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Healthy Almond Banana Bread Bites

These almond banana bites are super healthy and easy to make! They only require 6 good-for-you ingredients and can be made completely in a food processor. Delicious, healthy snacks that will keep you happy and satisfied. Add some dark chocolate chips for an extra treat.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Healthy Almond Banana Bread Bites

Why it works: Almond and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,733 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Healthy Almond Banana Bread Bites

Serves 13
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

319Calories
3 gProtein
10 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chocolate1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Almond + chocolatetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Almond + bananatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  3. Chocolate + maple syruptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Chocolate + bananatop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together574 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Maple syrup + bananatop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together145 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, chocolate, maple syrup):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, chocolate, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.