The best healthy banana recipes for ripe bananas! Everything from healthy banana bread to healthy banana muffins, healthy banana oatmeal cookies and more.
Waiting for unripe bananas to transform into ripe bananas can be quite the odyssey. It seems like they can spend weeks being still just a little green, and then you wake up one morning and BLAM-O they’re extremely ripe and ready for baking.
But, once you’ve finally managed to achieve that most delightful transformation, you’re left with a big burning question: what can I do with lots of ripe bananas?
Healthy Banana Recipes
Well, today I’ve got you covered because I’m sharing a collection of healthy banana recipes for ripe bananas! I’ve got healthy banana bread recipes, healthy banana muffin recipes, healthy banana oatmeal cookies recipes and so more!
So, who’s ready to put those ripe bananas to work?
Gluten Free Banana Muffins – Beaming Baker
Super Moist Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (Healthy) – Beaming Baker
4 Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream (Vegan, Dairy-Free) – Beaming Baker
Gluten Free Banana Oat Muffins (Vegan) – Beaming Baker
Best Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe – Beaming Baker
Gluten Free Banana Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Bars – Beaming Baker
Vegan Banana Cookies with Peanut Butter (GF) – Beaming Baker
Vegan Healthy Banana Blueberry Muffins Recipe – Beaming Baker
Easy Peanut Butter Banana Overnight Oats Recipe (Vegan, Healthy) – Beaming Baker
Vegan Banana Muffins Recipe – Beaming Baker
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe – Beaming Baker
Banana Bars – Well Plated
Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread (GF) – Beaming Baker
3 Ingredient Strawberry Banana Smoothie Recipe – Beaming Baker
One Bowl Vegan Gluten Free Banana Nut Bread – Beaming Baker
Healthy Moist Banana Bread – Gimme Delicious
Banana Protein Shake – Beaming Baker
Vegan Gluten Free Banana Bread Coffee Cake Recipe (Easy, Healthy) – Beaming Baker
Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins (V, GF, Healthy) – Beaming Baker
Recommended Tools for the BEST Healthy Banana Recipes
A few of the best tools and necessary ingredients to create the most delicious healthy banana recipes out of those ripe bananas sitting on your counter.
- Pastry Cutter – after mashing 1,000s of bananas, Erik and I agree that this pastry cutter is the easiest tool for mashing bananas. It mashes your bananas so quickly to a smooth consistency, and is a breeze to wash!
- Almond Meal + Golden Ground Flaxseed: the two essential ingredients for making the best healthy banana recipes on the block. Each of these ingredients creates an incredible texture + adds nutrients to your ripe banana recipes.
- Rose Gold Cookie Sheet + Precut Parchment Sheets – the perfect pairing of a gorgeous, chef-quality cookie sheet for banana cookies that doesn’t warp in the oven and heats evenly + precut, nonstick parchment sheets that fit this exact cookie sheet. Side note: how hard is it to find cookie sheets & precut parchment sheets that fit together? Duuuuude. Problem solved.
- Where to Buy Ingredients: Vegan Chocolate Chips or Paleo Chocolate Chunks | Raw Cacao Powder | Almond Meal | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Coconut Oil | Unsalted Natural Creamy Peanut Butter | Golden Ground Flaxseed | Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil | Gluten Free Rolled Oats
- Recommended Tools: My Favorite Personal Blender | Glass Straws | Sifter | Dough Blender | 8-inch Loaf Pan | Loaf Container – Cake Keeper | My Favorite Food Processor | Freezer Door Ice Cream Container | Baking Pan (8-inch) | Muffin Batter Scoop
More Healthy Banana Recipes for Ripe Bananas
- Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins – Beaming Baker
- Easy Gluten Free Banana Bread Recipe (Vegan) – Beaming Baker
- One Bowl Double Chocolate Banana Muffins (Vegan, GF) – Beaming Baker
- Healthy Banana Bread – Cookie + Kate
- How to Make Banana Muffin Tops (Healthy) – Beaming Baker
- One Bowl Gluten Free Vegan Banana Nut Muffins – Beaming Baker
- Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream Smoothie (Vegan, GF) – Beaming Baker
- Banana Breakfast Bars – Crazy for Crust
- Vegan Chocolate Banana Nut Bread (Gluten Free) – Beaming Baker
- Paleo Blueberry Banana Chia Smoothie (Vegan, Gluten Free) – Beaming Baker
And there you have it! A selection of amazing healthy banana recipes for the ages, if I do say so myself. Tell me, what healthy banana recipe will you try first? I simply love hearing from you. And thanks for joining me in another kitchen adventure! Until the next one…
Sending you all my love and maybe even a dove, xo Demeter ❤️
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I lost the love of baking as my cakes never managed to work when cooking healthier options…thank goodness I discovered your recipes. Delicious, healthy and always work 😊. Thankyou. I wish you had savoury meal recipes too 😊
Hi Diane, thank you so much for your sweet comment! Oh wow, I’m so thrilled to hear that you can enjoy healthy baking again. 🥰 Once I get a handle on all (or most) of the healthy baking recipes I’d like to develop, I’ll get started on savory recipes. 🙂 Happy healthy baking to you!
Thank you for posting these great recipes! I want to try some of them, I’ve always known there were different ways for adding bananas into a recipes I never took the time to search for the recipes until now!
It’s my pleasure, Janie! I hope to get to try as many as you’d like and absolutely love each and every one of them. 🙂 Happy baking!
I love everything banana. And my family too! Now we have a lot of recipes to try on weekends!
Fantastic! It’s so much easier to bake for everyone at once. Enjoy!
Just what I needed! So tired of letting perfectly good bananas go to waste!
I know! Now you’ve got plenty of options to help you put ’em to good use! 😉
We love bananas at our house! I am so excited to try all of these delicious banana recipes! YUM!
I know you’re just going to love them Beti! 😊
I want to try them all! They are all SO delicious!
Yes! They’re all simply amazing! 🙂
This is really amazing!! I can’t wait to make more again!
So happy to hear it!
I will be picking up some bananas tomorrow, thank you so much for sharing!
What perfect timing! Can’t wait to hear what you try first!
All of these look so delicious; it’s hard to pick just one! Going to give some of these a try, indeed!
Haha I know, choosing just one thing to make is always a dilemma for me too!
I love all these!! Saving this list! Thank you so much for sharing!
That’s simply amazing to hear Toni! Can’t wait to hear what you try next! 🙂
I always keep frozen ripe bananas around. The hard part is trying to decide which to make first!
Lol I know, me too! Hope you enjoy the recipes Pam!
Can’t wait to try this, I know it’s going to be a hit!
Oh you know it!
These recipes look so delicious and yummy! I can’t wait to give these a try!
You’re so welcome Beth! 🙂