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5 Ways to Use Overly Ripe Bananas

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Cornell chapter.

We’ve all bought a few too many bananas and seen them quickly go from yellow to way-too-dark-to-eat brown. You could make banana bread, but why not be a little more creative?

1. Frozen Chocolate Banana Pops. Dip frozen bananas in chocolate and roll in chopped nuts, coconut or sprinkles for a relatively healthy dessert in minutes.

Banana Pops!

Photo by Ashley MacDonald

2. Banana Soft Serve. No need to go to Yogurt Land when you can make your own fro yo by putting frozen bananas in a food processor or blender.

Peanut Butter & Banana Soft Serve

Photo by Rebecca Kirstin

3. Pudding. Put 2 ripe avocados, ¾ cup peanut butter, two containers of Greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 bananas and ¼ cup of sugar in a food processor or blender.

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4. Banana Rum Fizz. Combine vanilla ice cream and bananas in a food processor or blender. Put in a glass and top with dark rum and club soda.

chocolate peanut butter banana shake

Photo by Goro Watari

5. Two Ingredient Pancakes. Combine two eggs and a banana, and you have pancake batter.

banana pancakes

Photo by Rendy Chen