Name: Easy Air Fryer Caramelized Bananas (With Chocolate)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 3 bananas; 1 tbsp melted butter; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp breadcrumbs; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips; vanilla ice cream; dulce de leche or caramel syrup

Air Fryer caramelized bananas with chocolate and a crunchy cinnamon topping makes the plain Air fryer bananas a fancy dessert! This easy dessert can be made in just 10 minutes and one your whole family will love. Serve with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of Dulce de leche for an awesome dessert!

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air fryer caramelized bananas on a plate with ice cream and caramel syrup.

Air Fryer Caramelized Bananas With Cinnamon Topping

I love roasting bananas in the Air fryer. The Air fryer turns the starch (that's essentially sugar) in the bananas to a delicious caramel flavor.

These Air fried bananas have a crunchy cinnamon topping made with brown sugar, breadcrumbs and cinnamon. And they are stuffed with mini chocolate chips because, why not? Bananas pair well with cinnamon and chocolate and this is what all the delicious things are made of. Am I right?

This Air fryer banana dessert tastes amazing served with Vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of Dulce de leche. They can be whipped up in just 10 minutes. I'm amazed at how easy it is, to turn bananas into these fancy budget-friendly dessert in just minutes. This is one dessert your whole family will love and ask for seconds. And you won't even mind it.

Serve these Air fryer bananas with your oatmeal, pancake or Greek yogurt for a delicious breakfast. They're great as a quick and easy snack served on their own.

If you love making fruit desserts in the Air fryer, check out Air Fryer Pineapple, or for chocolate desserts, Air fryer Brownies, and Air fryer Lava Cakes. I love all things chocolate and cookies so I make Chocolate chip cookies in the Air fryer too.

Check out my favorite recipes here in our Air fryer Recipes collection.

Why we love to make Air fryer bananas:

Quick and easy -takes only 10 minutes
Crunchy cinnamon topping
Melted chocolate with every bite
Absolutely delicious fancy dessert

Ingredients and Notes

Ripe bananas - use ripe firm bananas that have a yellow skin and a few black spots. You don't want to use overripe bananas as they won't hold shape and will become mushy easily.
Melted butter - to brush on top of the bananas for the crunchy cinnamon coating to stick
Brown sugar - use brown sugar for the caramely flavor
Bread crumbs - what makes it crunchy
Cinnamon
Chocolate chips - use mini chocolate chips. They can be stuffed easily inside the banana. Chopped chocolate can also be used.

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How To Make Air Fryer Bananas

You'll find a fully printable version of this recipe with ingredients and measurements at the bottom of this post.

Cut the bananas in half. Make a slit in the middle of the banana half to stuff the chocolate chips in. Brush the top of the bananas with melted butter. In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, bread crumbs and cinnamon.

stuffing chocolate chips in the bananas.

Stuff the mini chocolate chips in the bananas into the slit you made. You can gently move the flesh apart to make it easier to push the chocolate chips in. Take care not to break the banana. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top.

Line the Air fryer basket with parchment paper and place the banana halves in. I line the basket for easy clean-up if any mishaps were to occur.

Air fry bananas at 375F for 10 minutes until the top is browned and the chocolate is melted. Remove the Air fried bananas to a serving plate. Serve warm.

Pro Tips For Air Fryer Bananas

Use a mini chocolate chips or chopped chocolate.
Place the bananas in a single layer in the Air fryer basket.
You might want to take a peek halfway through the cooking process to make sure the tops are not getting burnt. Reduce the temperature and increase the cook time if that happens.
Use a spatula to carefully remove the air fried bananas from the Air fryer without it falling apart.

How To Store And Reheat

STORE leftover caramelized air fryer bananas, in an airtight container and store in the fridge for 4 to 5 days.

REHEAT them in the Air fryer at 300F for a few minutes until warm. Or in the microwave.

What To Serve Air Fryer Bananas With

Air fried bananas taste great served with our favorites below:

Vanilla Ice cream
Dulce de leche
Caramel syrup
Whipped cream
Pancakes
Oatmeal
Greek yogurt

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Recipe

Easy Air Fryer Caramelized Bananas (With Chocolate)

Air Fryer caramelized bananas with chocolate and a crunchy cinnamon topping makes the plain Air fryer bananas a fancy dessert! This easy dessert can be made in 10 minutes and one your whole family will love. Serve with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of Dulce de leche for an awesome dessert!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 3

Equipment

Air Fryer

Ingredients

To serve

▢ vanilla ice cream
▢ dulce de leche or caramel syrup

Instructions

Cut the bananas in half lengthwise. Make a slit in the middle of the banana to stuff the chocolate chips in. Brush the top of the bananas with melted butter.
In a small bowl, mix together brown sugar, bread crumbs, and cinnamon.
Stuff the mini chocolate chips in the bananas into the slit you made. You can gently move the flesh apart to make it easier to push the chocolate chips in. Take care not to break the banana. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top
Line the Air fryer basket with parchment paper and place the banana halves in.
Air fry the bananas at 375F for 10 minutes until the top is browned and the chocolate is melted.
Serve warm with Vanilla ice cream and Dulce de leche or caramel syrup drizzled on top.

Notes

Store - leftover banana in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
Reheat - in the air fryer at 300F for 2 to 3 minutes until warm.
Use ripe bananas with yellow peel and a few spots. Avoid using overripe bananas.
Take a peek at the bananas halfway through the cooking process to see wether the tops are getting burnt. Reduce the temperature and increase the cooking time in that case.

Nutrition

Calories: 202 kcalTotal Carbs: 44 gProtein: 2 gFat: 4 gSaturated Fat: 2 gSodium: 37 mgFiber: 4 gSugar: 28 gVitamin A: 86 IUVitamin C: 10 mgCalcium: 31 mgIron: 1 mgNet Carbs: 41 g

Keyword air fryer, banana, caramelized banana, chocolate

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Comments

Charlotte pearson says

March 19, 2022 at 5:42 pm

Yummy

- Farwin says
  
  March 23, 2022 at 1:29 pm
  
  Thank you Charlotte.
  
john winchester says

April 18, 2022 at 3:16 am

Nice recipe .Thanks for sharing with us.

- Farwin says
  
  April 18, 2022 at 7:34 am
  
  Thank you John.