Don’t toss them! 23 healthy and delicious recipes for ripe bananas! Sometimes a bunch of bananas doesn’t get eaten fast enough but believe me, those brown squishy spotty bananas are simply a loaf, cookies or smoothie you haven’t made yet! From delicious banana bread, banana choc chip cookies, to scrumptious smoothie bowls – these banana recipes are quick, easy and delicious.
1.BANANA PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
These healthy banana peanut butter chocolate chip cookies are delicious. Sweetened with 4 mashed bananas and maple syrup and loaded with oats, whole flour and almond meal – your family will love this recipe!
2. BLUEBERRY, BANANA & CHIA LOAF
This blueberry banana and chia loaf is delicious. Chock full of blueberries with a gorgeously golden crust – this loaf makes the perfect mid-morning or lunch box snack. You’ll need 4 spotty bananas for this recipe.
3. STRAWBERRY & PISTACHIO FLAPJACKS
These gorgeously golden strawberry and pistachio flapjacks are simple-to-make, delicious and jam packed with gooey sticky sweet strawberries. Chock full of rolled oats, sweetened with maple syrup and bound together with the help of two mashed bananas and a grated apple these flapjacks are a wonderful banana recipe full of nutritional goodness.
4. BANANA BLUEBERRY AND COCONUT LOAF
If you love a good banana bread. You’re going to love this banana, blueberry and coconut loaf! This recipe uses 4 bananas! And whilst the banana flavour is delicious, it’s the blueberries and coconut that make this loaf. The molten jammy blueberries through-out the loaf are divine. And the coconut adds a touch of tropical goodness. So delicious.
5. ONE BOWL BANANA AND CARROT MINI LOAVES [OR MUFFINS]
A cross between banana bread and carrot cake, these mini loaves are delicious, soft and moist with the most incredible golden crust. Each bite is perfectly scented with fall spices and sweetened with just the right amount of maple syrup. This recipe uses 4 ripe bananas, is simple-to-make, needing just 1 one bowl + 30 minutes and will have your entire family saying ‘yum!’.
6. RASPBERRY AND BANANA BREAKFAST MUFFINS
These healthy raspberry and banana breakfast muffins are golden, fluffy, moist and delicious with a crunchy crumble topping! No one will guess this recipe is vegan, packed with healthy ingredients and naturally sweetened with 1 ripe banana and a little coconut sugar. Your kids will love these freezer-friendly muffins for breakfast or in their lunch box.
7. ONE BOWL BANANA MUFFINS
These one-bowl banana muffins are delicious. Bursting with sweet banana flavour with a gorgeously golden crust – these muffins make the perfect mid-morning or lunch box snack. You’ll need 2 spotty bananas for this recipe.
8. BANANA PEANUT BUTTER & CHOC OAT COOKIES
These banana, peanut butter and choc oat cookies are sweetened naturally and packed with healthy ingredients and use 1 spotty banana. You’ll love sharing these delicious cookies with your kids!
9. STRAWBERRY, BANANA & CACAO NIB MUFFINS
A super easy muffin recipe that uses 2 ripe bananas! These strawberry banana and cacoa nib muffins are delicious, with a golden crust, bursting with fresh strawberries and full of banana flavour that kids love. This freezer-friendly recipe is also perfect for lunch boxes!
10. RASPBERRY AND BANANA BREAKFAST SMOOTHIES
Frozen banana and raspberries combine to create the ultimate breakfast smoothie! For this smoothie recipe you’ll need 1 banana.
11. PEANUT BUTTER CHOC BANANA MUFFINS
3 over ripe bananas are needed for these delicious peanut butter choc banana muffins! This muffins are simple to make (thanks to the food processor), are sweetened with a little rapadura sugar and bursting with banana flavour.
12. BANANA COCONUT MINI LOAVES
These banana coconut mini loaves are delicious, simple to make and use 3 ripe bananas! The scrumptious layer of banana, coconut, cinnamon and sugar over each loaf is golden, wonderfully caramelised and delicious. A must bake for banana lovers!
13. RASPBERRY OAT BARS
This raspberry oat bars recipe makes 16 bars that will vanish all too quickly. They really are delicious. This recipe contains no eggs and no refined sugar and are instead sweetened by a couple of ripe bananas and a handful of medjool dates. So simple, so delicious and the perfect recipe to use those speckled bananas!
14. APRICOT COCONUT SQUARES
These apricot coconut squares are packed with natural goodness! They’re a simple mix of 2 very ripe bananas, oats, dates, natural peanut butter, maple syrup, vanilla bean paste and of course apricot and coconut. A delicious recipe that puts bananas to very good use.
15. CRANBERRY PECAN OAT BARS
These cranberry pecan oat bars are delicious. Not only are they naturally sweetened and packed with nutritious bananas, dates, oats, cranberries, coconut and pecans but they couldn’t be simpler to prepare thanks to the muscle of a food processor. This recipe requires 2 ripe bananas.
16. CARROT CAKE PORRIDGE BARS
A gorgeous collection of bananas, date, milk, maple syrup, vanilla, coconut, oats, carrot, cinnamon – these carrot cake porridge bars are made even more scrumptious thanks to the mandarin scented yoghurt swirl drizzled over each bar. Yum.
17. BACK TO SCHOOL COOKIES
Send the kids to school with these delicious banana raspberry and coconut cookies! This recipe is simple to make, uses 2 extra ripe bananas and is perfect for lunch boxes!
18. SMOOTHIE BOWLS
Stash ripe bananas in the freezer ready to be blitzed into delicious and nutritious smoothie bowls!
19. EASY PEASY 2 INGREDIENT PANCAKES
Consisting of only banana and eggs, these easy peasy 2 ingredient pancakes can be whipped up in less than 10 minutes AND they taste utterly delicious. Especially topped with a little yoghurt, fresh fruit, a sprinkle of your favourite muesli and of course a little drizzle of honey.
20. MIGHTY MORNING MUFFINS
Satisfy little tummies at breakfast with these Mighty Morning Muffins. Packed with two ripe bananas, carrot, sultanas and oats, these muffins make a wholesome start to the day.
21. CHERRY RIPE SMOOTHIES
Blitz frozen bananas along with the cherries, coconut cacao, almond butter, vanilla extract and medjool dates to create the most amazing cherry ripe smoothies your entire family will love.
22. BLUEBERRY LEMON COCONUT BARS
Sweetened with 2 ripe bananas and medjool dates, these blueberry lemon coconut bars are a healthy and delicious way to use up leftover bananas.
23. SUPER CREAMY GREEN SMOOTHIE
Throw frozen bananas into the blender along with baby spinach, mango, pineapple, avocado, ice and a squeeze of vanilla to create the ultimate creamy green smoothie your kids will love!
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