Dark and Stormy Sundaes

Ingredients

 * 2 tablespoons butter
 * 3 ripe (peeled) bananas, sliced diagonally 1/2-inch thick
 * 2 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
 * 1/2 cup dark rum
 * Juice of 1 lime
 * 1 pint vanilla ice cream
 * 12 gingersnaps, crumbled
 * 4 heaping spoonfuls of whipped cream
 * 1/2 cup toasted coconut
 * 3/4 cup sliced tropical fruit (like kiwi, star fruit, or pineapple)

Directions

 * 1) In a large skillet, melt the butter over a medium-high flame.
 * 2) Add the bananas and cook, stirring, 3 minutes until they begin to soften.
 * 3) Sprinkle the bananas with the brown sugar and cook, stirring, 2 minutes more.
 * 4) Remove the skillet from the heat; add the rum. Return the skillet to the heat.
 * 5) Standing back, ignite the rum with a long wooden match.
 * 6) When the flame burns out, add the lime juice.
 * 7) Divide the bananas and sauce between four large martini glasses or dessert bowls.
 * 8) Top each serving with the ice cream, crumbled cookies, whipped cream, coconut, and tropical fruit.