How to Freeze Bananas

October 30, 2012 By 6 Comments

Yesterday we were blessed to receive 6 bunches (about 40 bananas) of overripe bananas. Woohoo! Yes, I am excited about mushy bananas. :)

Someone had given my mom a box full and she shared some with me. So, I decided that I would freeze the bananas for use in smoothies and banana bread.

With 3 of the bunches of bananas I peeled them, cut them in chunks, placed them on a baking sheet, and put them in the freezer for a couple of hours.

After the banana chunks were frozen we put them in two gallon bags. These will be great in smoothies.

With the rest of the bananas I peeled them and put them in my mixer. Using my mixer was a quick and easy way to mash up 21 bananas.

When the bananas were mashed I put them in bags and placed them on a baking sheet in the freezer. Once frozen, they stacked nicely in my freezer without the baking sheet.

Freezing bananas is a great way to preserve overripe bananas when you don’t have the time to do something with them right away.

Since I have all of these bananas in my freezer now, I thought it would be great if you let me know what your favorite banana recipes are so that I can be inspired to use them.
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  • Sheila

    I sometimes take frozen chunks of bananas and put them in the blender with just a little bit of milk and chocolate syrup. Kind of like a fairly healthy chocolate milkshake.

    • http://www.blessingsoverflowing.com/ Jackie

      Great idea! I have done that a couple of times, but not in quite a while. Since dairy and I aren’t getting along that sounds like just the thing do make to have a dairy free milkshake. :)

  • Rachel E.

    I always throw them into the freezer with the peels on. Then a month or two later I wonder why my freezer has been over run by brown bananas. :)

    • http://www.blessingsoverflowing.com/ Jackie

      That is too funny, Rachel! I used to do that, but I found that the bananas would get too brown. I think peeling them seems to work better for me.

  • Debbie

    Jackie where we use to live I would get cases of over ripe banana’s. I miss it. They were cheaper too.

    • http://www.blessingsoverflowing.com/ Jackie

      I never seem to get good deals on overripe bananas. These were free so that was even better. :)