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These sweet pieces of frozen fruit encased in a chocolate shell are the perfect after-school snack your kids will love! I’ll show you how to make them with simple and healthy ingredients.
Healthier Banana Split Bites
Ditch the chocolate cookies, ice cream, and whipped toppings. Most are full of unidentifiable ingredients and very little nutrition. These banana split bites have all the delicious flavors you get from a banana split in a healthier and bite-size form!
Each serving is skewered through a popsicle stick -a kid favorite- and it makes it portable and the perfect treat for your kids’ lunchbox. And if you are anything like me, you are usually taking a bite (or two) of the afternoon treats along with your kids. This is one MOMtreat you won’t feel guilty about eating!
Yes, haven’t you heard? There are health benefits of eating chocolate (in moderation). Another bonus to the great taste of these sweet treats is that they are low-carbohydrate (diabetic-friendly).
What You Need
You can get that classic “ice cream feel” we all love from banana split with a few simple and healthy ingredients. Here’s what you need:
- Pineapple: cut into 1-inch pieces.
- Banana: not too ripe, cut into bite-sized pieces.
- Strawberries: cut in half.
- Popsicle sticks: to assemble the fruit kabobs.
- Dark chocolate: to cover the fruit.
- Coconut oil: helps the chocolate to get a smooth, glossy consistency.
- Chopped nuts or coconut: optional for extra flavor, nutrition and crunchiness.
You’ll find the measurements in the recipe card below.
How to Make a Banana Split on a Stick
With this recipe, make banana split bites on a stick and enjoy a healthy treat you and your kids will always want to have on hand! Plus, you can forget all the mess of a real banana split!
- Prep the fruit
Cut fruit and assemble into stacks. - Assemble
Press a popsicle stick through the fruit and freeze until solid. - Melt the chocolate
Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt the chocolate along with the coconut oil on the stove-top or in the microwave, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Once completely melted, remove the frozen fruit from the freezer. - Dip!
Dip the fruit in the chocolate, let the excess drip off and then place on the sheet to harden. - More toppings
If desired, dip the chocolate-covered side immediately in chopped nuts or coconut before placing them on the sheet to harden. - Freeze
Once the chocolate is completely hardened, remove the banana split bites from the sheet and place in an airtight container to store in the freezer until ready to serve.
Check out how easy they are to make:
How to Pack Banana Split Bites in a Lunchbox
Freeze the banana split bites overnight, and place them in the lunch container in the morning directly on an ice pack for a perfect lunchbox treat. They will have thawed a little bit by lunchtime, which is exactly how they’re enjoyed best!
You can stick the entire lunch container in the freezer and pull it out right before heading out to after-school activities or weekend soccer games.
I prefer stainless steel containers since they are better temperature conductors, but any lunch box will work!
Banana Split Bites
Ingredients
- 12 pieces pineapple, 1 inch each
- 1 banana cut into bite-sized pieces, make sure your bananas aren’t too ripe
- 6 medium sized strawberries, cut in half
- 2.5 oz dark chocolate
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- Chopped nuts or coconut, optional
Instructions
- Cut fruit and assemble into stacks.
- Press a popsicle stick through the fruit and freeze until solid, about 2 hours.
- Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Melt the chocolate along with the coconut oil on the stove-top or in the microwave, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Once completely melted, remove the frozen fruit from the freezer.
- Dip the fruit in the chocolate, let the excess drip off and then place on the sheet to harden.
- If desired, dip the chocolate covered side immediately in chopped nuts or coconut before placing them on the sheet to harden.
- Once the chocolate is completely hardened, remove from the sheet and place in an airtight container to store in the freezer until ready to serve.
kirsten post says
how many calories are there per bite
MOMables says
I suggest typing in the ingredients to an online calorie calculator!
Callie says
Are you meaning Hershey dark chocolate or candy melts?
MOMables says
I use chocolate chips but I’m sure you can use candy melts.
Holly Smith says
Looking forward to trying these out…they look yummy!
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MOMables says
let us know how you like them!
Erin W. says
We are having a Summer Barbeque snack day at work. These are perfect! Thanks for including the carbohydrate figures, as we have several diabetics and dieters, that will come in handy. So glad I found your site!
MOMables says
so glad these will work Erin!
Toodie says
Oh my, this looks so springy refreshing! I think I’ll make these for our next potluck at work! What a great idea!
Elaine says
Can I use chocolate fondue sauce?
MOMables says
I’ve never tried it with chocolate fondue sauce Elaine.
Catherine says
One ingredient you left out was the sticks lol where did you find small ones can’t find them
MOMables says
Catherine, check out our store and you’ll see links. Otherwise, you can use popsicle sticks as well.
Molly says
Can I use prepackaged chocolate sauce instead?
MOMables says
Molly, chocolate sauce will not harden like melted chocolate will.
Rashelle says
Turned out great. Thank you. The kids were so excited to eat something healthy with chocolate. I dipped my popsicles in coconut and it came out great. Great idea.
MOMables says
love that you added coconut!
Bonnie says
Would blueberries work too? And use regular skewers. These look yummy. !
MOMables says
Sure! you might need a few extra berries.. but I freeze blueberries all the time.
Natasha says
I want to make them for Saturday can I just make them Friday night and put them in the refridgerator instead of freezing them?
MOMables says
Yes you sure could! i freeze it so they stay cold when you take them out on a platter to serve. they aren’t frozen by the time you eat them. enjoy!
Mercy says
These look wonderful. I know my kids will love them.
MOMables says
thank you Mercy!
mikaela says
found you from buzzfeed!
MOMables says
thank you!!
Angie Brooks says
Can I use apples instead of bananas and how would i help them from turning brown?
Laura says
you have to soak apples to keep them from turning brown. even when you freeze them they turn brown. we are working on a post on the best anti-browning solutions. If i don’t have bananas i like to use kiwis and orange pieces.
ROGER says
What would you soak the apples in? Can a little bit of fresh lemon juice work to stop or slow down the browning?
MOMables says
Check out this post on how to prevent browning.
The 36th Avenue says
Looks fantastic… I am pinning!
Laura says
Thank you!
Lori says
I’m going to make these for my friends birthday. Will the bananas brown when they freeze? Maybe sprinkle in lemon juice? I just want them to be pretty like the pictture.
Thanks so much!
Laura says
Lori, they won’t… but remember that you must use slightly “green” bananas… not ripe.
Jodi says
This looks like the perfect snack for me!!! I haven’t used coconut oil much, why add it to the melted chocolate?
Laura says
Jodi-while the coconut oil isn’t essential, it makes the chocolate softer and it hardens with a really good consistency. If you don’t have it, you can omit. :)
Sangeeta says
Hi Laura,
Can I substitute the coconut oil with any other oil? Or, have u used it because it imparts a coconut flavour?
Laura says
If you don’t want to use coconut oil, leave it out. the chocolate will be a bit harder. Coconut oil will not leave flavor behind. You’ll love using it in many other recipes…
Tiffany C says
OMG!! This is dlish and looks fun to make too! YUM!! I’ve got to make this!
Shana D says
Oh my gosh this is such a cute idea! I can’t get my daughter to eat strawberries or bananas anymore but I bet should would if I did this.