Banana Chocolate Bars
A decadent dessert you won't feel guilty about serving!
Servings 32 servings
Calories 168kcal
Ingredients
- For the Bars
- 1 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 ripe bananas mashed (1 cup)
- ¼ cup butter softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup Kellogg's All Bran Cereal
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted
- ¾ cup chopped walnuts plus a few more to garnish
- For the Frosting
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a 9x13 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, egg, sugar and mashed bananas.
- Mix in All-Bran Cereal and then melted chocolate.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon into the wet mixture.
- Add milk. Mix to combine.
- Fold in walnuts.
- Spread into prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan.
- To prepare the frosting: Melt butter and chocolate chips together, stir in powdered sugar, milk, salt and vanilla.
- Spread frosting on cooled bars.
- Cut into 32 squares.
Notes
- As mentioned, swapping out some of the AP flour for whole wheat flour is doable. It will even increase the "healthiness" of the banana bar recipe.
- Don't like walnuts? Use pecan or peanuts, or leave them out entirely.
- Use milk chocolate chips, or use bittersweet chocolate if you love that dark chocolate like I do!
- Frost them with a cream cheese frosting or a peanut butter frosting for something different.
Nutrition
Calories: 168kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 119mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 126IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg