Chocolate Banana Wontons Bites with Caramel Sauce

Happy Birthday to ME! As my birthday weekend is coming to an end I wanted to share a sweet treat. I love birthday cake but after many years of having it I like to try new desserts instead. Hence the wonton bites which are a great mixture of my favorite things. As you see the recipe includes making caramel sauce which may seem intense but just watch the heat closely and have patience with it. The great thing about the bites is the wonton wrappers which are like a blank canvas and could be made with sweet and savory ingredients. If you don't like chocolate and bananas you can try raspberry and cream cheese or even peanut butter and jelly. So have fun with this recipe and don't eat too many.  ;-)

Ingredients: 

Chocolate Banana Wontons:

1 medium banana, mashed with a fork

1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon

3 tbsp dark chocolate chips

16 wonton wrappers

1 tsp. coconut oil, melted

Caramel Sauce:

1/3 c. coconut milk (not light)

1/2 tsp. vanilla

pinch of salt

1/4 c. sugar

2 tbsp. water

Directions:

For Baked Banana Wontons-

1) Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2) Combine cinnamon, dark chocolate chips and banana in a small bowl. Place a teaspoon of banana filling in the center of each wonton wrapper. 

3) Fold wrappers into a triangle and press edges together to seal.

4) Brush both sides of each finished wonton with coconut oil. Place wontons on a baking sheet.

5) Bake for 8-10 minutes or until corners are browned and crispy.

For Caramel Sauce-

1) Whisk together coconut milk and vanilla in a small bowl. Set aside.

2) Combine sugar and water in a small heavy-duty saucepan over medium-high heat. Do not stir! Allow mixture to come to a boil. 

3) Once it begins to boil, watch it very closely. Eventually the mixture will start to smell like caramel and turn a golden color, then light brown. This will take about 6 minutes. 

4) When you see that it’s started to turn brown, slowly pour in coconut milk mixture, whisking constantly and quickly. If the sugar hardens around the whisk, don’t worry; it will melt. Just keep whisking! 

5) Continue to heat over medium-high until mixture has thickened and is a light caramel color, about 5 minutes more. 

6) Drizzle immediately over wontons.

Enjoy!