10 Vegan Recipes for Ripe Bananas
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These vegan recipes for ripe bananas cover loaves, muffins, cooked breakfasts, bars, cookies, and a frozen chocolate treat. Start with the bananas you have: soft ones are easy to mash into batter, while firm ripe bananas hold their shape for the frozen bites.
Each recipe below uses bananas as a main ingredient. Check the amount before choosing, since the collection ranges from pancakes made with one banana to a loaf that uses four. For more breakfast options, browse our vegan fall breakfast recipes.
Vegan Banana Breads and Muffins
Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
This loaf uses four medium ripe bananas, with the option to use three bananas and a quarter cup of applesauce instead. Cinnamon and dairy-free chocolate chips flavor the batter. The recipe takes about 65 minutes in total.
Vegan Banana Bread with Strawberries
Chopped strawberries add fruit throughout this banana loaf, with optional walnuts for crunch. Measure one cup of mashed banana for the batter. The recipe also uses applesauce and notes that frozen strawberries should be thawed and drained first.
Easy Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Four medium ripe bananas and unsweetened applesauce go into these chocolate chip muffins. The recipe makes 12, giving you individual portions without slicing a loaf. Use dairy-free chocolate chips and vegan butter as directed.
Vegan Cranberry Orange Banana Muffins
Orange juice and fresh or frozen cranberries bring citrus and tart fruit to these banana muffins. The batter uses one measured cup of mashed banana and makes 12 muffins. Add the optional orange zest for a stronger citrus flavor.
Vegan Banana Breakfast Recipes
Baked Banana Protein French Toast
Sourdough bread, two ripe bananas, almond milk, pea protein powder, and ground flax form this baked breakfast. Cinnamon and maple syrup flavor the banana mixture. The recipe serves four and includes peanut butter and warmed strawberries for topping.
Vegan Banana Pancakes
One banana is enough for this pancake batter, which also uses non-dairy milk, flour, and cinnamon. Baking powder and baking soda provide the rise. Choose this four-serving recipe when you have a single banana left.
Vegan Banana Bars, Cookies, and Frozen Treats
Oatmeal Date Banana Bars
Ripe bananas and pitted dates combine with rolled oats, ground flax, and peanut butter in these bars. The recipe takes about 30 minutes and offers dairy-free chocolate chips as an optional addition. It uses two bananas and eight ounces of dates, with room to increase the dates as directed.
Coconut Flour Peanut Banana Bars
These nine bars use two ripe bananas, a cup of peanut butter, and a third cup of coconut flour. Agave nectar or maple syrup adds sweetness. Follow the recipe’s coconut flour quantity rather than substituting the same amount of another flour.
Vegan Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Two ripe bananas join rolled oats, peanut butter, chopped walnuts or pecans, and dairy-free chocolate chips in this cookie dough. Vegan butter and applesauce are also part of the recipe. The batch makes 24 cookies in about 30 minutes.
Frozen Snickers Bananas
Bananas, peanut butter, dairy-free chocolate, and chopped peanuts or cashews make this frozen treat. Use three ripe bananas that are still firm enough to handle. This is the choice for yellow, sweet bananas; save very soft ones for the batters above.
Choose a Recipe for the Bananas You Have
- One banana: make the banana pancakes.
- Two bananas: try the French toast, oatmeal date bars, coconut flour bars, or oatmeal cookies.
- Three or four bananas: choose the chocolate chip loaf, chocolate chip muffins, or frozen treats. Check each recipe’s measured quantity and ripeness requirements.
- A measured cup of mashed banana: choose the strawberry loaf or cranberry orange muffins.
Pick the format you want to eat first, then match the recipe to your bananas. A loaf gives you slices, muffins and cookies give you individual portions, and the frozen bites give you a chocolate-covered option.
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