This dessert recipe is so much fun for the whole family to make for holidays, summer fun or anytime of the year. Kids may need some help
with cutting the bananas, but after that, they can take it from there and make their banana pop with their favorite toppings.
These delectable delights are like having a banana split without the ice cream and cherry on top.....yummy.
The nutrition information below is based on using nuts for the topping. Be sure to adjust the nutritional information and
Weight Watchers Points based on the toppings you use.
Recipe Type:
Dessert, Snack
Degree of Difficulty:
Very Easy
Ingredients
- 1-1/3 cups Toppings, such as
ground toasted almonds, toasted coconut, candy sprinkles or graham
cracker crumbs
- 4 Large
Bananas (just ripe), peeled
- 1/2 cup
Honey
- 8 Wooden Craft Sticks
Directions
- Spread toppings of your choice on a plate or plates.
- Cut bananas in half crosswise. Insert a craft stick into each cut end.
- Hold banana pop over plate or waxed paper to catch the drips.
- Spoon about 1 Tbsp. honey over banana, rotating and smoothing honey with back of spoon to coat all sides.
(Or squeeze honey from a plastic honey bear container and smooth out with spoon.) You can also use melted chocolate
in place of honey. Just be sure to roll on the toppings quickly before the chocolate hardens.
- Roll banana in topping of choice until coated on all sides, pressing with fingertips to help topping adhere .
- Place pops on waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Repeat with remaining bananas, honey and toppings.
- Serve at once.
Cooking Times
Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: n/a
Nutrition Facts for Banana Pop Recipe
Nutrition facts shown below are per serving. The number of serving is noted in the header section below.
The serving size is the first item noted on the nutrition facts table.
Nutrition Per Serving
Number of Servings:8 |
Serving Size |
4oz |
Calories |
261.75 |
Total Fat |
12.19g |
Sat Fat |
1g |
Cholesterol |
0mg |
Sodium |
22.2mg |
Total
Carbohydrates |
37.86g |
Fiber |
4.32g |
Sugar |
26.85g |
Protein |
5.65g |
Weight Watchers Points
FreeStyle
Smart Points: 8 pts
SmartPoints
Non-FreeStyle: 8 pts
Points
Plus: 6 pts
Original
Points: 5 pts
The nutrition information for the bananas was not included when calculating any of the Weight Watchers Points.
Tips
You can use apple slices instead making this an apple pop recipe.
You can also freeze your banana pops before coating them with honey and toppings. This will give it a cool,
popsicle taste and feel to this delicious treat.
This is a fun recipe kids can make for mom on her special day. Check out all the Mother's Day recipes.
Here's another easy banana pop recipe from Brown Eyed Baker
you can try.