Or should I just title this post “Quite Simply the Easiest Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, Nut-Free Chocolate Covered Banana “Cake” Pops, Just Without the Cake Part”? But, I suppose that would make for a ridiculously long title.

With dinner time fast approaching the other night, the bags from my trip to Trader Joe’s only moments before were getting unpacked hastily in between my mealtime prep.

Things do not ever end up where they belong when I am in multi-tasking mode in the kitchen (or anywhere else in the house for that matter).

This time was no exception.

My dark chocolate bars that I just purchased somehow landed in the fruit bowl alongside my big bunch of bananas. Not where I normally store my chocolate. But not time to worry about that now. I had hungry boys circling the kitchen.

As dinner started simmering on the stove, it hit me that we had two birthday parties coming up. And one was serving cake pops!

Since we always come to parties with our own gluten-free cupcakes in tow, I usually keep a stash of home-made unfrosted cupcakes in the freezer. Then, right before a party, I let the boys frost their own cupcakes and then go crazy with our natural Let’s Do… Organic Sprinkles. They love this little ritual.

Once their masterpieces are finished, I put them in these really cool cupcake holders…perfect for kids with food allergies who like to tote their own cupcakes.

Side note – these holders are great. They keep your cupcake suspended in the middle and the frosting stays perfect and never gets smooshed.

But, because cake pops were on the agenda for one party, I needed to come up with a similar treat even though I did not really have time to go through the cake pop process.

But then?  My eyes brushed over that fruit bowl.  Remember that one where the chocolate was mingling with the bananas?

And it hit me! Chocolate Covered Banana “Cake” Pops – Sans the Cake part. I could make them look just like a cake pop, but instead of cake in the center, it would be a banana piece.  Even better, by using my Vegan Chocolate Bar for the Chocolate covering, these could be Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free, and Nut-Free! And the kids could still do their own decorating with our natural sprinkles.

And, yes. I absolutely know that this is not some brilliant revelation! I know I am not the one to pioneer a chocolate covered banana.

My point here? I can make them look just like cake pops in one tenth of the time, using only three ingredients, and my kids think they are getting a wonderful treat. And I know that they are getting a little punch of potassium from the banana and some antioxidants from that dark chocolate.

The end result? The kids loved them! And the best part was that I packed them each three “pops” to bring to the party. They felt even more special that they got to have more than one!

And even better was that these were actually a HEALTHY treat! And really. That is the best part for me.

**For more information on Organic Dark Chocolate, see what Jenny, of Nourished Kitchen, has to say in a recent post about the Love of Organic Dark Chocolate.

P.S. Do not feel sorry for my kiddos. I did not trick them.  They knew there was no cake hiding under that chocolate and they actually loved the bananas in them.

This post is linked to:

Slightly Indulgent Tuesday

Hearth and Soul Hop