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Banana Split is such an easy and fun dessert – an old school classic that looks impressive, tastes delicious, but you can make in minutes!
I‘m always a fan of making an event out of, well, anything. Everyone grumpy on a week night evening? Let’s serve a Banana Split!
Yes it’s a banana and ice-cream (basic) BUT the winning combination with flakes of toasted almonds for a little crunch, and chocolate sauce (of course) makes it something special.
Simple as it might be, served like this, in my house, it never nails to make everyone smile. Hope your family will love it too!
Why you’ll love this Easy Banana Split recipe
⭐️ Quick and easy dessert
⭐️ Customisable with your choice of toppings
⭐️ Fun to make with kids
Banana Split Ingredients
- Bananas – You don’t want these to be too overripe as you need them to peel and slice nicely, but ripe is fine!
- Ice cream – The flavour of your choice. See below for a good trick for keeping the ice cream intact as you make your Banana Split.
- Toasted flaked almonds – These give a lovely crunchy topping.
- Glace cherries – These are the traditional garnish, but leave them out if you prefer.
- For the cream – Beat together double cream (or heavy cream if you’re outside of the UK), icing sugar and vanilla extract. Alternatively you could use squirty cream from a can if you’d like a shortcut.
- Chocolate sauce – Make this as per the recipe below or alternatively you could use shop-bought chocolate sauce.
Storing
Banana Split sundaes are designed to be made up and eaten immediately, before they melt.
If you’d like to prep them ahead, you could make all of the ingredients ahead of time, keeping the ice cream balls in the freezer, then simply assemble the dessert when you’re ready to serve.
top Tips
Prepare the ice cream
To make sure your ice cream doesn’t melt before your Banana Split is properly assembled (especially if you’re drizzling over your own chocolate sauce), I recommend making up your ice cream balls, using a scoop, beforehand.
Simply make them up from your ice cream tub, sit them on a plate lined with baking paper, then put them in the freezer again on the plate until you’re ready to serve.
Quantities
Please note the ingredient quantities in this recipe are for 4 servings, so adjust yours according to how many people you’re making this for.
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FAQs
No, it is a recipe adopted from the US, sometime over the last century, when imported bananas became more readily available.
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Banana Split {Easy Family Dessert!}
Ingredients
- 4 Bananas, See notes
- 450 ml Ice cream, About 8-12 scoops
- 50 g Toasted flaked almonds
- 12 Glace cherries
For the cream:
- 500 ml Double cream
- 2 tsp Icing sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
For the chocolate sauce:
- 100 ml Double cream
- 150 g Dark chocolate , About 50% cocoa solids
Instructions
- Beat 500ml of the double cream with the icing sugar and vanilla until it forms soft peaks. Set aside.
- Make your chocolate sauce by putting the remaining 100ml cream and chocolate into a bowl over a pan of simmering water (don’t let the bowl touch the water). Stir gently until the chocolate is melted into the sauce. (Alternatively, microwave in 30 second bursts stirring very well in between each.)
- Now put together your banana splits. Peel and slice each banana split lengthways and sit in your dish.
- Put scoops of ice cream between each pair of banana half. Top with the whipped double cream (spoon it or pipe it on).
- Drizzle with the chocolate sauce, sprinkle over almonds and add the cherries before serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
My kids absolutely loved this! Will definitely be making this again. Thanks Sarah!