Happy National Banana Lover’s Day! Appropriately, today’s This Week’s Cravings theme is BANANAS and I’m sharing my delicious tiny recreation of Mexican restaurant banana chimichangas! And, all you need is 4 ingredients to put these beauties on your plate. Plus, they’re baked instead of fried, so you can feel good about that dollop of vanilla ice cream you serve alongside. 
All you need is a few bananas, cinnamon and sugar (I use sucanat) and some egg roll wrappers (which you can make yourself if you prefer).
These delicious treats bring back many fond memories with my dad, who, like myself is a HUGE Mexican food fan, and loves to try the banana chimis at every new restaurant. They were often disappointing, but sometimes you’d find one filled with delicious hot banana and topped with gooey chocolate, honey and home-whipped cream. Drool. I’m hoping Dad can still eat these, since he’s unfortunately developed a bit of a banana sensitivity in his old age.
These are for you, Dad!
Ingredients
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Cut bananas and dip in milk. Roll in cinnamon and sugar blend on a plate. Meanwhile, dip egg rol wrappers in milk to soften.
Place one banana slice in the middle of an egg roll wrapper diamond and roll up. Place on a grease cookie sheet. Repeat with other wraps and bananas.
Sprinkle remaining cinnamon-sugar mix over tops.
Bake 15-20 minutes at 350. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.
Freezing Instructions:
Before baking, flash freeze on a cookie sheet. Divide among gallon freezer bags and freeze. To serve. Thaw. Bake 15-20 minutes at 350. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.
The Results
Oh. My. Goodness. How can these be so simple, yet so fantastic. I LOVED them. Mr. Meaty isn’t a fan of bananas, weirdo, but he thought they were OK, for bananas. The kids thought they were awesome! These are a definite repeat treat!
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Kristi is a former newspaper reporter and editor who is now a vegetarian mom, married to a meat-eating dad and parenting two undecided kids. Join the family on our journey creating whole foods recipes to suit our blended-eater lifestyle. 
What a fantastic idea! I'll bet these were all kinds of crispy banana deliciousness. A much healthier banana fritter!
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Stacy
Totally crispy banana deliciousness. I've never had a banana fritter! It sounds yummy even if it's probably fried.