Trader Joe's - Chocolate Chip Banana Bread; Snow Monkeys, Bananas and Chocolate - Sept. 21, 2019

Chocolate of the Day: 

Trader Joe's
Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Good++
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 12 oz. (340 g.) in total package/bag
Calories: 150 calories (estimate) in 1/2 large muffin
Cost: $2.99 (estimate) for 1 package/bag
Purchased from: Trader Joe's, Mountain View/Palo Alto, CA

Welcome to Day #4 of Chocolate and Banana Theme Week.

Today's tasty Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips from Trader Joe's (Monrovia, CA) were embedded in a gluten free version  of homemade banana bread—made with mashed bananas, banana flour, spices, nuts and no added sugar.

Other items sampled today included:

• A Cacao Fruit Smoothie from Dandelion Chocolate (San Francisco, CA)
• Chocolate Horchata from Dandelion Chocolate (San Francisco, CA)
• A gluten-free oatmeal chocolate chip and cranberry cookie
• Snow Monkey Cinnamon Superfood Ice Treat. This dairy-free frozen dessert contained 21 grams of protein; and the first ingredient listed was banana puree. (It did not contain any chocolate.)

And, if you're thinking, that's a lot of sugar. You're right. It was.