Looking for a show-stopping treat that perfectly balances deep, dramatic cocoa with tropical warmth? These Black Banana Rum Cookie Bars are the ultimate sophisticated indulgence. By pairing an intense, dark-as-night black cocoa biscuit with a luscious banana-and-rum-infused dark chocolate ganache, this recipe creates an unforgettable flavor profile. Encased in a beautifully speckled Callebaut W2 white chocolate and black cookie shell, these bars deliver a gorgeous contrast of textures—from the snap of the tempered chocolate to the silky smooth ganache and the crunch of the sable. Best of all, this impressive, patisserie-level dessert is surprisingly easy to assemble!
Level:
Easy
Makes:
3 x 6 bars

White Chocolate and Black Cookie (to line mould)

Ingredients: White Chocolate and Black Cookie (to line mould)

Preparation: White Chocolate and Black Cookie (to line mould)

Mix the cookie pieces in to the tempered chocolate and line the moulds.
Leave to set before filling.

Black Biscuit

Ingredients: Black Biscuit

  • 5.3 oz
    Butter
  • 3.2 oz
    Icing sugar

Preparation: Black Biscuit

cream butter and sugar together

Ingredients: Black Biscuit

  • 1.9 oz
    Eggs (large)

Preparation: Black Biscuit

Add egg

Ingredients: Black Biscuit

Preparation: Black Biscuit

Fold in flour, almonds and cocoa powder

Roll out to 4mm thick and leave to cool and firm up.
Cut to desired shape for your chocolate mould making sure its slightly smaller then the mould to make sure that it fits after the mould has been lined with chocolate

Banana Rum Ganache

Ingredients: Banana Rum Ganache

  • 3.9 oz
    Sugar
  • 1.1 oz
    Glucose

Preparation: Banana Rum Ganache

Make a caramel with the sugar and glucose

Ingredients: Banana Rum Ganache

  • 7.1 oz
    Banana purée

Preparation: Banana Rum Ganache

Warm the banana puree

Ingredients: Banana Rum Ganache

  • 2.3 oz
    Butter

Preparation: Banana Rum Ganache

De-glaze the caramel with the banana puree and butter

Ingredients: Banana Rum Ganache

Preparation: Banana Rum Ganache

At 80c pour onto the 70-30-38

Ingredients: Banana Rum Ganache

  • 0.9 oz
    Sunflower oil

Preparation: Banana Rum Ganache

Add in the sunflower oil and emulsify well

Ingredients: Banana Rum Ganache

  • 0.5 oz
    Rum

Preparation: Banana Rum Ganache

At 30c at the rum.

Place in a piping bag.