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This Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar Idea is sure to be a hit with family and friends at your next summer BBQ! Learn how to make grilled bananas, plus get plenty of topping ideas.

This Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar Idea is sure to be a hit with family and friends at your next summer BBQ! Learn how to make grilled bananas, plus get plenty of topping ideas.

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Grilling is a major part of our summer. We do grill year-round, but the summer is when we kick it up a notch. Dessert isn’t always part of our grilling (much to the disappoint of my kids), but on holidays, like 4th of July and other random times, it’s fun to make a dessert that can be made on the grill.

While s’mores are a favorite dessert to have when we are grilling, this year we finally got around to trying stuffed grilled bananas after hearing about them from friends. They are really easy to make and inexpensive too. Plus, including a lot of topping choices, like we do, is easy because you don’t need much for each banana. Each kids makes their own, which is always a hit in our house. No two bananas are topped the same!

Ingredients Needed for Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar:

Cooking Equipment Needed for Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar:

To make grilled bananas, you will want one banana per person. Hold the banana so it curves upward and cut a slit from the stem to the opposite end through the top of the peel and through the banana, but making sure you don’t cut through the peel on the other site.

Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar

Open up the banana a bit and start stuffing it with your desired toppings.

How to Make Grilled Bananas

I like to set up a a variety of toppings — things like granola, coconut, marshmallows, chocolate chips, chopped pecans, peanut butter chips, and graham cracker pieces. I placed most of my toppings in small 4 oz canning jars.

Toppings for Grilled Banana Dessert Bar

I even include some honey and cinnamon sugar too, which are delicious additions.

Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar

After you have filled your banana, it’s wrapped up in foil and placed on the grill.

Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar

After grilling, the skin will get a bit dark (depends on how long you keep it on the grill), but the inside with be full of warm, gooey, and delicious!

Grilled Banana Dessert

Easy Grilled Bananas Dessert

Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar Idea

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Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar

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  • Author: Brandie Valenzuela
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This Easy Grilled Banana Dessert Bar Idea is sure to be a hit with family and friends at your next summer BBQ! Learn how to make grilled bananas, plus get plenty of topping ideas.

Ingredients

  • Bananas (1 per person)
  • Foil
  • pieces Assorted Toppings: chocolate chips (peanut butter chips, granola, coconut, marshmallows, chopped pecans, peanut butter chips, graham cracker , strawberries, crushed pineapple)

Instructions

  1. Heat grill to medium heat.
  2. Hold a banana with the curve upwards. With a knife, carefully cut a slit in one side peel, from the stem to the opposite end, similar to how you cut up a baked potato. Take care to make sure you don’t cut through to the other side of the peel. With fingers, gently open up the banana a bit. Add toppings as desired inside of the banana. Wrap banana up in foil (either heavy duty foil or a double layer of thinner foil).
  3. Place on grill for about 8-10 minutes, or until toppings are melted as desired and banana has softened. Remove from grill, open up foil and serve.
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Grilling
  • Cuisine: American

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  2. Sheri says

    My kids will love this. Thank you for joining the To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and More Link Party! Pinned this! Hope to see you again next week!

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  5. Colleen says

    This is a recipe I have always wanted to try out with our neighbors for dinner one evening. Summer’s almost over, so I guess I better get on it. I’m pretty sure we’re all going to be oohing and ahhing over these! Happy Fiesta Friday! – Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck – Colleen

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  7. Jenny from jennyisbaking.com says

    I find funny that people get so excited about banana boats. It is a very common German BBQ treat in summer. Actually, we like to put slices of chocolate in the middle or Nutella, keep it simple. So yummy! Banana and chocolate to the rescue!

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  10. Susan says

    This is the perfect summer dessert! You could use so many different toppings.

    Congrats on being featured in the This Is How We Roll link party at Organized 31! I’m pinning this post now.

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  11. Crystal says

    Oh my goodness, this recipe sounds absolutely delicious. I would enjoy eating it that’s for sure.

    Thank you for sharing this with us on the #HomeMattersParty. We hope to see you again on Friday at 12 AM EST when we open our doors.

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  20. Amanda says

    Yum! I’ll definitely have to introduce my boys to these this summer. Thanks for linking up to the Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesday, I look forward to seeing what you create next week!



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  22. Leslie says

    I love grilled bananas! I haven’t thought to make it a complete bar, then again it’s usually just me. I’ll have to bring everything to these cookouts this summer. Thanks for sharing!

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  26. Kathleen says

    What a brilliant idea, that grill look so much fun and flavor. Thank you for bringing this wonderful recipe idea to the #HomeMattersParty
    Kathlenn



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  27. Cathy says

    100% pinned, this looks mouthwatering amazing!!!!
    This is a great recipe! I would love for you to share this at my party Making Memories Mondays going on now! Hope to see you there!
    Cathy

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  31. Sarah R. says

    SERIOUS yum factor going on here…I am dangerously close to jumping in my car to go pick up the ingredients right now!! Hurray for awesome posts on Snickerdoodle Sunday- thank you for swinging by this weekend!

    Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)

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  32. Tandra Boyer says

    Well what is HILARIOUS is I just RePinned it after my comment here…..and I JUST NOW got another email that they deleted it again!!! hahaha

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  33. Tandra Boyer says

    Im confused..I PINNED this recipe to Pinterest, yet it was deleted because of copyright infringement, yet you have a PIN IT button right underneath it….

    Anyway it looks totally delish and I will be trying the recipe!

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    • brandie says

      Hi Tandra,
      I got the notice too — and I’m just as confused. I’ve filed a notice with Pinterest about it so hopefully the situation will be resolved soon. You definitely didn’t do anything wrong…it even sent the same thing to me and it’s MY image of something I made and photographed. And thank you for your sweet comment!

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    • brandie says

      Thanks Yosef! I have friends who can’t stand the texture and taste of bananas so I know this definitely would NOT be for them. But if you have anyone who does, this is a fun one.

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  36. Katie says

    I love these! We always called them “banana boats” back in the days of Girl Scout camp – we’d throw them in the bonfire to cook. Such gooey delicious treats!

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  39. Diana @EatMoveShine says

    This is SO MUCH FUN!!! I’ve never seen this before… and am loving it! Pinning now 😉

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  42. Courtney @ Neighborfood says

    This is definitely one of my all time favorite summer desserts. We always do this for camping too! Such a fun and easy treat. I never thought to add honey or granola though…I will definitely be trying that next time!

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  43. Jess @HungryHarps says

    This is such a cute idea! I pinned it to my “Get Together and Chow” board. I never thought of letting my kids make their own grilled bananas – but they will LOVE it!

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