Chocolate-Covered Banana Hearts

Chocolate-covered banana hearts made with only two ingredients are a great treat for kids to help make and eat.

Need a quick easy treat to make with your kids or grandkids? Try chocolate-covered banana hearts! Cutting the bananas into little heart shapes is the perfect task for kids and dipping them in chocolate is a simple way to dress them up (add sprinkles to the chocolate before it sets if you like). When the project is over, you can eat it!

I made these a few years ago when I did a co-op preschool with other moms. It was part of our snack to go along with some Valentine’s activities. The kids loved them and I’ve made them a few times a year ever since. They are really delicious frozen, too.

Enjoy this simple treat from my kitchen to yours.

Tips and Tricks for Making Chocolate-Covered Banana Hearts:

• You can use whatever chocolate you like. I used Ghirardelli melting wafers because they are so easy to use and aren’t fussy (but taste amazing).
• Bananas are so easy to cut! Get the kids involved, because they can use a butter knife.
• If your chocolate starts to thicken up while you’re dipping, just melt it a little more. Sometime the moisture form the banana makes the chocolate get thick quickly.
• I saved all the funny scraps of banana that I had leftover from cutting the heart shapes. I just threw them in a container in my freezer and then tossed them in a smoothie the next day.

Can you freeze chocolate covered bananas?

Yes! These are just as good frozen or cold as they are at room temperature. They thaw quickly too, so if they are too hard for little mouths, it only takes a few minutes for them to warm up.

Print

Love these chocolate-covered bananas? You might also like these simple chocolate desserts and Valentine’s treats:

• Pretty in Pink Valentine’s Popcorn
• Easy Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
• How to: Healthy Valentine Treats to Give Away
• Super Small Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies (Makes 6 Cookies!)
• Homemade Chocolate Fondue

And here are some of my favorite Valentine’s craft ideas:

• Valentine’s Mailbox for the Whole Family
• Collection of Ideas for Valentine’s Day
• How to: Felt Heart Garland
• Painted Heart Valentine’s Craft for Kids

I hope you make time to make these over the weekend with your kids!

Life on the Farm:

We drove about 15 minutes farther up the mountains a few times in the past few weeks to take the kids sledding. Getting 5 kids dressed, gloved, and ready to sled is so much work but once we get there, they’ll stay for hours! Thomas is the best dad and makes awesome runs, tunnels, and jumps. The snow here was at least 4 feet deep and really hard to get around in. So we tramped down paths and if the kids wanted to get somewhere beyond the path they would roll around and around instead of standing and sinking up to their middles. It was pretty fun to watch. I’ve always loved the water and I don’t even mind if it’s in the form of snow.