I bought too many bananas this time & I'm afraid they will go bad. If you can freeze them, do you freeze them with or without the peel? Do you need to do anything special to them? TIA

By Tripletmom on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 09:18 am:

I always freeze my bananas to make banana bread.I peel/mash and then bag them.They will still turn brown.I also freeze and then use them in the boys pablum as a filler.

By Vicki on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 09:22 am:

I would think that you could...they sell frozen chocolate covered bananas... don't know if you could freeze them with the skin on and expect them to be like fresh when you took them out however. But I would think you could use them for breads or cakes etc?? Don't think I would leave the skin on though. Honestly, I have no idea. LOL How is that for advice. LOL

By Momofmax on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 09:24 am:

You can just put them in the freezer with the peel on (either in a freezer bag or not). The peel will turn black but the banana will still be good. Use them in pancakes, bread, muffins, or whatever else you can think of - just don't defrost, peel and eat.

By Sandysmom on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 09:31 am:

Thanks ladies!

By Juli4 on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 09:45 am:

We have frozen them just frozen enough that you can still eat them. It is like a dessert. It is good.

By Marcia on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 10:03 am:

I peel, chop and freeze them to put in my protein shakes. I also freeze them and use them for baking. I put them on a cookie sheet to freeze them, then bag them. That way they don't all mush together.

By Breann on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 10:38 am:

We dip bananas in chocolate, put a popsicle stick in then and freeze them.

By Dawnk777 on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 11:37 am:

We peel them and slice them first, because we usually freeze them to make smoothies. Once they are frozen, they are hard to peel and slice.

By Colette on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 12:40 pm:

I peel them and freeze them whole for smoothies or bananna bread.

By Anonymous on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 05:50 pm:

Sure you can freeze them! I freeze them with the peel, and when i want to make a smoothie, I pop them into the microwave. When they are defrosted, I peel them, put them into my blender with some choc. syrup, vanilla and milk. The bananas get very mushy, but who cares! They get mushed up in the blender too! it comes out delicious.

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By Sandysmom on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 07:29 pm:

Thank you everyone!!!