Thursday, August 27, 2009

Easy Banana Smores

Banana s'mores just might be the easiest dessert you'll ever make. All it takes is store-bought vegan graham crackers and a vegan chocolate bar heated in the microwave, then you add slices of fresh banana to the sandwich—that's it!

Easy Banana S'mores
Vegan_S'mores

Not only is this version of s'mores easy (maybe a little too easy—I ate three in one sitting), it's also healthier than the traditional recipe and vegan-friendly. By replacing marshmallows—which are one of the components of a typical s'more—with bananas, you're kicking the dessert up a notch by adding vitamins and minerals and eliminating animal products.

I'm not sure how well bananas will hold up over a campfire, so I recommend making this an indoor-only treat. Enjoy!

Banana S'mores

1 vegan chocolate bar
4 vegan graham cracker sheets
2 bananas, sliced

•Cut or break the chocolate bar into 4 equal parts.

•Break each graham cracker sheet into 2 equal parts, along the perforated line, so that you have 8 equal-size squares.

•Make a sandwich using 2 graham cracker squares and 1 chocolate square in between, then heat in the microwave for 30 to 45 seconds, or until the chocolate just begins to melt.

•Remove from the microwave, open the sandwich, and add 1/4 of the banana slices to the sandwich. Then close and serve while the chocolate is warm.

Makes 4 large s'mores