Coconut, Chocolate, and Banana – Tropical Brownies June 4, 2009
Posted by Dorothy in bars, chocolate.Tags: banana, brownies, chewy brownie recipe, chocolate, chocolate banana, chocolate coconut, coconut, interesting brownie recipe, summer cruise
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Coconut, Chocolate and Banana Tropical Brownies
These brownies are inspired by Summer and my recent obsession with Googling for summer cruises. I love cruises; all-you-can-eat dessert AND you get to dress up to do it?! Fun!
I definitely want to go on a cruise this summer, but I don’t know which one. The Disney Cruises look the most fun, but they’re pretty pricey and all set sail in Florida, which means I would have to fly to Florida first. The Carnival ones are a lot cheaper and set sail about 50 miles from here, so they’re definitely more ideal. Or I could just go lay out in the sun by the pool and bite into one of these brownies; I won’t have any trouble at all pretending that I’m in the tropics!
Here's a close-up of the goodness
These tropical brownies have chocolate banana batter and are then smothered in shredded coconut for maximum tropicalness! These are chewy, fudgy, and you can definitely taste the banana and coconut.
Tropical Brownies
1/4 C oil
1/2 C mashed bananas (about 1 large banana)
3/4 C white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 C unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 C chocolate chips
1/2 C all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/3 - 1/2 C shredded coconut
1/3 C white chocolate chips
1/4 C corn syrup
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
Mix oil sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix in banana. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt, and baking powder. Stir in chocolate chips. Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 25-30 minutes; be careful not to overbake (they’ll turn cakey)! While the borwnies are baking, stir together the shredded coconut, white chocolate chips, and corn syrup until they become a cohesive mass. When they have been in the oven for about 15 minutes, sprinkle the top with the shredded coconut corn syrup mass. Let the coconut fall slightly into the batter, but don’t let it sink all the way down. Bake for another 10-15 minutes. Wait until they are completely cool to cut, as they are pretty sticky when still warm.
Enjoy!
That looks so yummy! Please make them for me!
This is a winner recipe – I have to try it, I love coconut so I know this will be a firm favourite in our home.
Ohh I’ve never been on a cruise, but would love to go on one too! These brownies look so yummy!!
Holy cow, these look totally amazing! I love cruises too, that is until I turn green with sea sickness!
You have two options, take me on the cruise with your, or share these awesome brownies. Take your pick!
If you’ve never been on a cruise, I highly recommend it, if purely for the food. I’ve been twice (Royal Caribbean is a great cruise line–who also ports right outside of LA–a little 3-4 days cruise to Ensenada, MX was perfect, we thought. We would have been sick to death if we’d have been forced to eat on a cruise any longer, simply because there is SO much food 24/7 and it was yummy, therefore, we had to eat!) Just my little two cents worth.
Thank you for the awesome brownie recipe. I WILL try these. Must rid the house of lots of other goodies first though.
delightful combo, dorothy! it’s like a trip to the tropics for the mouth, which would hopefully lead the mind there as well.
Agreed! THere’s nothing better than a dessert buffet. My only beef is it’s not all chocolate!
I love baking banana bread with chocolate chunks. So I’m sure the reverse of that — a brownie WITH banana — is totally to die for. YUM!
Yum…and I keep thinking since my husband doesn’t like coconut, if I made these, I could have them all to myself!
They look great – if plain brownies are delicious, I’m sure these are phenomenal!
What a great flavor combination and pictures – I really want a bite (or 2, or 3..)
Good luck planning your cruise! My favorite part is the ice cream bar!
Oh how I wish I saw this earlier! I had an overripe banana, and didn’t feel like banana bread, so I made banana flapjacks instead. But this, banana+chocolate+coconut, THIS would definitely win hands down
Best of luck with your cruise!
Now this is my kind of brownie! I am loving every single thing about it. MMMMMM good.
Ooohh they sound so perfect for summer!
This dessert look so decadent. You eat the right notes with coconut, chocolate and bananas. Yum!
This is a keeper of a recipe those brownies are sheer heaven! A cruise sounds wonderful too
Many thanks for calling by my blog and for your kind comment!
These look so so good and with lots of my favorite ingredients. I think I just figured out what to do with the overripe bananas languishing on my counter!
What a great combination of flavors!
Wow, that looks simply fabulous! Hope you have a great time no matter what you end up doing!
WOW! im going to TRY and make that lol!!! i <3 this blog =)
Absolutely gorgeous and just perfect for summer!
Chocolate, banana and coconut… wonderful!
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looking for the coconut cookies that they had