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23 Recipes for your extra Bananas

8 April, 2015 by Giselle Rochford 39 Comments

Hey Friends! How’s it goin?

If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll know that for most of Winter, I complained about the lack of ripe bananas to be found. Groceries and farmers’ markets were filled with too green bananas that took weeks to ripen. Since I try to have at least one banana a day – usually more – and I prefer my bananas to be pretty ripe, I was not amused.

23 Recipes for your overripe Bananas via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Thankfully, the cold weather is over for the most part, and ripe bananas are making an appearance. Even if I buy green bananas in the grocery, it takes no time at all for them to ripen. This is generally a good thing, but sometimes they can ripen too quickly if I buy too many, and I’m left with some extra ripe, soggy bananas that even I won’t eat. Usually, I just put them in smoothies, but those overripe bananas are also perfect for baking.

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These Almond-Chocolate Breakfast Biscuits are crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, full of fibre and slightly sweet. Perfect for breakfast or a midmorning snack via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com #breakfast #cookies #healthy

Almond-Chocolate Breakfast Cookies via Diary of an ExSloth

Lentil Banana Muffins via The Lean Green Bean

Banana Bread Granola Bars via Running with Spoons

Ice Tray Banana Yogurt Pops via Fit Foodie Finds

Quick & Easy 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies | @ExSloth

3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies via Diary of an ExSloth 

Gluten-Free Banana Bread Donut Splits via Food Faith Fitness

Banana Fosters Cinnamon Rolls via The Healthy Maven

Banana Smoothie Breakfast Bites via The Big Man’s World

These blueberry banana baked oatmeal cups are soft, chewy, easily customizable and freeze really well. Plus, they're gluten-free, dairy-free and refined sugar free. Perfect for breakfast or brunch via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Blueberry Banana Baked Oatmeal Cups via Diary of an ExSloth

Strawberry Banana Overnight Oats via The Almond Eater

Single-Serve Cacao Nib Banana Bread Muffin via Clean Eating Veggie Girl

Banana Cacao Avocado Acai Bowl via Hummusapien

Gluten-Free Banana Mac Nut Protein Bites via Cotter Crunch

Vegan, Gluten Free, Coconut-Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches | @ExSloth.com

Coconut-Banana “Ice Cream” Sandwiches via Diary of an ExSloth

Banana Honey Cornbread via Peas and Crayons

Cinnamon Coffee Cake Banana Bread via The Fit Foodie Mama

Sesame Banana Buckwheat Muffins via Skinny Fitalicious

Banana Bread Pizza Crust via Fresh Fit & Healthy

Chocolate Banana-Nut Bread Recipe | ExSloth

Chocolate Banana-Nut Bread via Diary of an ExSloth

Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Cups via Pancake Warriors

Vegan and Gluten-Free Banana Pudding via Almost Getting it Together

Flourless Protein Banana Cake (in a rice cooker) via Fairy Burger

Fruity Banana Coconut Pancakes via Strength and Sunshine

What about you?

Do your bananas go bad around this time of year? What do you do with the overripe ones? 

Share in the comments below!

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Comments

  1. Stephanie says

    8 April, 2015 at 9:40 am

    I love banana recipes!! Thank you so much for posting, I will be pinning this!
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  2. Erin says

    8 April, 2015 at 10:20 am

    Oh my goodness these look amazing! I’m always looking for banana recipes…seems like I can never eat them fast enough 🙂
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  3. Leslie says

    8 April, 2015 at 10:28 am

    Yum! I had a banana for breakfast this morning. I hope you have a great day!
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  4. Farrah says

    8 April, 2015 at 11:31 am

    Yayyyy for bananas! I’m always looking for all sorts of uses to throw em’ into! My overripe ones tend to go into baked goods, or I chop em’ up and throw them in the freezer for future smoothies! :]

    Thanks for sharing my banana cake! 😀

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  5. Monique @ burpees to bubbly says

    8 April, 2015 at 11:32 am

    Ripe bananas are the only kind I’ll eat! And lately, I’ve been buying double what I eat in a week so that they can ripen and I can cook with them. I just made the most delicious peanut butter banana oatmeal protein no bake balls- wish I had shared them with you for this post! I’ve printed a few of these recipes- can’t wait to make them!
    Monique @ burpees to bubbly recently posted…Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Protein Balls {No Bake!}

