Dark Chocolate Almond Banana Bites

A few weeks ago we shared with you our Dark Chocolate Drizzled Fruit Skewers and now we are sharing another one of our favorite new treat recipes!  We still had bananas left over so we decided that they would be good dipped in chocolate and rolled in crushed almonds...and they were delicious!  This is another recipe that kids will love to help make and eat!

Dark Chocolate Almond Banana Bites

Ingredients:

• Bananas
• Quality Dark Chocolate (70% or higher - We used Lindt Dark Chocolate 85%)
• Raw Almonds, crushed

Directions:

1. Cut bananas into bite size pieces.

2. Melt chocolate (heat in microwave in increments of 30 seconds) and roll banana bites into melted chocolate. Roll over crushed almonds.

3. Freeze, refrigerate, or serve right away.

These bite size pieces are perfect for dessert at home or to take to a party to share with friends!  They are a great treat without the guilt!

Dark Chocolate Drizzled Fruit Skewers

These delicious skewers are the perfect treat without the guilt! They are a very easy and fun way to serve fruit as an appetizer, side dish, or even drizzle with chocolate for dessert!  The kids will also love to help!

This video tutorial will teach you how we make our fruit skewers!

Ingredients:

• Organic Fruit of your choice (We used watermelon, banana, and grapes)
• Quality Dark Chocolate (70% or higher - We used Lindt Dark Chocolate 85%)

Directions:

1. Wash and cut fruit as desired. Place on skewers.

2. Melt chocolate (heat in microwave in increments of 30 seconds) and drizzle over fruit.

3. Freeze, refrigerate, or serve right away.

Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Eating clean doesn't mean you have to ditch the grains, but if it tastes good, why not? These grain-free chocolate chip cookies are fabulous and you won't miss the grain at all. The recipe is below.

Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

• 1 c natural peanut butter
• 1/4 c coconut oil, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/4 c mashed banana (approximately 1/2 of a small banana)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 TBSP maple syrup
• 1/4 c coconut flour
• 1 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 c dark chocolate (70% cocoa or greater), chopped into chunks

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Combine coconut oil, egg and mashed banana, vanilla and maple sugar in medium bowl.

3. In a small bowl, combine dry ingredients: coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and sea salt.

4. Add small bowl of dry ingredients to wet mixture (step 2) in medium bowl. Whisk to combine.

5. Fold in chocolate chunks.

6. Place drops or roll batter into cookies approximately 1 inch in diameter. Place cookies on parchment paper-lined baking sheet.

7. Bake approximately 11-13 minutes. Allow cookies to thoroughly cool to harden, otherwise cookies will be incredibly crumbly.

Makes approximately 12 cookies.

Enjoy!