This recipe makes crispy vegan Baked Banana Wontons that taste perfect on their own—but they're even better topped with Coconut Caramel Sauce and ice cream!
Ready for the New Year
Okay, so maybe desserts are the last thing you want to think about right now. I know! I totally get that! But one year I had banana wontons on New Year's Eve and now I always associate them with the New Year. So this is my New Year's recipe, posted a little bit in advance.
Healthy Version
The best thing about these wontons, aside from how flipping easy they are to make, is that it's the kind of dessert that seems like it would be high in calories, but it's totally not. Each wonton is only about 30 calories (depending on the brand of wonton wrappers you use), so a serving of four is completely doable as a dessert or snack. I used to make these by spraying them with my oil mister and while that works out well, I've found that brushing them with melted coconut oil is even better—they are this close to having the same crispy texture as deep-fried wontons.
Party Version
But since this is a New Year's post, healthy banana wontons would be a wee bit disappointing, right? So if you want to go all out, I've included a vegan caramel sauce recipe too—a coconut caramel sauce recipe, to be exact. The coconut-y flavor is the perfect pairing for the banana wontons. And if you really want to go all out, serve the wontons and coconut caramel sauce with some vanilla ice cream.
(If you are making these for New Year's Eve, you really need to serve them with ice cream. Your diet starts on the 1st, remember?)
Ingredients
Baked Banana Wontons
- 1 medium banana mashed with a fork
- ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
- 16 wonton wrappers see note
- 1 tsp coconut oil melted (or oil mister/cooking spray)
Coconut Caramel Sauce
- ⅓ cup coconut milk not light—you need the full-fat kind
- ½ tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
Baked Banana Wontons
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Combine cinnamon and banana in a small bowl. Place a heaping teaspoon of banana filling in the center of each wonton wrapper. Brush edges of wrapper with a small amount of water, fold into a triangle, and press edges together to seal.
- Brush both sides of each finished wonton with coconut oil (or spray both sides with oil or cooking spray). Place wontons on a baking sheet.
- Bake for 8–10 minutes or until corners are browned and crispy.
Coconut Caramel Sauce
- Whisk together coconut milk, vanilla, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Combine sugar and water in a small heavy-duty saucepan over medium-high heat. Do not stir! Allow mixture to come to a boil. Once it begins to boil, watch it like a hawk. Eventually the mixture will start to smell like caramel and turn a golden color, then light brown. This will take about 6 minutes. When you see that it’s started to turn brown, slowly pour in coconut milk mixture, whisking constantly and quickly. If the sugar hardens around the whisk, don’t worry; it will melt. Just keep whisking! Continue to heat over medium-high until mixture has thickened and is a light caramel color, about 5 minutes more.
- Drizzle over wontons and ice cream.
Mars says
I made these tonight and they were crisp and tasted great. However most of the filling burst out while they were cooking! It seemed like they were very tightly pinched and nothing was leaking out before baking. My family loved them as they were, but more filling would have been even more awesome. Any advice? I want to make these again soon!
P.S. I didn't do the sauce but dusted them with Powdered Sugar (not vegan), and that was yummy!
Kiersten says
I have been making these for months now and I've never had that happen! I wonder if it's the brand of wonton you used (I use Nasoya)? Or maybe you brushed a little too much water on them before sealing? Usually I'll have 1-2 wontons ooze out a little bit, but even with those, most of the filling is still in the wonton when they're done baking. I'm glad they tasted good at least...
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
Bananas give me the worst heartburn, but I do so want to try these.....
Kiersten says
Well, if you don't like bananas, I made some the other day with chopped up Reese's PB cups. 😀 Definitely not as healthy though...
claire @ the realistic nutritionist says
These look AMAZING!! I love the banana!
marla says
Oh wow!! Such a great recipe ~ pinned to a few of my boards.....
Anne - Mommy Has to Work says
I've never seen this before. It looks delicious!
[email protected] says
These are fabulous girl--I've got to make!!
Jennifer says
these sound truly amazing. I'm always looking for new sweets to make but aren't TOO sweet. Can't wait to make these
Genevieve says
Sounds delish! I like how you took simple ingredients and made them into an elegant-looking dish! I actually made something similar a while ago with egg rolls wrappers (more like banana spring rolls). I would definitely make the sauce for these - sounds perfect together!
Kiersten says
I love using bananas in desserts like this. It's amazing that you don't have to add any sweetener at all and they still taste good. I want to try doing spring rolls with banana filling now!
Stephanie @ henry happened says
this does look flippin' easy! I love it!! And this something that Caro would love to make with me - can't wait to try it.
Kiersten says
Yeah, this is my favorite kind of recipe, the kind that looks difficult and involved, but actually takes only a few minutes to make. 🙂
Marta @ What should I eat for breakfast today says
It's never too much of sweets. NYE is coming and we can start to diet with January 1st 😉
Kiersten says
I know, I was counting calories today, but then I decided that it's New Year's Eve, so I might as well just eat what I want. 🙂
Kristi Rimkus says
What a creative dessert. I'm so glad you posted this early. We have a New Years party. This will impress my company for sure!
Kiersten says
I hope they are a big hit if you make them for your party! 😀
Mumseword says
coconut caramel!! what a to die for combination!!!
Tara @ Live a Sweet Life says
Very awesome. Love banana and the coconut caramel sauce sounds like a nice addition. Thanks for such an interesting recipe, I def want to give it a try!
Diane {Created by Diane} says
these look heavenly!
Kelly @ A Girl Worth Saving says
That coconut caramel is an amazing idea! I'm going to have to try it with some slight changes but oh mama Amazing!
Kiersten says
I spent SO much time trying to come up with a dairy-free caramel sauce. This is kind of my baby. 🙂 I'm sure you will manage to make it even healthier!
Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom says
A little taste of the tropics in winter - love this idea!
Anne says
I would never have guessed these were only 30 calories! I am going to have to try this next week.
debra pearlstein says
I love bananas with coconut. This looks amazing.
shelly (cookies and cups) says
Oh Lord these look good!!
Miriam @ Sometimes I Veg says
I have the hardest time finding egg-less wonton wrappers. I think there's an asian market nearby that I could check out because I love wontons and eggrolls. Your recipe looks delicious.
Kiersten says
I hope you're able to find them! If not, you might be able to use gyoza wrappers. They're a little bit thicker though...
Amber @ Slim Pickin's Kitchen says
Yum! These look so delicious and not horribly bad for you! The bad thing is that I'd probably eat about 457 of them :/
Kiersten says
Yeah, when I made these to photograph, I ate 8 in one sitting. But it's still not too bad for you!
Ally @ Om Nom Ally says
These look so easy (and so delicious)! I simply must give them a go 😀
Heidi @ Food Doodles says
So cute! I love the idea of these! The cinnamon sounds delicious and you could do so many different things with them!. I bet a tiny little bit of peanut butter or even nutella in these would be an awesome variation too. Mmm!
Kiersten says
I've made these with mini chocolate chips too. 🙂 And, okay, I might have also made them with chopped up peanut butter cups. Possibly also some toffee bits that I bought for holiday baking. (Oh, the shame!)
Andrea says
Those look so good Kiersten! I'll have to try them one night for dessert. Thanks for the recipe!
Kiersten says
I hope you like them if you make them! 😀
Dee @ Cocktails with Mom says
These I have to try. You make everything look so darn good!