Banana syrup is a simple syrup with a delicious banana flavor. Like all simple syrup, it’s mainly made of sugar and water, then flavored with ripe bananas. While classic banana syrup uses banana flavors or banana flesh, this recipe reuses banana peels that you would have otherwise thrown.
Why You’ll Love This Syrup
Banana syrup is naturally:
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Vegan Grain-Free Paleo-Friendly if using coconut sugar. Only 4 Ingredients
Ingredients and Substitutions
Banana simple syrup is usually made from ripe bananas but this recipe reuse banana peels instead to make a delicious syrup with the added benefits of banana peels.
Banana Peels – from ripe bananas for best flavors. It means peels with black dark spots on their skin. The riper the banana, the sweeter the banana syrup recipe will be. Pure Cane Sugar – or I also used unrefined cane sugar or coconut sugar for an earthy caramel flavor. Vanilla Extract – for flavor.
How To Make Banana Syrup From Banana Peels
Why Making Recipes With Banana Peels?
Banana peels have a higher nutrition profile than bananas themselves. Whiles bananas have a lot of potassium, banana peels contain even more. Plus, they are high in vitamins B6 and vitamin B12, important vitamins on a vegan diet that most vegans buy as a supplement. So to avoid requiring B12 supplements, use the banana peel to make banana recipes. You can use banana peels in smoothies, to make this banana simple syrup, or to make savory recipes like banana peel bacon.
How To Use Banana Syrup
This syrup can be used in any plant-based recipes calling for maple syrup or as a topping to your:
Vegan Pancakes Slices of bread with extra banana slices Fresh fruit or breakfast fruit salad Vegan Waffles Ice cream Vegan Crepes
You can also use the banana syrup as a vegan honey alternative. It has a similar thick texture with a darker brown color.
Storage
This simple banana syrup can be stored well at room temperature in a sterilized glass jar sealed with a lid. You can also store it in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.
More Banana Recipes
Below I listed some more easy banana recipes for you to try:
