I created my Hershey’s™ Spreads Chocolate Dip and Rocky Road Banana Bread Recipes using Hershey’s™ Spreads as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars. #SpreadPossibilities #hersheysheroes
If you love Hershey’s® chocolate as much as I do, then you’ll probably be pretty excited to learn that Hershey’s® has just recently brought their delicious chocolaty goodness to a store near you in the form of a chocolate spread! That’s right, Hershey’s™ Spreads are now available in grocery stores and mass market retailers, and they’re pretty fantastic!
Hershey’s™ Spreads come in three varieties: Chocolate, Chocolate with Almond and Chocolate with Hazelnut. My favorite was the Chocolate with Hazelnut, but Angeline loved the Chocolate with Almond. You can find out more about Hershey’s™ Spreads on Hersheys.com, but the concept is pretty simple: they took all of the deliciousness of a Hershey’s® bar and put it into a spread! This chocolate spread is so versatile; you can use them to dip fresh fruit in, smother them on a slice of toast, use them in a sandwich with sliced bananas or with peanut butter, add a teaspoon to your smoothies or even use them in your baking…of course I used them in my baking!
With the holiday season in full swing and Valentine’s Day right around the corner (I know, I’m getting a little ahead of myself!), I thought I’d whip up a few easy entertaining recipes using a few varieties of the new Hershey’s™ Spreads for you guys.
Really, I just wanted an excuse to get creative in the kitchen!
I whipped (ha ha, pun totally intended there!) this creamy, chocolaty treat up as an after school indulgence for Angeline with a few fresh strawberries. Now that it’s strawberry season in Florida, we’re eating them almost on a daily basis!
Hershey’s™ Spreads Chocolate Dip
Ingredients
5 tablespoons Hershey’s™ Spreads, any variety
1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
2 cups confectioner’s sugar
Directions
Combine the cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar and Hershey’s™ Spreads in a large bowl and beat on low speedy until smooth and creamy.
That’s it!
This easy Hershey’s™ Spreads Chocolate Dip is so easy to make and it’s so light and creamy! If you’re throwing a party, the kids will go bonkers over this twist on the classic dip that usually comes alongside fresh fruit. You can also microwave a few tablespoons of the Hershey’s™ Spreads and drizzle over the strawberries for a little extra chocolaty goodness!
Since Hershey’s™ Spreads sent me six whole jars, I decided to do a little experimenting with another recipe using the chocolate spread. It’s one of my favorite banana bread recipes, just slightly altered to sweeten it up a bit…because everything tastes better with a little chocolate, right?
I gathered a jar of the plain chocolate Hershey’s™ Spreads, marshmallows and pecans to turn my banana bread into a Rocky Road banana bread!
Hershey’s™ Spreads Rocky Road Banana Bread Recipe
Ingredients
6 tablespoons Hershey’s™ Spreads
3 ripe bananas
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup applesauce (you can use melted butter or vegetable oil if you don’t have applesauce on hand)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup mini marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray two loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray and dust with flour.
In a large bowl, beat together applesauce, eggs, sugars, vanilla, bananas, salt and baking soda and powder. Once completely combined, gradually add in the flour.
Pour your batter into your loaf pan until it’s about 1/3 of the way full, then add your chopped pecans, mini marshmallows and drop the Hershey’s™ Spreads evenly over the surface.
Pour more batter over the top until your loaf pan is almost full to the top. This bread won’t really rise so you can fill it up almost to the top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
This Hershey’s™ Spreads Rocky Road Banana Bread has everything you want in a banana bread: it’s moist and slightly sweet – but the layer of Hershey’s™ Spreads, chopped pecans and melted marshmallow add an entirely new dimension!
You can find out more info on Hershey’s™ Spreads and keep up to date on their latest promotions by liking the Hershey’s® Facebook page, and don’t forget to check out Hersheys.com for more wonderful recipes!
Tammy says
December 18, 2013 at 2:26 pmHershey’s Spread makes me smile 🙂 I made some Mudslide Cookies with my jar. I can’t wait to try some other goodies, the Banana Bread looks delicious!
Marcie W. says
December 18, 2013 at 8:39 pmI haven’t made this yet but my diet already hates you. Rocky Road is an old favorite of mine!
Donna says
December 18, 2013 at 11:42 pmI haven’t tried the Hershey spread with almonds or the hazelnut, yet, but the chocolate is to die for! YUMMY!
HilLesha says
December 19, 2013 at 12:12 amI shouldn’t have looked at this post, because now I want this. My poor diet! ~lol~
Stefani says
December 19, 2013 at 10:36 amI haven’t seen these yet at the store yet but I want to try them. I LOVE chocolate and I could put these to good use. 🙂
April G says
December 19, 2013 at 12:11 pmBoth of those recipes look amazing!!! Thank you for sharing, I’ll be trying them for sure over the holidays!
