Double Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bars

Last night, I decided to give Jenna's Double Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Bars a try.

I was excited that these oatmeal bars don't contain raisins. I don't know about you, but I don't care for raisins in my baked goods. Dark chocolate chips and banana chips are far superior.

And although you'd never know from tasting them, these bars are vegan! That is the magic of bananas...they make a great egg substitute for baking. But I truly think you can only pull it off if your recipe is supposed to taste like bananas. Blueberry muffins should taste like blueberries, not bananas, am I right?

I like to squish the banana while it's still in the peel to make mashing easier. Not that mashing a banana is hard. I guess I just like the opportunity to play with my food.

I actually prefer to bake vegan goods. Honestly, raw eggs freak me out. Yes, I'm the crazy girl hyperventilating in the corner as Kate eats raw cookie dough. And I stalk her like a vulture as she cooks breakfast to make sure she washes her hands properly after disposing of egg shells. And don't even get me started about the time I found out that she had been giving raw egg yolks to Stella...

Anyway, no worries about salmonella last night. I even took a few nibbles of the dough myself. Yum! Reminded me of the raw oatmeal/melted butter/sugar bowls that my siblings and I would mix up when my parents weren't around.

The bars came out like dense oatmeal cookies. I think they'd be divine with some pecans mixed in.

They are good for breakfast (I crumbled one into my yogurt this morning), but they're also good for dessert...warmed with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

I'm just sayin.

Check out the recipe on Eat, Live, Run!