Choco Banana Date Cookies aka Breakfast in a Bite

Confession: I never really liked bananas until I moved into a house that had several banana plants on the property. I always found them a bit dry and starchy, and unless they were soaked in rum and set aflame in a pan (or blended with espresso in a frosty smoothie), I usually passed them up in favor of fruits like oranges. Peaches. Strawberries. Bold, juicy, refreshing fruits.

But then I tried one of the bananas that we grew. They were fat and short, unlike anything I’d ever seen in the mark...