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Salted Caramel Banana Baked S’mores Dip

Salted Caramel Banana Baked S’mores Dip

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The perfect way to end summer and begin fall: with a decadent combination of salted caramel, bananas, chocolate and marshmallows. 
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate, Dessert, Holiday recipes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 10 people

Ingredients

For the salted caramel sauce:

  • 3 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp light corn syrup
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter salted or unsalted works fine
  • ¾ cup heavy cream
  • 1- 1 ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract optional

For the s’mores dip:

  • ½ cup salted caramel sauce
  • 1-2 bananas sliced one way then the other
  • 200 g between 7-8 oz chocolate, chopped
  • 2 ½ cups miniature marshmallows
  • Cookies and fruit to serve it with

Instructions

To make the salted caramel:

  • In a small pan, add the water, corn syrup and sugar. Then stir just to combine.
  • Place the pan over medium heat without stirring. You can swirl the pan. To prevent sugar crystals from forming on the sides, dip a brush in some water and gently brush off the sides until the crystals are gone.
  • Just when the caramel becomes a bubbly amber color, turn off the heat. This should take between 5-7 minutes. Be careful not to overcook as burnt caramel is not tasty.
  • Stand back (this is known to splatter) and add the butter and heavy cream. When the mixture calms down slightly, stir the ingredients until the sauce is silky smooth.
  • Add the salt and vanilla and stir to taste. Start by adding ½ tsp salt and then add more if you’d like.
  • Cool the sauce and store in a container in the refrigerator until ready to use. This lasts about 2 weeks in the fridge and even longer in the freezer.
  • This recipe makes 1 cup of sauce and you only need half of it to make the dip.

To make the s’mores dip:

  • Preheat the oven to 200 C or 400 F.
  • In an 8 inch skillet, saucepan or dish (whichever you use, it should be oven proof), pour in ½ cup of caramel sauce.
  • Add the sliced bananas and stir gently. Pat the mixture so that it coats the bottom of the pan.
  • Sprinkle atop the chocolate chunks as evenly as possible.
  • Finally, top with the marshmallows until the chocolate and caramel is barely visible underneath.
  • Place the dish on the top of your oven rack and bake for a minimum of 5 minutes or until the marshmallows are melted and their tops are a beautiful golden brown.
  • Serve with sliced fruit on a toothpick/fork, gingersnap cookies, graham crackers or digestive biscuits.

Notes

S’mores dip adapted from Melissa Harrison of Buzzfeed, Caramel Sauce adapted from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours cookbook (a.k.a my favorite cookbook).