I’ve been totally slacking on the banana usage in our house. It’s true, and so sad.
See here’s the thing: I normally make smoothies all the livelong day with bananas and am a happy camper. BUT I’ve been eating eggs with various mix-ins and whole wheat toast for breakfast every day to appease my gestational diabetes. I miss my smoothies. And I miss my bananas.
T-minus 3 weeks (ish) until they re-enter my world again!
Hold the phone…why was I telling you that story again?
OH! Because now I constantly have a couple of crazy-ripe bananas sitting on my countertop waiting to be eaten and sadly it’s no can do for now. But this weekend I had to change that because…well, because my freezer is packed to the brim with frozen bananas and there’s no way I’m throwing away perfectly good food. So I made a spread…a spread that you spread on anything your heart desires. One that will surely blow your mind with its simplicity, with its creaminess, and with its complex flavors.
And did I mention that it only has 4 ingredients? Yeah, that’s right…4. Get excited!
CREAMY BANANA CHOCOLATE SPREAD
- 2 very ripe bananas (they should look like the ones in the first photo or maybe even more black)
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 heaping Tbsp peanut butter
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar OR 10-12 drops liquid Stevia
- pinch of sea salt
Using a food processor (I used our mini one and it was perfect) combine all ingredients and pulse until all of the banana chunks are incorporated. Then process fully until everything is whipped into oblivion, smooth and creamy. Spread on toast, bagels, pancakes, waffles, sandwiches, whatever you want!
In other news, I think I’m going to (GASP!) stop watching Glee. Well, maybe at the end of the season…I feel so invested now in needing to know what happens when they all graduate! After that, though? No mas. I need to be real here: the only reason I watch it now is to get ready for New Girl to come on. Who’s with me?!
Ok so- I must admit that I was slightly nervous about this tasting more banana-y than chocolatey… I just made it and I was totally wrong. Simplest recipe ever, yielding such delicious results!! AND it worked in my blender, since I don’t own a food processor! I didn’t add any sugar, either, and the sweetness was good enough for me. (I like my chocolate dark, though.) Thanks again!
I had gestational diabetes as well and limiting my fruit was one of the hardest parts! It is literally cured the second the placenta is delivered though! Lets just say i had lots of goodies brought to me in the hospital! My carb overload kept a couple baby pounds on for a week or two longer than I would have liked but it was sooo worth it 🙂
I’m with you! This spread looks amazing. And New Girl is totally hilarious. I love Schmidt. “Has anyone seen my sharkskin laptop sleeve?”
bahahaha – i love it! schmidt is starting to become my favorite part of the show!
What a great idea 🙂
Yum! Looks delicious, Heather!
Yum! I have tried blending just a frozen banana to make “ice cream” and LOVE it. This looks like another great recipe to have in my arsenal for those old bananas.
ps- what is the mysterious red disk in your first picture? I think I stared at it for five minutes trying to figure it out…
it’s the tablecloth showing through the hole in my cutting board – nothing fun or cool 🙂
ohhhhhhhhhh! too funny!
MMMM… this looks similar to a vegan PB-chocolate fudge recipe I’ve been wanting to make, but haven’t had coconut butter. I have everything for this… forget the fudge, a spoon would probably be good for this stuff!
Wonderful. Any use for those not so pretty bananas is great. Pretty blog. This is my first time here.
Ooo it looks so good! Maybe a good substitute for nutella huh??
it’s definitely not going to completely sub for nutella but it’ll fix the creamy chocolate-y craving if you have one!
I do something similar to this but with PB2 so it can be a bit thinner…LOVE it!
Recipes like this make me wish I liked bananas. I’m convinced I will someday.
Sounds wonderful. I’m going to try this. I want the recipe for the smoothies also 🙂 love all your stuff!!
YUM!! But how long will this keep?
Mmm I want this to spread on everything!
that looks AMAZING. I would probably smother it on a real banana. Is that weird?
I make something just like this All. The. Time. (minus the brown sugar and salt). So. Darn. Tasty.
I know you must be SO ready for your eating to get back to normal…and of course, ready to meet that sweet little guy! 😉
Whoa. I need this in my life!
Gosh dang it I wish I liked bananas because that looks incredible!
It physically hurts me to say this–but I’m with you on the Glee thing. I was OBSESSED before. I downloaded all the songs. I went to the tour. Lately, though, I feel like the storylines have been ridiculous. And totally agree about New Girl–that show is fantastic!!
Ay dios mio! This spread looks heavenly. On a Glee related note, I used to watch it religiously. That was my one “trashy” show and boy, did I get sucked in. But then I stopped and I’m not really sure why.
This is definitely something I’d never think of on my own – but sounds like it’s begging to be added to oatmeal – or on another banana! 🙂