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Chocolate Marbled Banana Nut Bars

Prize-Winning Recipe Fall 2010! Got ripe bananas? Stir 'em up with sugar cookie mix to make yummy banana bars.

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Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 3 hr 15 min
Servings 20

Ingredients

1: pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix

1/2: cup plus 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

1: egg

3/4: cup mashed very ripe bananas

1/2: cup chopped walnuts

1 1/4: cups semisweet chocolate chips

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, 1/2 cup butter and egg until soft dough forms. Reserve 1 cup of the dough. To the remaining dough, add mashed banana and walnuts; mix well. Spread in bottom of pan.
2 In medium microwaveable bowl, microwave 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips with the remaining 2 tablespoons butter on High about 1 minute, stirring after 30 seconds, until melted and smooth. Add reserved cookie dough; stir until well blended. Drop chocolate dough by spoonfuls evenly over top of banana mixture; spread gently to almost cover. Swirl chocolate mixture into banana mixture with knife for marbled design.
3 Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes.
4 In small microwavable bowl, microwave remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips on High about 1 minute, stirring after 30 seconds, until melted and smooth. Drizzle over bars. Cool completely, about 2 hours. For bars, cut into 5 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

The secret to cutting bars easily is to line the pan with foil. Just lift out after baking and cut. Spray the foil for best results.

To make drizzling the chocolate easier, put the melted chocolate in a small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Snip off one corner of the bag; squeeze to drizzle.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 240
Calories from Fat: 120),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 13g; 13%
(Saturated Fat 6g, 6% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 25mg; 25%;
Sodium: 115mg; 115%;
Total Carbohydrate: 28g; 28%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 18g 18% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 6/8/2012 8:43:39 PM REPORT ABUSE Deets88 said:

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These bars were absolutely delicious!!! Chocolate drizzle is optional. Just the right balance of banana and chocolate. My husband took these to work and they gobbled them up. I'll be making another batch of these bars for my brother. ;-)

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Posted 1/31/2012 3:34:08 PM REPORT ABUSE BillswifeKim said:

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I made these because I had left-over bananas and wanted to try something different. They weren't bad. The kids weren't crazy about them so it was mostly the dad and me eating them. I didn't hang on to the recipe because I would much rather go back to making banana bread with my ripe bananas.

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Posted 12/5/2011 1:55:29 PM REPORT ABUSE Maryann Mistretta said:

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I used two ripe bananas and one very ripe banana and lots of nuts. The chocolate was too thick to swirl, but the end result was amazing. got lots of raves - the blend of chocolate, banana and nuts just kept everyone asking for the recipe!

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