Banana and Chocolate Animal Creations Recipe

Pandas, rabbits, bulls and more... What animal can you make with a banana, a popsicle stick and a few yummy treats?

REMEMBER: always ask permission from a grown-up before getting to work in the kitchen

What you need:

Dark chocolate (or chocolate of your choice for melting)
Bananas
Popsicle sticks
Other snacks like banana chips, nuts, dried fruit–see below for specific ingredients for the cow, panda and rabbit

What to do:

Chop a banana into three pieces and insert a popsicle stick into each piece
Decide which animals you want to make and get together the treats you need for your creations (see below).
Create your animal by sticking your treats onto the banana with melted chocolate.
Lay your animal creations on baking paper.
Eat them when the chocolate is set or put them in the freezer to make banana chocolate animal popsicles.

Mistakes are still delicious…

Have fun and experiment with your own creations. They may not always turn out like the animal you thought (look at our failed hedgehog!) But they will make you laugh and will taste delicious.

How to make a Bull

Snap a banana chip in half for horns
Use a whole banana chip for the nose
Stick on raisins for ears.
Use pieces of white marshmallow for the eyeballs.
Finally, use a freezer bag or piping bag to add on chocolate pupils, nostrils and spots.

How to make a Panda

Use raisins for the ears and arms,
Cut up pieces of white marshmallow for the white eyeballs.
Finally, use the freezer bag or piping bag to create the chocolate black eye patches and black body patch.

How to make a Rabbit

Use small pieces of the white marshmallows for eyeballs
Add one whole white marshmallow for the bunny’s tail.
With your piping or freezer bag add pupils to the eyes and pipe out two chocolate ears onto a baking sheet. Wait until the ears are hard before attaching them to the head.

Yummy Idea…

If you have any leftover chocolate, you can make some fun banana bites. Just cover slices of banana with chocolate and decorate them with your favourite treats.