Everyone will love these
frozen chocolate and butterscoth-dipped banana bites on a stick.
Choco-Scotch
Banana Bites
- 4 medium-size bananas
Plastic straws, cut into 2-inch pieces, or lollipop sticks
1 cup HERSHEY'S Butterscotch Chips - divided use
1 cup HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY'S MINI
CHIPS Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips - divided use
4 teaspoons vegetable shortening (do not use butter, margarine,
spread or oil) - divided use
- Cover tray with wax paper.
- Peel bananas; cut diagonally
into 1-inch pieces.
- Place straw piece halfway
into each banana piece. Place on prepared tray; cover and freeze
until firm.
- Coarsely chop 1/2 cup
butterscotch chips; set aside in small bowl. Coarsely chop 1/2
cup chocolate chips; set aside in separate small bowl.
- In small microwave-safe
bowl, place remaining 1/2 cup butterscotch chips and 2 teaspoons
shortening. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 minute; stir. Continue
heating 15 seconds at a time or until mixture is melted and smooth
when stirred.
- Covering each banana piece
completely, dip half of banana pieces into butterscotch mixture;
roll in chopped chocolate chips. Place back on prepared tray.
Cover; return to freezer until set.
- Repeat melting procedure
with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips and remaining 2 teaspoons
shortening.
- Coat remaining banana
pieces; roll in chopped butterscotch chips. Cover; return to
freezer.
Makes about 1 1/2 dozen
snacks.
Recipe courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens,
and reprinted with permission of The Hershey Company. ©
The Hershey Company.