Get the Recipe: Banana Upside Down Peanut Butter Bars
Sweet caramelized bananas, creamy peanut butter, and rich chocolate chips collide in these irresistible banana upside down peanut butter bars. Soft, gooey, and naturally delicious, they offer a decadent, melt-in-your-mouth texture that’s pure comfort food in a square!
Ingredients
- 3 medium bananas, sliced lengthwise
- 2 tbsp water
- ¾ cup maple sugar or coconut sugar, see note
Batter
- 1 ½ cups mashed ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- ⅔ cup avocado oil
- ½ cup all natural creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1 ½ cups gluten free flour, see note
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line an 8 inch or 9 inch square pan with parchment paper.
- Carefully slice the bananas lengthwise. Place in the parchment lined pan.
- In a small saucepan, combine the maple sugar and water. Cook on low medium heat, stirring occasionally, until a runny caramel sauce forms.
- Pour this caramel sauce over the bananas in the pan.
- Then, make the cake batter. In a large mixing bowl, combine the ripe bananas, eggs, oil, and peanut butter. Stir together.
- Then, add in the coconut sugar, gluten free flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. Stir to combine.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Transfer this batter to the pan, smoothing out into an even layer.
- Bake for 25 to 28 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with only moist crumbs.
- Allow the bars to cool for 1 hour. Then take a knife and run it along the edges of the pan. Place a large pan or platter on top of the pan and very gently invert the pan. Remove the pan and parchment paper. Serve!
Notes
- I prefer to use unrefined sugar (maple sugar or coconut sugar) but feel free to use white or brown sugar instead.
- If you are not gluten free, feel free to use all purpose flour.
- The batter will resemble banana bread batter.
- Allow the bars to cool for 1 hour before inverting and slicing into.
- Since these bars are very gooey, they are best eaten within 12 to 24 hours.
Calories: 435kcal, Carbohydrates: 72g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 31g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 16g, Trans Fat: 0.003g, Cholesterol: 36mg, Sodium: 259mg, Potassium: 325mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 30g, Vitamin A: 94IU, Vitamin C: 6mg, Calcium: 30mg, Iron: 2mg