I may have mentioned this before (see my Sour Cream Banana Coffee Cake), but I am not the biggest fan of bananas. They are singularly squishy, make a horrible noise in my mouth when I eat them, and the smell seems to be everywhere when you throw away the peels (I mean, can we just take the trash to the curb? 😖) But The Boy continues to buy bananas whenever he goes to the store. He rarely eats them, but oh man does he buy them. Like buying bananas is required by law. Go shopping, buy bananas, no jail time. I don’t know what to do with all the freakin’ bananas!! I just can’t freeze any more bananas that he will ultimately forget to use in smoothies, so I’m always trying to find ways to hide them in baked goods. I may have finally found the ultimate solution. A chocolatey brownie that stays extra moist thanks to mashed up bananas, gussied up with swirls of peanut butter, and topped with another banana for fancy reasons. Plus, the combination of chocolate, banana, and peanut butter is delicious enough to bring Elvis out of hiding! (Read more…)