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20 Easy Banana Breakfast Recipes

These banana breakfast recipes are all easy to make and use banana as the star ingredient. 

Banana is often thought of as a breakfast fruit, but there are so many tastier ways to eat bananas than just on their own. 

This list includes classic breakfast recipes – such as muffins, pancakes and oats, but there are also some unique and creative banana recipes to try. 

Each recipe included has clear, easy to follow instructions and uses easy to find ingredients.

Banana Breakfast Recipes

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Banana Bread With Ricotta

This banana bread recipe uses ricotta cheese and olive oil for an extra moist and rich breakfast bread. You’ll want to eat all of this bread fresh out of the oven!

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Bananas Foster Pancakes

These banana foster pancakes are the best breakfast pancakes! Ripe bananas are sautéed in a butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and rum extract sauce, with pecans and walnuts mixed in for some crunch. This banana sauce is then poured over a stack of fluffy, golden pancakes.

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Banana Smoothie Bowl

This breakfast banana smoothie bowl is like a big cup of thick, creamy soft serve. Bananas, tahini and milk are used as the smoothie base. Then topped with sliced bananas, blackberries, toasted oats, honey and roasted almonds.

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Banana & Coffee Breakfast Cake

This banana and coffee cake is a delicious, rich breakfast cake. A soft, moist banana coffee cake base topped with a sweet espresso frosting.

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Breakfast Banana Split

Not only is this breakfast banana split a healthy breakfast for kids but it’s also great for adults too. Ripe bananas are topped with yogurt, fresh berries and granola for a simple but tasty meal.

Photo Credit: peasandcrayons.com

Banana Granola

Have an extra ripe banana handy? Whip up this delicious banana bread granola! When it comes to all things breakfast and brunch, crispity crunchity granola is always a tasty option. It can be enjoyed as a tasty homemade cereal, piled onto a yogurt bowl with fresh fruit, or sprinkled onto smoothie bowls.

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Nutella Swirl Banana Muffins

These Nutella swirl banana muffins are made with a deliciously moist and fluffy banana muffin batter, topped with Nutella swirls, and baked to perfection.

Photo Credit: hauteandhealthyliving.com

Peanut Butter & Banana Baked Oatmeal

Breakfast doesn’t get much easier than this peanut butter baked oatmeal! Whip up a batch and store it in the fridge or freezer for a quick and easy breakfast throughout the week.

Photo Credit: mapleandmango.com

Banana Overnight Oats

These banana overnight oats are the perfect make ahead breakfast. They are creamy, delicious, and only take 5 minutes to prepare. This recipe is a great option for busy mornings!

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Chocolate Banana Pancakes

These chocolate banana pancakes are such a wonderful treat, perfect for mornings. They are full of dark chocolate flavor, fluffy, and simply delicious.

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Strawberry Banana Smoothie

Enjoy this luscious strawberry banana smoothie for a healthy breakfast. Made with simple ingredients including strawberries, banana, milk, and creamy yogurt. Ready in less than 5-minutes.

Photo Credit: lynnswayoflife.com

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Full of chocolate chips and cocoa powder, this double chocolate banana bread is the perfect way to use up spotty bananas. This is the best recipe to make when you are craving chocolate for breakfast!

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Banana Almond Flour Muffins

These healthy banana almond flour muffins make the best breakfast snack. Made with bananas, almond flour, oats, and yogurt. With chocolate chips and chopped walnuts mixed in, then baked until golden and crispy.

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Banana Waffles

These fluffy banana waffles are a delicious way to start the day – and a great recipe to use up brown bananas! Serve with yogurt and fruit for a healthy breakfast or sprinkle with a dusting of icing sugar.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

These banana pancakes are a great recipe to use up ripe bananas. They taste like banana bread in the form of a pancake. Sprinkled with mini chocolate chips, they are sure to become one of your breakfast favorites!

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Banana Cookies

These banana cookies are made with only 4 ingredients, for a healthy, quick and easy breakfast snack. All you need are bananas, oats, cinnamon and vanilla extract.

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Caramelized Banana French Toast

This banana french toast makes a decadent breakfast. First the bread is soaked in cinnamon and vanilla flavored egg mixture, then pan fried in butter until it is golden brown and slightly crispy on the edges. Once it is done, it is topped with caramelized sweet bananas and maple syrup.

Photo Credit: lynnswayoflife.com

Peanut Butter And Banana Bars

These one bowl peanut butter banana oat bars are full of nutrients. This breakfast recipe is a great replacement for store bought granola bars.

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Banana Scones

These easy maple glazed banana scones are so delicious! They're crisp on the outside yet soft in the center, and the maple glaze complements that irresistible banana bread flavor perfectly.

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Banana Chia Pudding

This overnight breakfast banana chia pudding tastes just like banana bread! Made with oat milk, then infused with the comforting spices of nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamom. Then topped with caramelized bananas and crunchy walnuts toasted in sesame oil.

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  1. Deborah

    August 18, 2022 at 9:06 am

    Thank you so much for including my Banana Bread Chia Pudding in your roundup. It's a beautiful post with gorgeous pictures. I am honored to be a part of it!

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