Engulfed in a chocolate shell.
Making bon bons may seem intimidating, but this recipe is really so simple. There are only three ingredients! And did I mention the filling is engulfed in chocolate?
Engulf: to swallow up or immerse.
I like that word when associated with chocolate. Being engulfed in chocolate is never a bad thing!
Everything’s cuter in a ball.
Take, for example, the fudge babies.
Or my no-bake Three-Ingredient Peanut Butter Balls.
(Those things are awesome. I need to make them again!)
And then there’s Henry. He’s such a cutie when he’s squished up and sleeping in a ball. Making him even more adorable? He doesn’t snore, but sometimes he makes a beeping sound while he sleeps. Perhaps he is dreaming of milk bones. Or chasing squirrels. Or peanut butter balls?
And everything’s cuter engulfed in chocolate.
These fancy-schmancy bon bons are perfect for impressing people at a party. But they’re just as perfect for lounging around at the pool with your friends…
Or, um, hiding alone in your house like a hermit and gobbling them all up before anyone else gets the chance to snag one. 🙂
Chocolate-Banana Bon Bons
- 3-6 very-ripe frozen bananas, cut into pieces (or nondairy ice cream)
- 1 package choc. chips, or this: sugar-free version
- Optional: 1 or 2 tbsp unrefined coconut oil
1. First, make the banana filling by blending your frozen banana pieces in the food processor until very smooth. (Alternatively, you can use nondairy ice cream. And if you don’t have a food processor or blender, you can always just dip regular banana chunks in chocolate.)
2. Transfer to a bowl, and freeze until the mixture is hard enough to form balls with a melon baller or mini ice cream scoop. Scoop balls onto a cookie tray (or any plate), then immediately put back in the freezer to chill for at least a few hours.
3. When the balls are hard (Get your minds out of the gutter!), it’s time to prepare the chocolate: Either use the sugar-free chocolate sauce or melt chocolate chips in a double broiler (or microwave 1 minute, stir, microwave 30 seconds, stir, repeat until melted, making sure it doesn’t burn). I recommend stirring in 1-2 T coconut oil, especially if you’re having trouble getting the chocolate to adhere to the balls. Coconut oil will act like Magic Shell!
4. Bring the balls out and either dip into the chocolate or spoon chocolate over them. (I actually took the balls out one at a time, then put each chocolate-covered one back in the freezer before taking out the next. They’re fat-free, so they melt very quickly.)
5. Freeze the balls again, until the chocolate shell hardens.
Got extra chocolate sauce left over?
Make a single-serving Chocolate-Banana Reeses Cup.
Question of the Day:
Engulfed in chocolate: good thing or bad thing?
I’ll concede that maybe some items are better off not covered in chocolate. Like my dog. Or a wedding dress. Wait, I take that back. I would love to get married in a dress made of chocolate!
Considering I just blew through my grocery budget this week, these are in high priority for next week!
I love how cute and healthy these are! I have to buy a blender so I can make them. Any blender recommendations?
I don’t have a fancy food processor. I just used an old Cuisinart (at least six years old!). But if you’re looking for a blender recommendation, I always tell everyone to buy a Magic Bullet because it’s great for single-serving recipes and can go in the dishwasher ;).
This is one of my favorite go-to recipes! I love having individual banana bites in my freezer to grab whenever the urge hits. Here’s another tip for frozen treats – start with a pint of low-sugar coconut sorbet. Take individual spoonfuls and rolls into small balls. Dip in melted dark chocolate. Freeze. Enjoy!
I don’t think anyone who reads your blog would say that being engulfed in chocolate is a bad thing! These bon bons remind me of chocolate covered bananas. I love the way coconut oil hardens, but I’ve never thought of using it to keep chocolate solid! My brother and I used to love drizzling Magic Shell over ice cream when we were younger. So fun!
Things engulfed in chocolate are a very, very good thing!
Yum. Chocolate dipped banana soft serve. I totally want to make this, except for the fact that last time I made BSS my food processor was being cranky and totally just made a bunch of noise and let the bananas bounce off the sides and both of my roommates came out of their rooms thinking I was bombing the place. Ohhhh, to live with people who don’t eat “weird things”… 🙂
Too funny!
Sometimes my Magic Bullet yells at me like that, and it’s scary… I think it’s going to explode and shoot chocolate (or whatever I’m blending) onto the walls. Which wouldn’t be a bad thing…
Engulfed in chocolate? YES it is a good thing! Especially if it is ME engulfed in it 😀 Or hot boy 😀
These looks fantastic Katie! Your ideas are to live for <3
LOLOL! I want a chocolate-covered boy too. It would give new meaning to the idea of Man Eater ;).
Haha, that comment made me smile so much 😀 Im all for chocolate-covered-man-eating!
Chocolate-covered BETTER be a good thing if we’re reading your blog! I bet these would be great with some nut butter, everything is 🙂
YUM! Those things are so. darn. cute.
Hi Katie! Do u think you could use a ripe frozen pear instead of banana? Thanks 🙂
I bet you could! I don’t know if it’ll melt too quickly to form a ball, but you never know until you try! Let me know how it works if you do try!
Note to self:
When wanting to make CCK’s stuff…always keep chocolate chips and bananas stocked.