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Instead of an ice-cream bar, how about crafting some a tasty frozen banana treats? Here are a couple ideas:

Cookie-Covered Bananas

Ingredients:
bananas
your favorite cookies

Figure A

Figure B

Steps:
1. Place some cookies—such as gingersnaps, vanilla wafers or chocolate sandwich cookies in a large plastic zipper bag and crush them into fine crumbs (figure A).

2. Shake a peeled banana in the bag until it's thoroughly coated with crumbs (figure B). Place the banana on a stick, then freeze.

(Project from Tipical Mary Ellen, episode 510)

Chocolate-Dipped Bananas

Ingredients:

bananas
melted chocolate
opitional - dried fruit bits, chopped nuts, crushed candies or cookies

Preparation:

1. Peel banana(s), skewer with a candy or ice cream stick, and place in the freezer until hardened—about 10 minutes.

2. Melt chocolate in the microwave in a tall container that's longer than the banana.

Figure C

3. Remove banana from the freezer and dip individually into the chocolate. If desired, sprinkle with dried fruit bits, chopped nuts (figure C), crushed cookies or candies.

For a variation on this dish, dip banana in milk chocolate on one half and white chocolate on the other.

(Project from Smart Solutions, episode 311)

Chocolate-Drizzle Popcorn
Make popcorn they won't forget with this idea. Melt chocolate and pour it into a clean, squeeze condiment bottle. Drizzle the chocolate over popped popcorn.

Chocolate Drizzle Plate
That squeeze bottle of melted chocolate can serve double-duty when you want to decorate a plate for a special dessert. Just squeeze chocolate on a clear plate in a zigzag pattern, then place dessert on top. Garnish with a cherry for a terrific presentation.

Formed Chocolate
Use candy mold to transform melted chocolate into a shape to go with any party or event. Just pour the chocolate into mold, let set up, then pop out the candies once hardened. For an extra special touch, add flavoring to the melted chocolate before pouring into the mold, or add other treats such as marshmallows, coffee beans or coconut once the chocolate is in the mold but before it hardens.

(Projects from Tipical Mary Ellen, episode 432)

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