Banana Churros with Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce

One time a few years ago my friend Sarah and I were chatting about our workout routines. I was like, “Sometimes I run!” (vague, much?) and she was like, “I love to go to my spinning class twice a week!”

I had never heard of a spinning class, and I’m being serious when I tell you that I was picturing a group of grown women spinning around until they got dizzy. Arms spread out wide, maybe? Tucked tight?

And then what? Collapse into laughter like kids, while the class instructor  yells at them to keep spinning? Learn the spotting thing that ballerina’s do so they don’t get dizzy pirouetting? Do they take turns, watching each other and competing to see who can spin the fastest? Does this really burn that many calories?? Questions I had to ponder for much too long, because I was too embarrassed to ask her for details.

Ingredients
For the banana churros

•  peanut oil, for frying
•  2 bananas
•  8 small flour tortillas*
•  toothpicks
•  1/2 cup sugar
•  1 teaspoon cinnamon

For the sauce

•  1 cup cream
•  8 ounces (1 and 1/4 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips
•  1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
•  big pinch salt
•  strawberries, to garnish

Instructions

1. In a high-sided skillet, add the peanut oil. Turn the burner on to medium and heat for at least 5 minutes.
2. Slice the bananas in half, then slice lengthwise. You should have 8 banana quarters.
3. Tightly roll each banana in a tortilla and secure with toothpicks (see photos).
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