The Banana and the Smoothie

A Pair that Was Always Meant to Be

Make banana smoothies three ways that your family will love!

  • Healthy and tasty! Can you ask for more? Take fresh bananas, mix it with frozen fruit and ice cubes, and you’ll have delicious smoothies the whole family can enjoy.
  • So easy! All you have to do is cut the fruit, measure out the ingredients, and throw it into the blender. You’ll have a fantastic breakfast or snack in no time.
  • So many possibilities! Don’t feel like you have to stick to our recipes below. Use them as a guideline and make your own banana smoothie recipes with your favorite fruit combinations.

The Story of the Banana and the Smoothie

The banana is a natural match for smoothies and often used as a thickening base for your more common smoothies like blueberry or strawberry, but we decided that the banana should be the star of the show for once. We got our creative juices flowing and came up with some delicious banana smoothie ideas, and you can use these recipes as a springboard for your own banana smoothie ideas.

Once you have your favorite fruits in place, all you have to do is mix them all together in a blender. Making these banana smoothies is as easy as dumping in the ingredients and pushing a button to let the blender do all the work for you.

Got Bananas?

Your fun with bananas doesn’t have to end here. All you need to do is tell us where to send more yummy ways to use your bananas, and you’ll get a free mix too! 

Keep reading below for the recipes.

Making the Banana Smoothies: What You’ll Need

Bananas

Each smoothie recipe below calls for just one ripe banana. You can use more bananas or even add extra banana flavoring if you want a stronger banana taste.

Get your banana flavor here.

Ice and/or Ice Cream

The thing that really holds a smoothie together is the frozen good in between all of the fruity goodies. Some smoothie recipes call only for ice and rely on the banana as the base for the right consistency, but there are a few that call for a scoop of ice cream too to add a delicious creaminess to your smoothie. 

You can make your own ice cream too! It’s so easy to do with an ice cream maker, and you’ll have amazing ice cream in fifteen minutes. You’ll never have to go to the ice cream shop again!

Get your ice cream maker here.

The Mix-Ins

A banana smoothie is like a blank canvas. You can add whatever fruit, toppings, or syrups you want. I once had a chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie that was fantastic. We’ve also got delicious recipes below for banana peach and tropical banana smoothies. The options of what you could mix into your smoothies are endless. Here are a few other ideas to get you started:

  • strawberry banana smoothie
  • kiwi banana smoothie
  • banana split smoothie
  • blueberry banana smoothie
  • pina colada banana smoothie
Banana Peach Smoothie Chocolate Banana Smoothie Tropical Island Smoothie Banana Peach Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • 3 ripe peaches, peeled and sliced (frozen peach slices may be substituted)
  • 1 large ripe banana
  • 10 ice cubes
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 scoop low-fat ice cream

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a blender.

Chocolate Banana Smoothie

This is a quick, easy, three-ingredient smoothie. It is low-fat and refreshing. 

Ingredients:

  • 1 ripe banana
  • 8 to 12 ice cubes
  • 3 or 4 tablespoons of chocolate syrup, to taste (see recipe)

Directions: 

Mix the ingredients in a food blender.

Tropical Island Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • 1 large mango, diced (learn how to skin and dice a mango)
  • 1 large ripe banana
  • 10 ice cubes
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla or rum extract
  • 1 scoop low-fat ice cream
  • Add coconut milk to this smoothie if you have some.

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients in the blender.

(Updated  from May 23, 2014)

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