Banana Fritters

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This easy banana fritters recipe is such a delicious breakfast or snack! It’s a fun gluten free, dairy free recipe.

Chocolate goes well with so many flavors. Some of my favorite chocolate matches include banana, raspberry, peanut butter, and mint. You really can’t go wrong with a recipe that features any of these combinations, but I’m especially partial to the chocolate + banana pairing.

My husband works at a university with an eclectic mix of people. One day, after a conversation with a colleague who’s a priest from Kingston, Jamaica, he came away with a new favorite food: the Jamaican banana fritter. The priest described how he makes this traditional Jamaican treat, and we’ve been making it for a quick snack ever since.

These banana fritters are a type of pancake, but the main ingredient is bananas. A little bit of egg and flour are used to bind the fritters together, and they’re seasoned with a bit of cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.

Banana Fritters Tips

In my world, any banana recipe is better with chocolate, so I put together my own version of banana fritters with chocolate chips.

Traditionally, sugar is added as part of these, but I think the bananas make them plenty sweet. Feel free to use gluten-free flour or white whole wheat flour. These are delicious either way.

Use a small amount of avocado oil or ghee to pan-fry these banana fritters. You can store the leftovers in the fridge, or freeze them for another time.

Check out these gluten free pancake recipes for more tasty ideas.

Banana Fritters

This easy banana fritters recipe is the best healthy snack!

Print Recipe

Prep Time:10 minutes mins

Cook Time:10 minutes mins

Total Time:20 minutes mins

Recommended Equipment

• large non-stick skillet

Ingredients

• 4 mashed bananas
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup gluten free flour or white whole wheat flour
• 1/8 tsp cinnamon
• pinch of nutmeg
• pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1 tbs avocado oil

Instructions

• Mash the bananas in a large bowl. Add the eggs, and stir to mix together.
• In a small bowl, stir together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix to combine well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Heat the avocado oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Drop the batter into the skillet by heaping tablespoon (2-inch to 3-inch diameter for each fritter). Cook until lightly browned on each side (a minute or two), or until golden brown. You'll need to do this in multiple batches.
  
• Serve warm. Makes 20 fritters.

Approximate Nutrition Info

Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 24mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 122IU | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg

Servings: 5

Calories: 164kcal

Author: Annemarie Rossi

Cost: $.51 per serving

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Price Breakdown

This recipe costs a total of $2.56 to make. This comes out to $.51 per serving (4 fritters). Try these banana fritters the next time you have overripe bananas waiting to be cooked into a treat.

Try my pineapple fritters recipe for another easy, delicious snack. And this gluten free banana pancake recipe is a more traditional version for breakfast.