of chocolate with some depth. Take the toothpick and fully submerge pea-nana (peanut butter/banana) in the chocolate, swirl until excess dripping stops, then turn over and push open end of toothpick into the styrofoam.  Repeat until finished, then gently put the whole styrofoam board into fridge for easy, mess free storage while the dessert hardens.