Best Banana Coconut Popcorn Bars Recipe By Tasty Recipes

BANANA COCONUT COOKIE BARS

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This is my own creation. I took everything I liked and combined it into a bar that was simple to make. You can use your choice of cookie crumbs or chocolate chips and still end up with a good tasting cookie bar. With 5 growing boys in the house this treat does not last!!!!!! So go ahead, use your imagination, more coconut, less coconut,butterscotch chips - The choice is yours!!!!

Provided by Boyz 5

Categories Bar Cookie

Time 35m

Yield 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3 cups chocolate cookie crumbs or 3 cups vanilla cookie crumbs
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup chocolate chips or 1 cup vanilla chip
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 bananas, sliced (not overly ripe)
1/2-1 cup coconut
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375° and grease 13 by 9" pan Mix cookie crumbs,butter and sugar until thoroughly blended& reserve 1/3 of mixture.
Press the remaining mixture into bottom of baking dish.
Bake for 8- 10 minutes until lightly browned.
Remove pan from oven and sprinkle cookie base with chocolate chips and return pan to oven until chocolate chips are shiny, spread evenly and set aside.
In medium saucepan combine condensed milk, banana, coconut and butter.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract and salt.
Spread over cookie crumb base in pan.
Sprinkle reserved cookie crumb mixture over filling.
Return to oven for 8-10 minutes until topping is slightly browned.
Cool thoroughly and cut into bars.

FROSTED BANANA BARS

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These banana bars are always a hit at potlucks in the small rural farming community where my husband and I live. I also like to provide them for coffee hour after church. They're so moist and delicious that wherever I take them, they don't last long. -Karen Dryak, Niobrara, Nebraska

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Desserts

Time 35m

Yield 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1-1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
Dash salt
FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in the eggs, bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into creamed mixture just until blended., Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth. Frost bars.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 202 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 38mg cholesterol, Sodium 100mg sodium, Carbohydrate 32g carbohydrate (25g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 2g protein.