Basically Summer screams frozen everything.  I love salt and I love sugar aka I go nuts for combinations with hints of both – why not mix them together and get crazy?!  However, since I’m ‘adulting’ that means make some swaps for healthier ingredients…  Rather than adding traditional chocolate in the recipe I swapped for chocolate protein powder which allows for a bit more protein compared to a regular dessert.

Ingredients

• 2 bananas; sliced
• 1 scoop of chocolate protein powder (these are some of my favorites: Quest, Jay Robb Egg White Protein Powder, or MuscleSport)
• 4 tbsp coconut flakes; dried
• 2 tbsp oatmeal; dry
• 1 tsp coconut oil; melted
• To taste – sea salt

Methodology

1. Line a cooking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Add the sliced bananas to the parchment paper and freeze for 10-20 minutes.
3. In a small bowl, mix protein powder with very little water, stir and/or add water until a pudding consistency is reached.  Set aside the chocolate protein pudding mixture.
4. Heat up coconut oil under medium-high heat in a frying pan then add the oatmeal, coconut flakes, and sea salt.  Toss the coconut/oatmeal mixture until golden then remove from heat and set aside.
   1. SIDEBAR – the toasted mixture almost tastes like popcorn and it’s heavenly.  
5. Remove the cooking sheet from the freezer.  Add a dollop of the protein pudding to each banana slice then top with a sprinkling of the coconut/oatmeal mix.
6. Put the banana slices back into the freezer for minimum 20 minutes.
7. Sandwich two banana slices together with a toothpick so that the chocolate pudding mixture is in the middle.  Return the cooking sheet to the freezer for 20 minutes or longer.
8. Remove banana sandwiches from parchment paper and serve as a the perfect guilt-free dessert.
9. Absolute H-E-A-V-E-N!!!

xxx – Sarah