Grilled Bananas with Vanilla Ice Cream and Hot Chocolate Sauce

Ingredients

 * 2 firm-ripe bananas
 * ¼ stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled
 * 3 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
 * good quality store bought vanilla ice cream

Hot Chocolate Sauce

 * ¼ pound good quality chocolate, chopped
 * ½ teaspoon cinnamon
 * ⅓ cup half-and-half

Directions

 * 1) Preheat grill pan.
 * 2) Peel bananas and halve lengthwise.
 * 3) In a shallow baking pan large enough to hold bananas in one layer stir together butter and brown sugar and add bananas, tossing gently to coat.
 * 4) Transfer bananas with a metal spatula to an oiled grill pan and grill until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes on each side (if bananas are difficult to handle you may grill them on 1 side only).
 * 5) In a heavy saucepan chopped chocolate, cinnamon and half and half over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted.
 * 6) Serve bananas like a banana split with ice cream and chocolate sauce.