Mexican Banana Icecream
If any of you watch Jeff Dunham, you know of Jose, the Jalapenjo on a stick. His voice is stuck in my head as I make these. “kh-ellloo…I am kh-0se, kh-alapenjo…on a stick” If you don’t, you HAVE to click here to watch. You just have to see it. I said you have to.
If you don’t I will find you and tickle you with a feather till you pee, or die, whichever comes first.
So…basically… when your mother in-law comes over and launches a bunch of bananas on your counter do u make A) smoothies B) bananas foster C) Banana Icecream (please pretend you didn’t read the title of this post…haha). If you know me, you know I love any frozen yummy wummy thing. This is easy peezy breezy, fast, very healthy and yummy alternative to icecream. It’s lactose free, gluten free (if u dont include the tortilla chips), and very low in calories. Totally guilt free(but I never feel guilty about eating.lol).
Use some bamboo skewers and run it carefully thru the banana.
Now at this step, you can either freeze the bananas first (at least an hour, but not too long because they become really hard), and then move on to the next step (chocolate), or, you can do the next step and then freeze. I like to freeze first then dip in chocolate (so you can actually taste the chocolate).
This is a case where double dipping is not only allowed, but encouraged! 
Melt and temper some chocolate and add some chilipowder, some cinnamon, some nutmeg, some black pepper and some smoked paprika. Sweet and spicy!
I LOVE eating these straight off the stick, but that day, i had company coming, and wanted to serve in a plate, so I improvised a way to keep the chocolate from going everywhere before I slipped the banana off into a plate.
The final touch, some cruched tortilla chips. Perfect touch of salt and crunch!
They were gobbled up too fast for me to take a final pic, but believe me, this is a crowd pleaser, and totally kid friendly, and easy for them to make.
Bananas freeze amazingly well and end up having a texture like icecream. You HAVE to try this!
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 10:35 pm)
maybe avocados? that would be a good one to try next.
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 2:33 am)
hmm.such a fun idea! i wonder what other fruits freeze to feel like icecream.
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 9:57 am)
Great, I will do that for my sons birthday!
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 5:10 pm)
Wow interesting recipe, I'll have to try this :]
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 5:46 am)
Place bananas in freezer and freeze overnight. Remove bananas from freezer and allow to thaw for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Peel bananas and place in bowl of food processor along with the lemon juice.
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 5:07 pm)
i'm assuming the lemon juice is to prevent browning of the bananas?
(On Jun 22nd, 2010 at 1:01 am)
Absolutely gorgeous! Love it!