Comments on: How to Freeze Bananas

By: Monti - Budget Bytes

Monti - Budget Bytes — Sat, 22 Oct 2022 14:51:29 +0000

In reply to Karen. Yes. You can keep them a little longer, but they won't have the same taste or texture as it starts deteriorating about 3 months in. XOXO -Monti

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:33:10 +0000

Do they only keep for 3 months in a deep feezer

By: Christine sherrill

Christine sherrill — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 21:06:35 +0000

Thank you friend gave me alot of bananas . So I’m freezing them. For fana as nut bread. We love banana nut bread. So thank you for this and sharing it

By: Beth - Budget Bytes

Beth - Budget Bytes — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 14:40:27 +0000

In reply to Blythe. That is so smart! Thank you for sharing!

By: Blythe

Blythe — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:09:05 +0000

Fastest, easiest way to freeze bananas for later use is to peel and place bananas in ziploc, then gently press bananas flat with palm and press air out of bag. I’m able to smoosh and evenly distribute a thinnish layer of smashed banana. Easy to store in freezer and when I need banana I’m able to break into chunks as needed. Faster than cutting into coins and skips the tedium of cutting and sheet freezing coins.

By: Carolyn Koerntjes

Carolyn Koerntjes — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:17:21 +0000

Did you know you can blend up the peel as well for use in cakes and muffins. Take off the hard ends first. It actually gives more fibre to the cake and makes it a bit richer. Saw a taste test done with children – one cake made with skins and one made without skins and the preference was the cake with the skins. Try it for yourself.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:48:48 +0000

In reply to Kathryn.

Yes–I came here to say the same thing! I make a breakfast shake every day and using only frozen banana slices (instead of fresh) makes it taste more like a milkshake which is a delightful trick.

Bananas are also an item that I go through the most quickly, so freezing them (I started doing this early-COVID) really stretches out how frequently I need to go grocery shopping.

By: Adrienne

Adrienne — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:26:29 +0000

Thank you for this! We freeze bananas all the time and I’ve learned the hard way that peeling is necessary.

Slicing them is a revelation to me. (Duh). I’ve always peeled and frozen whole but run into the problem that they end up sticking together and sometimes freeze into a solid lump which is annoying.

I would also recommend using several smaller bags instead of one big one, which is what we’ve done and I think contributes to the frozen banana block problem.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:11:51 +0000

I like to peel mine, snap in half, then add to my banana bag in the freezer. 2 halves = 1 banana. Bananas seem to brown as they get older, so I use up the brown ones first. Great for smoothies, unthawed. I have a vitamix, which chews up large banana chunks no problem.

By: Rachel McCauley

Rachel McCauley — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:10:19 +0000

Wow. This is way more complicated than it needs to be.

I freeze them whole, in the skins. To use, just thaw them out in a bowl and then snip the end off. The inside banana slides right out. No mess, no fuss. No unnecessary plastic waste, they don’t get freezer burn as quickly and the peel can go straight into the compost bin.