Chocolate-Covered Bananas

By kmad

Ingredients

• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 6 popsicle sticks or wooden skewers
• 2 bananas, peeled and cut crosswise into thirds
• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped salted peanuts

Preparation

Step 1

1.Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of gently simmering water. Stir just until melted.
2.Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Insert a popsicle stick in one end of each banana piece. Dip banana, one piece at a time, in chocolate, spooning on additional chocolate to cover.
3.Sprinkle each banana with peanuts, and set on prepared baking sheet. Refrigerate until chocolate is firm, 20 minutes, or up to 3 days.