Wonton dessert recipes

Here are some wonderful wonton dessert recipes.

A friend once said that he must round off a meal with a sweet dessert otherwise, he would feel that he hasn't really completed his meal. Sort of a sweet ending? It sounded strange to me at first because I am the sort who do not care much for desserts. I do not have a problem not having desserts after dinner. But this end-a-meal-with-a-dessert habit must be true for many people judging from the huge range of sweet desserts available.

To me, wontons have always been savoury but as I read more about wontons, I came across cooks with great imagination, creativity and culinary talent who use the wonton wrappers to make all sort of sweet and delightful desserts.

For wontons to be baked, I would recommend using an egg-less wonton wrappers.

To all the sweet tooths out there ... with love.

Banana wonton rolls

Ingredients
12 pieces of wonton wrappers
1 very ripe banana
1.5 tbsp water
softened butter or egg wash

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180-200C
2. Peel the banana and cut into 12 equal pieces
3. Lay a wonton wrapper on a clean cutting board
4. Place a piece of banana near the corner of the wrapper
5. Roll to wrap the banana
6. Wet the corner of the wonton wrapper to seal
7. Wet the inside of the two ends, press down to seal
8. Repeat the process until all are rolled
9. Brush the wonton rolls with softened butter or egg wash
10. Place the 12 banana rolls on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes
11. Remove from oven and serve

Fruity yogurt in a wonton cup

Ingredients
softened butter or egg wash
12 pieces of wonton wrappers
1 small tub of fresh yogurt
A bunch of fresh summer fruits such as strawberries, peaches

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375F or 190C
2. Brush each piece of wonton wrapper with softened butter
3. Place 1 or 2 sheets in each muffin cup and press down to get the shape
4. Bake them for about 5-10 minutes
5. Leave to cool and turn the cups out
6. Cut fruits into small pieces. Mix with yogurt
7. Spoon the fruity yogurt into the baked wonton cups
8. Drizzle with honey or maple syrup
9. Add toppings like nuts before serving

Wonton almond twists

Ingredients
15 pieces of wonton wrappers
40g unsalted butter
20g almond powder
1 tbsp almond chips
1 tbsp jam

Directions

1. Soften butter by leaving it to stand at room temperature
2. Mix the butter with the almond powder to make almond butter
3. Spread the almond butter evenly on each piece of wonton wrapper
4. Stack all 15 wrapper on top of one another
5. Cover the wonton layers with cling wrap and roll out any air between them with a rolling pin
6. Leave in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes
7. Take the layers out and prick several holes with a fork
8. Cut the wonton layers into long strips
9. Cut a slot in the middle of each strip
10. Push one end through the slot to create a twist
11. Microwave on high for about 2 minutes
12. Brush a little jam on the surface of each twist and sprinkle some almond chips over them

Recipes contributed by visitors

Wonton cupcake
Patricia Broughton surprised me by sending me her recipe for making wonton cups using mini cupcake pans. Thank you Patricia!

1. Take a won ton wrapper put into mini cupcake pans
2. Brush with melted butter
3. Brown for 1-3 min. at 375 degrees
4. Let cool before you take them out

Patricia made a lemon ice box pie using cooled won ton wraps. Good finger dessert for parties.

Online wonton dessert recipes

Chocolate banana wontons
I came across this chocolate banana wonton recipe while surfing. Since I did not have any recipe using banana with chocolate and the recipe looks yummy, I decided to include the link to the recipe here.

It is a quick dessert recipe. They take almost no time to make.

Chocolate Kiss Wontons
This is Bob Blumer's recipe and the ingredients include wonton skins, peanut butter, bananas and Hershey's Caramel kisses.

1. Spread a bit of creamy peanut butter in the centre of the wonton wrapper
2. Slice the banana cross section thinly and place one slice on top of the peanut butter
3. Top the banana slice with a caramel kiss
4. Wet the 4 corners of the wonton wrapper and bring them together. Wet the sides and seal them to form a pointed parcel.
5. Heat up a wok of oil or deep fryer and deep fry the wonton parcels
6. Optional: dust the parcels with some icing sugar

See a photo of them at the Keropokman's blog.

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