25 Delicious Recipes for Brown Bananas

I buy bananas with good intentions. They sit on the counter waiting to be grabbed for a quick snack. Sometimes they are eaten up quickly. Most often, however, they sit there till they start to turn brown and gross.

I hate to waste food so I’ll throw them in the freezer to use in recipes. When they turn brown like this, I can’t bring myself to eat one as is, but I don’t mind using them up in a recipe. In fact, some recipes require the bananas to be overripe! They have many, many uses.
Delicious Recipes for Brown Bananas - Don't throw them away! Brown bananas are sweet and delicious. Try one of these easy recipes with your overripe bananas.

My mom always made banana bread with them. I remember having an after school snack of banana bread warm out of the oven and topping it with butter. The butter would melt and flavour the bread even more. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

Classic banana bread is one use for your brown bananas, but I’ve discovered a bunch of other yummy ways you can use them. Don’t let those bananas go to waste!

As you can see, there are plenty of ways to use brown bananas in addition to banana bread! This is a great list to inspire you to enjoy those bananas at the bottom of your freezer.

Whatever you do, DO NOT throw them away. Put them in the freezer until you are ready to use them.

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    Delicious Recipes for Brown Bananas - Don't throw them away! Brown bananas are sweet and delicious. Try one of these easy recipes with your overripe bananas.

    25 Delicious Recipes for Brown Bananas - Who knew bananas could be so versatile? The browner the banana, the sweeter they get!

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    Delicious Recipes for Brown Bananas - Don't throw them away! Brown bananas are sweet and delicious. Try one of these easy recipes with your overripe bananas.

    What is your favourite way to use brown bananas?

    Delicious Recipes for Brown Bananas

    Don't throw them away! Brown bananas are sweet and delicious. Try one of these easy recipes with your overripe bananas.



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    50 Comments

    1. strawberry banana smoothie

    2. Susan Patterson says:

      Thanks so much for all the delicious recipes for bananas!

    3. Elizabeth Matthiesen says:

      The only recipe for over ripe bananas that I’ve ever heard of is for banana bread. I never touch that either, I just don’t like over ripe bananas I’m afraid.

    4. I hate to eat brown bananas but they are great in banana bread. The extra sweetness of the banana means I can cut down on the sugar as well.

    5. Stacie Thank you so much for featuring my Bruleed Banana Bundt Cake and Simple Skinny Banana Cookies! I LOVE the fact that you did a round up like this! I am in LOVE with these other recipes!!!

      Best Kitchen Wishes!

    6. Sanne Deprez says:

      At home, we always make ‘Banana milk’ with overripe bananas, it’s like a milkshake, but without ice-cream (so it also has no added sugar!). Just put bananas, (cold) milk and a pinch of instant coffee in the blender and mix. According to my mom, my great-grandfather used to add a raw egg for protein, but we don’t do that now 😉

    7. bananas that are starting to brown (or really, almost any fruit that’s starting to turn) goes in a gallon Baggie in my freezer, to be ready for smoothies! I buy a bunch of bananas in the rare scenario that I find them for 37 or 39 cents/lb, even though I know they won’t all get eaten. Then when we have smoothies we always have a supply 🙂

    8. my kids like Banana Milk—put a couple over ripe bananas in the blender, milk, cinnamon and a sweetener. Purée and pour into cups

    9. Christine G. says:

      I’m definitely going to try the peanut butter banana cookies!

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