Bananas, Cookie Butter, And Chocolate Are All You Need For This Crave-Worthy Treat

Bananas are an affordable, versatile fruit you can use to make a colorful variety of delicious snacks and treats. While you can certainly use two common pantry staples and your grill to make bananas taste like candy, you can also transform this tropical fruit into a fun, freezer-friendly treat with only cookie butter and melted chocolate. Frozen banana bark with cookie butter and chocolate is easy and straightforward. Start by gathering the ingredients you'll need. Besides using your preferred brand of cookie butter (a type of sweet spread), feel free to use either dark, milk, or semi-sweet chocolate and make sure the bananas you choose are firm and not overly ripe.

From here, slice the bananas and arrange them on a parchment-lined baking sheet in a rectangular shape with their sides touching. Lather on an even layer of cookie butter, then place the baking sheet in the freezer for 30 minutes. Lastly, pour on the melted chocolate and freeze your fully prepared banana bark until hardened before enjoying.

To level up this chilly treat, feel free to sprinkle some cinnamon onto the sliced bananas after topping them with cookie butter. After all, bananas are 10 times more flavorful when paired with cinnamon. Even better, once you spread on the melted chocolate, top the banana bark with a good amount of flaky sea salt for a solid balance of sweet and salty. You can also add some crushed Lotus Biscoff cookies for additional texture.

When it comes to simplifying the preparation process, consider adding your preferred amount of cookie butter to a separate bowl and melting it slightly in the microwave. This way you can pour the cookie butter over the sliced bananas and use a spatula to spread it evenly across the surface without any mishaps. This tip applies to your chocolate layer as well. Make sure the chocolate is sufficiently melted so you can pour it on quickly before freezing the banana bark one last time.

If you're worried about the banana bark becoming too hard in the freezer, consider mixing a tiny amount of coconut oil into the chocolate before pouring it onto the cookie butter-lathered bananas. Coconut oil helps melted chocolate firm up faster in the freezer and gives the resulting banana bark a softer, more enjoyable bite from the added fat.     

If you love the taste of cookie butter banana bark but want to experiment more in the kitchen, try changing the way you serve this tasty treat. Instead of making a breakable chocolate bark, spread thin layers of cookie butter between two banana slices to make mini banana sandwiches. Once these two-bite treats harden in the freezer, dip them in melted chocolate and top them with a bit of salt before freezing them again.