BANANA BOATS!

It's March ! 

A magical month for me.

It's the month of my BIRTH ....

It's Women's Month...

and it is also the birth month of an organization that had still has an 

AMAZING, 

inspiring,

 and memorable 

effect on my life!

OH yes.....I was a 

GIRL SCOUT!

I started Girl Scouts when I was about 6 years old.  I joined as a Brownie! (Sounds Yummy right?) I still remember the uniform I would wear every Wednesday for our meetings, the

BROWN KNEE HIGH SOCKS,

the little BEANIE, that my dad would 

ALWAYS 

jokingly request to put a pinwheel on  it whenever he saw me wearing it,

and my most cherished article,

MY SASH OF BADGES.

Each badge achieved for various reasons:

  sewing,

 camping,

 getting along with others, 

overcoming fears,

learning about other cultures,

and one of my personal favorites....

BAKING!

My inner Girl Scout was fighting her way out this month, and it just needed one excuse!!

My boyfriend has a MAJOR sweet tooth,

and dessert was all he desired one night, but we had

NO ICE CREAM

NO CAKE

NO COOKIES.....

So what now?

Well I had bananas...those are sweet I thought, but how can I make a 

NICE, QUICK and 

EASY 

dessert?

I thought bananas foster first, but the lack of ice cream and RUM nixed that real quick.

I saw the brown sugar and the semi-sweet chips in my cupboard and at that moment I was transported back to a campground with a bunch of other little girls just like me....sitting at picnic tables learning the recipe for this

UBER EASY TREAT...

Banana Boats!!

MMMMMM yummy!!!!

Check out this next photo....the little chip is surfing down the side on a 

nice, smooth

oozing wave of PEANUT BUTTER 

( I didn't have marshmallows but the peanut butter was a nice change of taste!)

I also took the liberty to sprinkle some brown sugar and 

 cinnamon as well!

Recipe is as follows!!:

• Preheat oven to 300
• get out some foil to lay each banana into  a square of foil (enough to wrap the banana)
• bananas!!! however many you like!
• an array of toppings:
• if you want to go traditional
• Chocolate chips, marshmallows about a half cup each for every four bananas
• if you want to do it the way I did
• semi-sweet chocolate chips, about a tablespoon of peanut butter (or as much as your heart desires!), brown sugar, cinnamon.
• or go crazy!
• white chocolate chips, caramel or butterscotch chips, marshmallows, brown sugar, powdered sugar cinnamon nutmeg...I can go on, and on, and on!
• Slice your bananas lengthwise (leave on the peel)
• Slather on or sprinkle on your toppings.
• Close it up and wrap up the banana, not too tightly or else the goodies will squeeze out and you'll have an empty banana!
• Pop them into the oven for five minutes, or until nice and melted (chocolate chips make keep the form but will be very glossy when melted)
• Take out when read (REMEMBER TO USE OVEN MITTS), let it cool down, then open up, grab a spoon and ENJOY!!!! :)