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What happens when you grill a banana? Even better.. what happens when you stuff a banana with peanut butter and chocolate and THEN grill it? The answer is amazingness. Pure awesome. A great alternative to my formerly favorite fire-friendly dessert: s'mores. What I'm talking about is grilled banana boats.

These were so delicious they seemed to disappear right before our eyes!

Banana Boats are a super easy way to have a sweet treat after a bar-b-q or a day in the sun without spoiling your diet or health. It takes about 3 minutes of prep and 15 minutes of waiting while it grills. And by waiting I mean hanging out with your friends by the fire while the grill works its magic on the banana, peanut butter and chocolate combination.

Choose your bananas wisely: the more ripe the banana is, the sweeter the boat will be post grilling. I prefer a less ripened banana. The final product is less sweet and has a cake-like texture from the extra starch in the banana. Make sure to cook the bananas until the skins are blackened to get the best effect. That allows enough time for the sugars in the banana to caramelize.

Grilled Banana Boat Modifications

The boys added some coconut ice cream onto theirs. Banana Boat a-la-mode, if you will. Also delicious, so they tell me. 🙂

Here's the Banana pre-grill. Tips

If you don't like peanut butter, you can substitute with almond butter or any other nut butter

If you don't like chocolate chips, you can simply forego them or replace them with carob chips, nuts or seeds for some crunch.

The bananas would probably be really good just on their own without any toppings, too!

Grilled banana Boats Recipe

Ingredients

bananas, 1 per serving

peanut butter, i prefer chunky, 1-2 tbsp per banana

carob or chocolate chips, 1/2 tbsp per banana, home-made or enjoy-life brand(soy-free and dairy free) (optional)

Tools

Grill

Foil

Directions