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3 Delicious Ways To Use Overripe Bananas

overripe bananasBuying bananas can seem like a great idea until three days later when they are all brown and icky! These healthy AND tasty recipes will turn your disaster into a phenomenon.

Chocolate Banana Creamsicles

Ingredients

  • 3 large over-ripened bananas
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • a pinch of salt
  • Dixie cups (fewer than 10 for this recipe)
  • popsicle sticks

Instructions

  1. Use a blender to mix everything together until smooth.
  2. Pour mixture into popsicle mold (Dixie cups) put in sticks and let freeze for at least 4 hours.

Banana Bread and Almond-Butter Cocoa Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients

Banana Bread Cookies

  • 2 large very ripe bananas
  • ½ cup pure maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups old-fashioned oats
  • ¼ cup brown rice flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

Almond-Butter Cocoa Filling

  • ½ cup unsalted almond butter
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon pure maple syrup

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350° and line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, mash the bananas and combine them with maple syrup, applesauce, and vanilla. (The mixture shouldn’t be too
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