Sweet, buttery, and soft, Caramelized Bananas are the best ice cream topping, and delicious with other desserts and breakfast foods too! Learn how simple it is to caramelize bananas with just two other ingredients and a few minutes of cooking time.

close up of banana slices caramelizing in a frying pan.

Why This Caramelized Bananas Recipe is So Good

Just 3 Ingredients! While you can add other things to this recipe, you truly don't need to. Ripe bananas plus butter and brown sugar make the most simple caramelized bananas recipe.
A Versatile Dessert Topping: Add these bananas to ice cream, yogurt, oatmeal, vanilla pudding, pancakes, waffles, or french toast!
A Fancy Dessert at Home: I love ordering bananas foster at fancy restaurants, but this recipe lets me enjoy a similar treat for much less fuss and money.

Tips and Tricks for Making Easy Caramelized Bananas

Bananas! If you LOVE bananas you can go all out by serving this on top of some Banana Nice Cream!
I like to use my cast iron skillet to fry the bananas, but any large frying pan will work.
Be sure to choose bananas that are ripe, but still firm. Overripe bananas will turn to mush when you cook them, and green bananas won't be sweet enough!
Instead of slicing the bananas into coins, try making long strips instead. The recipe is exactly the same no matter what shape the bananas are in.
Butter is ideal for making this recipe, but you can replace it with vegan butter if you'd like.
For added flavor, add a sprinkle of ground cinnamon, or a tablespoon of dark rum to the bananas before you cook them.
Easily double or half this recipe, depending on how many servings you need, or how many bananas you want to cook.
To Store: Keep these in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days. Reheat them gently in the microwave, or enjoy cold!
Caramelized bananas do not freeze well.

a bowl of vanilla ice cream topped with cooked caramelized bananas

HOW TO SERVE CARAMELIZED BANANAS

Homemade caramelized bananas are best served warm and fresh from the skillet! Spoon them on top of ice cream or yogurt - that's my favorite!

You can also use caramelized bananas as part of your breakfast. They're wonderful with pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, or french toast.

Try a caramelized banana breakfast split! Or serve with some Fried Ice Cream.

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