Correcting The World's Wrongs With Campfire Bananas
"What are you doing?" my husband asked. He was staring at me as if I had eighteen heads, each with 20 piercings and Mike Tyson-esque tattoos.
"Making Campfire Bananas," I said. In my head, his question was quite possibly the dumbest one I had ever heard him ask.
"What are those?" he asked.
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"Are you serious?" I asked.
"Yeah, what are they?" he responded.
"You are a victim of child abuse," I told him in a bewildered tone.
I turned to Twitter to report this crime against humanity. AND OH MY GAWD. People. PEOPLE! How are so many people oblivious to wonder and majesty that is Campfire Bananas? I weep for the childhood memories you don't have. WEEP.
My memories of Campfire Bananas are wrapped in Girl Scout camp and fires by the lake and all sorts of . . . . hell, who really cares? We're talking about bananas, chocolate, and marshmallows here. The details are pointless.
Anyway, let me share with you how joy can be packaged in a banana peel.
Campfire Bananas
You'll need some bananas, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and I am a fan of throwing some peanut butter into the mix as well. Of course, Nutella could also be thrown in there, but only if you are awesome enough to understand the majesty of Nutella.
Peel one strip from the banana and then cut a groove in the banana, kind of like how the Sandwich Artists at Subway used to cut the bread "boat style."
Stuff that strip full of good stuff.
Put the peel back in place. (You can eat the little bit of banana that you cut out--I won't tell anyone.)
Wrap it in foil.
Throw the banana in your fire pit, fireplace, fire bowl, or whatever form of pyromania you participate in. Hot coals work better than actual flame-age.
Let it sit on the fire long enough for the chocolate chips to melt. How long it will take depends on how hot your fire is.
Once it's done, unwrap it, pull the peel all the way off, and eat.
A whole herd of neighborhood kids declared them, "Soooooooo nuuummmmmy!" Best part, now they won't grow up deprived like anyone who has never had a Campfire Banana.
Recipe
Reader Comments (111)
I also learned to make these at Girl Scout camp. I have since spread the word to other people who have now become addicted to these delicious treats (I call them Banana Boats). YUUUUUUUMMMM!
When my Girl Scout troop made them we had tons of toppings like chocolate chips, marshmallows, coconut, chopped nuts, pretty much anything you could think of!
Oh MY! Must try this! Yum!
I was a Girl Scout camp counselor for 5 years and I wept every time a group of girls chose to make s'mores instead of these. Never got sick of them!
These are the greatest! But we always called them 'Banana Boats' and not Campfire Bananas :)
Our family calls them BANANA BOATS! And a little ice cream goes nicely too :)
i made em w/ GS a week ago! im a junior!
I never made these in Girl Scouts but my Father used to make them for me and my brother when we were little. He called them banana boats. We didn't have a fire pit so he would put them on the BBQ. I loved those special nights when we got banana boats. Ah happy memories.
We made these all the time at Girl Scout Camp when I was little. So I do believe this is a Girl Scout camp thing. But they are awesome!
Back in my day we used to call these Banana Boats! I haven't had one of these in about 20 years!!
Just made them tonight... Did not end well lol. I probably cooked them too long. But they were delicious either way (just not 100% solid haha)