How to make Banana Bread Bars: A cheap & easy snack for babies and toddlers!

For a super cheap home-baked lunchbox snack, you have to try these banana bread bars, your toddler or baby will love them!

These super easy Banana Bread Bars are the perfect cheap & easy snack for your hungry little ones! They only come to 8p each so great with the cost of living crisis. 

(You can watch a video tutorial here!) 

Star Rating: 5/5 toddler dipping his banana bread bar into golden syrup making it an easy snack which is the perfect toddler snack

Choosing the 'ripe' bunch

See what I did there?

The older the banana's the better! Did you know, a banana can be completely black and still be okay to eat?

The reason older bananas are better for baking is because they have developed more sugar and will be sweeter. Just make sure your banana's do not have any mould on them! To find out more click here. 

What ingredients do I need?

The total cost of my banana bread bars is £1.32. I made 16 so they work out at just 8p each. Additionally, you could try using brown sugar to make them healthier. But as I,  wanted to keep cost as low as possible, stuck with granulated. 

photo shows how much each ingredient costs showing the cheap snacks which are the perfect cheap lunchbox snack too. All the ingredients are things you would already have in your cupboard making them an easy toddler snack
  • 3 over ripe bananas 
  • 1 medium egg 
  • 1 cup of granulated sugar 
  • 1/3 cup of melted butter 
  • 1 & 1/2 cups of flour
  • 1 tsp of baking powder 
  • 1 tsp of salt

How do you make these super cheap banana bread bars?

Step 1: Mash your bananas on a plate and transfer them to your mixing bowl. 

mashed banana on a plate. the image contains older bananas so you can use up what is in your cupboard making them easy toddler snacks to make and perfect lunchbox snacks.

Step 2: Mix together your mashed bananas, egg, sugar and butter in your main mixing bowl  

Step 3: Next in a separate bowel mix together your flour, baking powder and salt. Then, pour into your main mixing bowl. 

banana bread bars batter in a bar silicone mould which is the perfect lunchbox snack size.

tep 4: Whisk your ingredients together and transfer into your baking tray. Mine was an Aldi special buy, but I have found similar here. 

Step 5: Pop into the oven at 180 degrees for 16-20 minutes. Remember to prick the bars with a fork, if there is still batter on the fork, they need longer. If the fork comes out clean, they are cooked!

Step 6: Once cooked, wait for them to cool and serve! They taste lovely warm or are perfect as a lunchbox snack. I keep them in an air tight container in the fridge. I love how they are such an easy toddler snack to just grab and go!

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