Easy Recipes with Overripe Bananas

Banana Bread Granola turns the cozy flavor of banana bread into big, crunchy maple-sweetened oat clusters. It comes together quickly, bakes up crisp and golden, and makes breakfast feel extra special.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with banana flavor, wholesome oats, and melty chocolate chips. They’re indulgent enough for dessert, hearty enough for breakfast, and easy to make in one bowl with no chill time.

Chocolate Banana Bread is rich, fudgy, and deeply chocolatey, with an ultra-moist texture that comes from a surprise ingredient: avocado! This recipe is a decadent twist on classic banana bread that everyone loves.

Banana Tres Leches Cake is incredibly moist, soaked in sweet milk, and topped with toasted coconut, sliced bananas, and warm caramel. It's rich, creamy, and completely over-the-top in the best way.

Banana Pancakes with Pancake Mix are made extra thick and fluffy with a few simple ingredients and easy tricks. Make them on lazy weekends or stock the freezer for busy weekday mornings. 

Banana Waffles are crisp on the outside, fluffy inside, and packed with sweet banana flavor. Easy to make with pantry staples, they’re perfect for slow weekend mornings or a cozy breakfast-for-dinner.

Chocolate Chip Banana Whoopie Pies sandwich soft chocolate chip banana cakes with a layer of smooth cinnamon cream cheese frosting. They’re a fun recipe for overripe bananas that isn't banana bread! 

Easy Hummingbird Cake with Cake Mix is loaded with bananas, pineapple, warm spices, pecans, and cranberries, and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. A show-stopping dessert that's easy to make. 

Banana Raspberry Muffins are soft, fluffy banana muffins bursting with tart raspberries. It's a quick, easy recipe with just 5 ingredients, and a simple sweet treat for breakfast, lunchboxes, or after-school snacks. 

Banoffee Ice Cream Pie is a decadent dessert with layers of banana, dulce de leche, and vanilla ice creams, almonds, and toffee bits in a sweet and salty graham cracker crust. 

Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins are big, fluffy, bakery-style muffins with rich pockets of melted chocolate and classic banana bread flavor. Ready in about 20 minutes and perfect for freezing.

Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Bars are soft, hearty, and packed with oats, ripe bananas, and creamy peanut butter. Made in the slow cooker, they’re perfect for meal prep, breakfasts, or a grab-and-go snack that fills you up.

Peanut Butter Banana Blondies are thick, soft, and gooey with banana flavor, melty chocolate chips, and rich peanut butter. Stirred together in one bowl, they’re an easy dessert that tastes like a cross between banana bread, peanut butter cookies, and chocolate chip bars! 

Soft, fluffy Angel Food Banana Cake with Cake Mix is light as air with sweet banana flavor. Made with a box of cake mix and overripe bananas,then finished with a simple maple cinnamon icing, it’s easy enough for everyday snacking, and special enough for holidays and entertaining. 

Soft, moist Banana Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting are spiced with the cozy flavors of cinnamon and brown sugar and topped with luscious maple cream cheese frosting. 

Chocolate Banana Nice Cream is a rich, chocolatey frozen dessert that's just as creamy as ice cream, but made with wholesome ingredients. Top with fresh fruit or my homemade peanut butter drizzle (with no processed sugar). 

Pumpkin Banana Muffins blend sweet ripe bananas and pumpkin with warm fall spices for muffins that are tender, moist, and full of cozy flavor. Enjoy them plain or dress them up with chocolate chips, nuts, or seeds.

Banana Jam transforms overripe bananas into a sweet, spreadable preserve that’s surprisingly versatile. Budget-friendly and easy to make, try it on toast, swirled into yogurt, or layered into a peanut butter sandwich. 

Banana Carrot Muffins combine the cozy flavors of banana bread and carrot cake in a soft, breakfast muffin made with wholesome oats and no processed sugars. 

Double Chocolate Banana Overnight Oats without yogurt are thick, creamy, and deeply chocolatey. It's an easy, wholesome make-ahead breakfast that tastes like dessert. 

Banana Bread with Oil is my go-to recipe. It's exceptionally moist and rich, thanks to oil, sour cream, brown sugar, and plenty of ripe bananas. It's a simple one-bowl recipe and always a crowd-pleaser. 

Sourdough Chocolate Chip Banana Bread combines ripe bananas, tangy sourdough discard, and rich chocolate chips for a sweet, decadent twist on a classic sourdough.  

Soft, moist Banana Bread with Pancake Mix tastes just like homemade, but with fewer ingredients and less measuring. 

Banana Zucchini Bread is ultra-moist and tender, with sweet banana flavor and just enough zucchini to keep it soft without tasting “vegetable-y.”

Cast Iron Skillet Banana Bread with crisp, golden edges and a soft, tender center bakes right in a cast iron skillet for a rustic, cozy breakfast or snack. 

Banana Chia Overnight Oats taste like banana bread in breakfast form, with oats, chia seeds, maple syrup, and almond milk. A hearty, make-ahead breakfast that’s perfect for busy mornings.

Banana Cupcakes are light, tender, and packed with banana flavor, made with just one overripe banana. Finished with chocolate buttercream or cream cheese frosting, they’re a simple but irresistible dessert.