What to do with leftover McDonald's caramel dipper sauce?

Add it to your coffee!


Like most people who have toddlers and preschoolers, we visit McDonald's on a regular basis.  I almost always get the kids apple dippers, but I leave the caramel sauce in the bag.  When I have around 10, I usually make a really yummy fruit dip.  However, today was one of those days I needed a cup of coffee at 3:30.  I like my coffee like a dessert and we were out of all of my regular add-ins- powdered creamer and Splenda just weren't cutting it.  When rummaging through my fridge, I found the caramel dip.  I added it to my coffee and presto, coffee shop coffee!  It was delicious!

What to do with extra bananas?

This morning, Celia, Charlie and I sat down to a nice breakfast of bananas and yogurt. They promptly peeled (or took the tape off, as Charlie says) their bananas and said they were done. They didn't want to eat them. I did not want to eat three bananas, so I had to figure out something to do with them. I made a caramel sauce and cut them up into it. I put the sauce on top of their pancakes. You could also put it on top of ice cream or waffles. I thought it was great. Celia and Charlie still wouldn't eat their breakfast. I guess it wasn't a breakfast kind of day for my two and three year old. Oh well. Here's the recipe. It was just enough to top the pancakes for two little ones. You'll probably want to double or triple the recipe if you're going to serve more people.

Banana Caramel Sauce

Ingredients:
2 Bananas
3/8 Cup of Honey
1/4 Cup Olive Oil or Butter
3/4 tsp Vanilla
1 tsp Cinnamon

Heat butter or olive oil up in skillet. Slice bananas into the hot oil. Add honey, vanilla, and cinnamon to the skillet. Stir constantly because the mixture will burn easily. You want the liquid to boil and become sticky. After boiling, turn stove off and mixture will continue to thicken. Serve warm.