Angela says
December 19, 2013 at 12:58 pmI just tried the chocolate with almond and it was sooo good. I haven’t tried baking with it though. Thanks for the ideas!
Ellen Christian says
December 19, 2013 at 1:03 pmThese are delicious. It’s a great treat for the holidays!
Jen says
December 19, 2013 at 2:33 pmSHUT UP! That dip – OMG. My 2 fave food groups, Chocolate & cheese!
Nicole B says
December 19, 2013 at 2:53 pmThat looks so good! I’m hungry and your pics made my stomach growl. LOL I have got to try that dip with strawberries.
Chelsea says
December 19, 2013 at 3:30 pmI didn’t even know Hershey’s HAD spreads- but now that I do I want to get some of the chocolate one to dip in strawberries, yummmm!
Pam says
December 19, 2013 at 3:33 pmI want to try the chocolate and hazelnut spread! That banana bread looks excellent.
Debra says
December 19, 2013 at 4:10 pmI didn’t know Hershey had spreads, I’ll have to look for them next time I’m shopping. The banana bread is my favorite!
Jennifer Quillen says
December 19, 2013 at 4:41 pmYep, they are BRAND NEW! You should start seeing them in stores this month!
Amy Desrosiers says
December 19, 2013 at 4:14 pmAs someone who loves to bake, and cook these look wonderful! I would love to try them out in my kitchen!
Jennifer Quillen says
December 19, 2013 at 4:41 pmThey’re a lot of fun to cook with, but even more fun to just eat right out of the jar! ha ha! We are going to make stuffed french toast with them this weekend!
Janel says
December 19, 2013 at 6:36 pmThat chocolate dip looks SOO good!!
Tara says
December 19, 2013 at 8:51 pmJen, both of those recipes are to die for! I will be giving them a try!
Kayla says
December 19, 2013 at 9:09 pmSo needless to say you’ve got my sweet tooth craving chocolate! 😀
These two recipes are beyond fantastic and quite innovative. I hope to be able to try one or both in the near future!
Brett says
December 19, 2013 at 9:28 pmwell isn’t that dip just the easiest thing in the world!! and delish! we’ve tried the chocolate spread and its DIVINE.
martha says
December 19, 2013 at 9:59 pmi want to try some varieties of this. so far i’ve only found the plain and it’s awesome, so i want more!
Melissa says
December 19, 2013 at 10:29 pmOh my goodness! I am absolutely drooling right now! It all looks so good!
Amanda says
December 19, 2013 at 10:54 pmThe banana bread looks great! I like to add mini chocolate chips to mine so that looks delicious!
Jodi says
December 19, 2013 at 11:29 pmWow! The dip for the strawberries look so delicious, but that rocky road banana bread looks amazing. Did you have to make it look so good? This having high cholesterol thing is going to be incredibly difficult! lol I guess I will be at the gym all the time!
Dawn says
December 20, 2013 at 1:37 amI haven’t heard of these spreads before. That dip and the strawberries look amazing!!
Yolanda says
December 20, 2013 at 10:00 amI opened this with the hubby over my shoulder. He is the baker of the family and told me to forward the post to him! Herseys spread seemed to have made this recipe so easy to make. Thanks for sharing!!!
Jennifer Soltys says
December 20, 2013 at 10:13 amWow you have outdone yourself this time! That looks amazingly delicious!!!
Melissa says
December 20, 2013 at 2:40 pmOh man, that sounds delicious. I haven’t made banana bread in forever. Now I am craving it!
Ty says
December 21, 2013 at 1:43 amThis looks absolutely amazing and I bet it taste really good, too!
Courtney Pies says
December 21, 2013 at 8:27 amI honestly had no idea that Hershey’s had these spreads! That banana bread looks AMAZING!
jennay green says
December 21, 2013 at 7:13 pmoh my goodness this looks so tastey!!! i will be buying ingredients tomorrow to try this for myself
wen budro says
December 22, 2013 at 8:14 pmWhaaa….What!!?? Rocky road banana bread!? I never knew such a wondrous thing existed. I will def be making this recipe in the future….yum. Double yum.
Ashley MM says
December 22, 2013 at 10:17 pmThanks for the recipe, I have a huge sweet tooth and I’m always looking for yummy new recipes. Love the strawberries on side.
Linda Lamb says
September 2, 2014 at 11:00 pmI have only tried one of these spreads and I didn’t even see it mentioned. After trying the Sea Salted Caramel, I find it hard to try another because I want another jar of caramel. It was just so delicious by itself, I have to get another jar to try in recipes.