Peanut Butter Banana Sushi
on Jan 19, 2024, Updated Mar 17, 2024
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This peanut butter banana sushi is a great, simple-to-make option for lunchtime! With only 3 ingredients and 5 minutes, you’ll have a filling meal ready to serve!
Most banana sushi recipes use a tortilla as the base, but I love using slices of bread! Using bread makes these sushi rolls a fun twist to a classic sandwich that will make lunchtime so much fun! There’s no denying the combo of peanut butter and banana – they pair together so well and when rolled up in a slice of bread make for a sweet and filling meal!
If you can’t get enough of the peanut butter and banana combo, be sure to try out this flourless peanut butter banana cake, these soft baked banana peanut butter bars, and this fluffy peanut butter banana french toast!
Table of Contents
What You’ll Need
Here is what you’ll need to make this peanut butter banana sushi:
- Banana: Use a large banana that is ripe, but not overripe. You’ll want the banana to be firm and not mushy so that it keeps its shape and is easy to slice into pieces.
- Peanut Butter: For added flavor, and fats, and to help hold the roll together.
- Sandwich Bread: Opt for large, soft slices of bread. I like to use soft wheat bread since it is easy to work with and roll up.
- Hemp Hearts: Optional add-in for a nutritional boost. I love to sprinkle on a few seeds on top, but you can omit them or sprinkle on any toppings you’d like!
See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Ingredient Substitutions & Additions
- Peanut Butter: The peanut butter may be replaced with any other type of nut butter, seed-based butter, or granola butter.
- Bread: The sandwich bread may be swapped with a tortilla.
- Honey: Optional addition to drizzle on top for added sweetness!
Step By Step Instructions
STEP 1: Cut off the crusts from the slices of bread (Image 1).
STEP 2: Use a rolling pin to roll the bread slices out to be as flat as possible (Image 2).
STEP 3: Spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter on each slice of bread in an even layer (Image 3).
STEP 4: Slice the banana in half and place each half on one end of each slice of bread (Image 4).
STEP 5: Roll the banana into a tight log, pressing down on the edge to seal it closed (Image 5). Slice it into 1-inch pieces and sprinkle with hemp heart seeds, or toppings of choice (Image 6)!
Storage Instructions
These rollups are best served fresh, but if you would like to pack them in a lunchbox, try keeping the slices together and still touching so that as little air hits the exposed banana as possible. You may also place some plastic wrap over the pieces in an airtight lunchbox container. The goal is to prevent too much air from hitting the bananas to help prevent browning.
Tips For Success
- Use soft, large pieces of bread for these sushi rollups so that the slice is easy to roll out without tearing and large enough to wrap around the entire banana.
- Use a banana that is ripe and not overripe. You want the banana to be firm enough to keep its shape and a mushy, overripe banana will be difficult to slice.
Recipe FAQs
Large, soft slices of bread are best to use. Large slices ensure that the bread will be big enough to wrap around the banana and soft slices will ensure that the bread doesn’t tear when rolled out.
You can swap the peanut butter with a seed-based butter like sunflower seed butter or an oat-based butter like granola butter.
This banana sushi is best served fresh, but if you are preparing it in advance, try keeping the slices together so that the surface of the banana is not exposed. You may also try covering the slices with plastic wrap.
Other Banana Recipes You’ll Love
Spinach Banana Muffins
Banana Oat Waffles
Banana Pancake Bites
Baby Friendly Banana Cinnamon Rolls
If you tried this Peanut Butter Banana Sushi please leave a ⭐ star rating and let me know how it went in the comments below! I love hearing from you!
Peanut Butter Banana Sushi
Ingredients
- 2 slices sandwich bread
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 large banana
- 1 tbsp hemp hearts, optional
Instructions
- Cut off the crusts from the slices of bread.
- Use a rolling pin to roll the bread slices out to be as flat as possible.
- Spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter on each slice of bread in an even layer.
- Slice the banana in half and place each half on one end of each slice of bread.
- Roll the banana into a tight log, pressing down on the edge to seal it closed. Slice it into 1-inch pieces and sprinkle with hemp heart seeds or toppings of choice!
Notes
- Use soft, large pieces of bread for these sushi rollups so that the slice is easy to roll out without tearing and large enough to wrap around the entire banana.
- Use a banana that is ripe and not overripe. You want the banana to be firm enough to keep its shape and a mushy, overripe banana will be difficult to slice.
