Why doesn't the chocolate stay on the bananas? I melted the chocolate in the microwave and took out the bananas from the freezer. I then coated the bananas with the chocolate, but it won't stay on.
Thanks.
By Nancy H.
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Add a tiny bit of good oil to it, stirring it in. (Olive, Canola, Sunflower). About a teaspoon or a little more. I just made chocolate covered strawberries with no problem. Make sure the bananas are "dry" and they need to be firm /ripe bananas (just yellow, not freckled - skins). I used to make a lot of frozen banana treats, so I do have banana experience also.
I think putting the bananas in the freezer beforehand might be an step that is not really needed. Freezing bananas breaks down the cell structure and can make them get mushy and brown faster.
Try just having your bananas cool in the fridge right before dipping. Then try this to help the chocolate stick... Lightly dust your bananas with cornstarch right before dipping in the chocolate. Make sure you don't have glops of cornstarch on them, just the faintest light dusting to give that chocolate something to stick to. You could maybe even use cocoa powder to dust them instead of cornstarch if you don't mind a more bitter taste. Doing this should help, but I have never actually tried it with bananas.
When I have made them in the past, the chocolate coating did stick. I then laid them on their sides on wax paper in the freezer for just a couple minutes until the chocolate firmed up. One side was flattened out, so they didn't look perfect, but the taste was nice!
Did you add butter to the chocolate and refreeze after coating them? It also works best to use the double boiler method rather than the microwave (at least that's the case for me). Here's a good recipe that does work for making them:
www.foodnetwork.com/
Also, yodergoat is correct that you don't really have to freeze the bananas before coating and one more tip is to use bananas that have a tiny bit of browning on the peel (perfect ripeness for flavor/sweetness).
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