I always say I’m not a desert person but I am an ice cream person. I especially love banana splits. When I was touring colleges with my mom in high school, we had a fun tradition of ordering banana splits for room service at every hotel during our trip. But that was when I had a teenager’s metabolism. These days, I get my ice cream fix through lower calorie options like frozen yogurt. I stumbled upon Rachel Schultz’s fried honey banana recipe on Pinterest and thought it would make the perfect topping for a “healthier” banana split, or what I like to call a naked banana split. I now eat this any time I have an ice cream craving.

Naked Banana Split

INGREDIENTS

2 bananas, under ripe or just ripe
1 tablespoon honey
Olive oil
Cinnamon
Water
Vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt

DIRECTIONS

Cut bananas into 1-2 inch pieces
Mix 1 tablespoon honey and 1 tablespoon of water into bowl
Drizzle olive oil onto pan and cook bananas over medium-high heat for a bout 1-2 minutes on each side until golden brown
Mix bananas into honey water mixture
Serve bananas over ice cream and sprinkle with cinnamon

TIPS

It’s really important for the bananas to be under or just ripe. Otherwise they’ll turn into a mushy mess.
I like to use frozen yogurt for a lower calorie alternative. But I tried the bananas over Talenti Caramel Cookie Crunch gelato one time and it was out of this world!
The bananas are also great on their own. You can serve them with toothpicks as a snack when you have friends over.

Let me know if you try out this yummy desert!