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  6. Sam @ PancakeWarriors says

    8 April, 2015 at 11:36 am

    I absolutely love over ripe bananas, I seek them out in the grocery store (sometimes i can get 2-3 lbs for $1). I freeze them for smoothies or use them in breads. But girl this is going to be my new go to place on how to use them!! PS thanks for including my frozen PB cups 🙂 xoox
    Sam @ PancakeWarriors recently posted…Overnight Oats: Cinnamon Raisin

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  7. Ange @ Cowgirl Runs says

    8 April, 2015 at 11:55 am

    I have two spotty naners on my counter right now – this is perfect!!
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  8. Maureen says

    8 April, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    So many delicious recipes! I love freezing overripe bananas to put in smoothies!
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  9. Miranda @ Miranda Writes Blog says

    8 April, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    I’ve been wasting bananas for years! If only I had known there were so many recipes and options for them….
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  10. Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner says

    8 April, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    Nice round up! The ice cream sandwiches look yummy! Bananas don’t last too long around here!
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  11. Nicole @ Fitful Focus says

    8 April, 2015 at 2:35 pm

    I love bananas – have at least 2 a day 🙂 Those ice cream sandwiches are calling my name!
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  12. Mags says

    8 April, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    I need this. I’m the worst about buying bananas then forgetting about them until they’ve gone bad 🙁
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  13. Margo says

    8 April, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    I love a good bananas recipe!!! Thanks for posting!
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  14. Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says

    8 April, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    Maybe some of these will get me to like bananas more. I NEVER buy them ever….I like banana flavor, but hate actual bananas…so I just never end up buying them whole!
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  15. Elle says

    8 April, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    Mmmm. gonna check some of these out. I could use some new ideas!
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  16. Kathryn @ Dancing to Running says

    8 April, 2015 at 7:31 pm

    I’ll have to try some of these out. Thanks for rounding all of these great looking recipes up!
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  17. Erin @ The Almond Eater says

    8 April, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    Thanks for including my oats! This is an awesome roundup and this is perfecttttt timing considering I have extremely ripe/slightly rotting bananas sitting on my counter right now. …..yum.
    Erin @ The Almond Eater recently posted…Raw Vegan Citrus Pie

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  18. Lauren Allen says

    8 April, 2015 at 9:58 pm

    I love it when my bananas go bad just so I can make yummy baked goods! Thanks for the great ideas 🙂
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  19. jill conyers says

    9 April, 2015 at 5:10 am

    Yum! Now I’m hungry 🙂
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  20. Annmarie says

    9 April, 2015 at 5:16 am

    Thank you so much for including my coffee cake in your roundup!!!! Everything else looks amazing, can’t wait to check them all out 🙂
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  21. Stephanie (@FitMomTraining) says

    9 April, 2015 at 8:23 am

    This is exactly what I needed!! I always have a stock of bananas in the freezer and as much as I love them, there’s really only so many times you can add them to smoothies and bake banana bread before you need some variety!

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  22. GinaB @ Mirror Watching says

    9 April, 2015 at 11:38 am

    My family is obsessed with bananas so we have two methods for ripening.. One to put them in a brown bag in a dark space and the other in the fruit bowl with various other types of fruit. They both work equally well.
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  23. Sandra Laflamme says

    9 April, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    Such a great round up starting with almond banana breakfast cookies. I love bananas so love all of these new ways to incorporate them into eating!
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  24. Cassie @ Almost Getting it Together says

    10 April, 2015 at 11:32 am

    Thanks for sharing my banana pudding, girlie… and for all of the other recipes because I ALWAYS am trying to figure out how to use extra bananas!
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  25. Arman @ thebigmansworld says

    12 April, 2015 at 12:59 am

    Thanks for sharing, G! Now I need my green bananas to go yellow. or preferably skip that stage and go brown!
    Arman @ thebigmansworld recently posted…Healthy Greek Couscous Salad

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  26. Zoey says

    14 October, 2022 at 7:52 am

    Love this round up bananas recipe for lunch inspiration! 🙂

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  27. Zoey says

    14 October, 2022 at 7:56 am

    So glad you were able to find this post to use up your banana recipe 🙂 🙂

    Reply

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