Bananas are a great ingredient for frozen desserts because they are sweet and creamy. They bring a great texture to desserts, or you can just freeze them and dip them in chocolate. Bananas are a healthy, sweet treat for your family and can transform into a ton of different dessert recipes.

Banana Split

If you think of bananas and ice cream, one of the first images that comes to your mind is probably an old fashioned banana split.

This ice cream sundae is a classic. Use three flavors of ice cream and three unique sauces, all topped with whipped cream and peanuts. You may want to find a friend or two to share with! Luckily, when you make your banana splits at home, you can add all the cherries that you want.

Caramel Banana Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

This is one of the fanciest banana ice cream recipes, so it may be a little challenging for novice cooks. However, if you know how to make caramel, you will be fine at trying this recipe. You create a caramel sauce, add in the mashed bananas and chocolate chips, and churn the mixture in your ice cream freezer. Chocolate and bananas are a perfect pairing, and the caramel gives a great depth of flavor.

Raw Vegan Banana Ice Cream

From one of the most complicated recipes to one of the simplest, bananas demonstrate their range. This recipe fits a raw diet or a vegan lifestyle, and the only ingredient you need is frozen bananas. Once you freeze them, put them through a juicer to get a great, sorbet-like texture from them.

The natural creaminess of a banana comes makes for a perfect finished product.

Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas

A little bit of semisweet chocolate is a great pairing to a frozen banana. It will set up quickly once it hits the frozen fruit, so make sure to spread the chocolate quickly. Or, you can dip your bananas before they are frozen and then roll the chocolate in nuts or chopped toffee before they are frozen. That extra bit of crunch is tasty and fun. If you don’t have popsicle sticks on hand, chopsticks actually make a great handle for your frozen bananas.

Bananas Foster Ice Cream Pie

This Bananas Foster ice cream is transformed by serving it in a pie crust. Ice cream pie is one of the easiest molded desserts featuring ice cream. It will impress your guests, without a lot of extra work for you. This ice cream pie has a meringue topping that you can brown in the oven, or using a kitchen torch if you happen to own one.

Chocolate Banana Ice Cream Cake

Chocolate pound cake and chocolate toffee bars give the different textures to this ice cream cake. Butterscotch syrup rounds out the flavors. You can use either vanilla or banana ice cream, so make your own or use up what you have on hand. Like pie, ice cream cake will impress your guests. There is no need to tell them how simple it is to make.

Orange Banana Popsicles

Bananas give a great texture to homemade ice pops, which are super simple to put together. This recipe only needs a blender and some ice pop molds. It has a bright, tropical taste, so skip the artificial bananas flavor that many store-bought pops have. Why use a fake when you can have the real thing? This is a great recipe for bananas that are just a little overripe, since they will be sweeter and soft.