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goin' bananas

everyone who visits Tagaytay would surely come home with a number of pineapples, buko (coconut) pies and that big bunches of mini bananas.

The morning after my brother went on an impromptu trip to Tagaytay with his friends we woke up to find pineapples and bananas in the kitchen. For a couple of days we enjoyed fresh fruits in the morning and pretty much the whole day. By the end of the week though the bananas we getting a tad to ripe and after a trip to a Chocolate making supplies store I decided to dip the bananas in melted chocolate and freeze it to dress it up for dessert!!!

Frozen Chocolate Bananas
Ingredients:
- bananas
- melting chocolate
- shortening
- sprinkles

How to:
- melt chocolate as per package directions
- dip bananas in melted chocolate
- place in wax paper until chocolate firms up
- decorate with sprinkles of your choice and freeze

fruity chocolate goodness!

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