FANTASTIC Recipes for Overripe Bananas 🍌


Hi Reader!

Are you always on the hunt for new recipes to use up past-their-prime bananas? 🍌

Well, look no further, because that's exactly what I'm sharing today...the BEST ways to turn your overripe bananas into scrumptious quick breads, pancakes, muffins, and more! 😎

All of these recipes would be perfect for breakfast or as a snack.

​Banana Breakfast Cookies​
​The MOST POPULAR banana recipe on the site, these breakfast cookies make a wholesome, yummy breakfast on-the-go. As a bonus, they're flourless and naturally sweetened!

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​Healthy Banana Muffins​
​These sweet, moist muffins are made with wholesome ingredients including whole wheat flour, coconut oil, yogurt, and naturally sweetened with honey!

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​Chocolate Chip Banana Bread​
​This soft, delectable quick bread is bursting with flavor and texture from ripe bananas, creamy chocolate chips, and optional chewy coconut!

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​Banana Baked Oatmeal​

Boasting the delicious flavor of banana bread, this baked oatmeal is made with wholesome oats, pecans, and coconut oil for a healthy, filling breakfast!

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​Banana Blender Muffins​

These naturally sweetened, flourless muffins include oats, Greek yogurt, and honey in a batter that effortlessly comes together in the blender!

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​Chocolate Banana Smoothie​
​This smoothie is a healthy, filling breakfast or snack, loaded with wholesome ingredients for a boost of protein, vitamins, calcium, and fiber!

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​Zucchini Banana Bread​
​This scrumptious quick bread is healthy, moist, and delicious. Made with whole wheat flour and sweetened with honey, it's the perfect way to use up abundant zucchini and overripe bananas!

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​Chocolate Banana Muffins​
​These muffins combine half plain banana batter and half chocolate banana batter in sweet, moist, bakery-style muffins that make a perfect breakfast or snack!

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​Banana Baked Donuts​

These baked donuts are soft, sweet, lighter-than-fried, and easy to make, with your choice of a decadent chocolate glaze or a coating of cinnamon sugar!

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​Quick Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal​
​In just a few short minutes, you can enjoy a hot, wholesome, homemade oatmeal breakfast, flavored with cinnamon, sweetened with honey, and topped with crunchy peanuts!

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​Perfect Banana Pancakes​

Scrumptious and wholesome, these homemade pancakes are light and fluffy with crisp, golden edges and delicious banana flavor. And nobody will ever guess they're made with 100% whole wheat flour!

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​Triple Chocolate Banana Bread​
​This quick bread is moist, fudgy, and loaded with three kinds of chocolate, making it a mouthwatering way to use up overripe bananas!

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​Soft-Baked Banana Oatmeal Bars​
​Loaded with wholesome ingredients, these easy-to-make bars are a yummy, portable breakfast or snack!

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​Tropical Banana Ice Cream​

This healthy, natural, all-fruit, dairy-free dessert is made with no added sugar, featuring frozen bananas, pineapple, and mango whipped to an ice cream-like consistency. It's decadent enough for dessert yet healthy enough for breakfast!

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Gone are the days of overripe bananas being tossed in the trash or lost in the back of the freezer! 🍌🍌🍌

I hope you love these recipes as much as we do. And if there's another way you like to use up ripe bananas, please do let me know! I'm always on the hunt for new ideas. πŸ€—

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