Caramelized Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bake

*This post has been updated to include a video on how to make this banana chocolate chip breakfast bake. The caramelized bananas are both inside the bake and on top for a luscious, protein-packed breakfast that you won’t believe is still good for you! Scroll down to watch!

There was a time when I was in either 9th or 10th grade that I can distinctly remember watching The Food Network on tv some afternoon before my parents got home from work and seeing an episode that involved caramelized bananas.

It was probably 30 Minute Meals (how I could stand Rachael Ray back then still baffles me).

For the next month, I pretty much made caramelized bananas with a swig of rum (shh…my mom still doesn’t know about that part) and poured them over vanilla ice cream on a daily basis.

That phase went as quickly as it came and I honestly don’t think I’ve made caramelized bananas since.

Well, until I remembered that episode and recreated it with these easy air fryer bananas!

But do you guys know how freakin’ delicious those suckers are?

It’s like I wasted almost 20 years of my life without them for no good reason.

So, I say we bring them back.

But, this time we do it with chocolate chips, quinoa and oats that transform into this protein-packed, healthy, banana chocolate chip breakfast bake.

Try these protein pancakes for another protein-packed breakfast!

The caramelized banana deliciousness is both stirred inside of the bake and dolloped on top to make sure you’re getting some of that sweet goodness in every single bite.

Breakfast is already my favorite meal of the day but it seriously just got a whole lot better.

I can without a doubt promise it won’t be another 20 years before these happen again either.

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