Can you eat bananas if the skin has turned completely black?

Answer 1

Sure, but they are extra sweet and mushy. Best used for baking banana bread. You can freeze them till you are ready to use them too.

Answer 2

You've had good answers so far especially queen_bee. Yes, you can eat bananas whose skin has turned black. It is when they are most ripe almost ready to go bad so don't wait untill they mold. If they start to turn black and you still want to use them but not right away, put them in the freezer until you are ready. They are better for cooking with then eating straight out of the skins because they are so mushy. Besides if you put a yellow bannana in the freezer it will turn completely black too, and durring the freezing process the cell walls break down and make the thawed banana complete mush only fit for baby food or cooking.

Answer 3

Yes you can eat bananas if the skin has turned completely black. Well I do... it doesn't really make a difference the banana just looks a little odd. Go ahead and eat your black bananas!

Answer 4

You can if you don't mind the taste. Personally, I don't care for it. My grandmother always used to use completely black bananas to make scrumptious banana bread:

Cathy's Banana Bread
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour
Yields: 16 servings

" Sour cream makes this bread especially moist and a bit tangy, a fine counterpoint to the intense sweetness of banana."

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup mashed bananas
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup margarine
1 1/3 cups white sugar
2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan, or two 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. Combine banana and sour cream. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and banana mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; stir into the banana mixture. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan or pans.
3. Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.

Answer 5

Yes, they will be very soft and sweet. Also, the skin can turn black if you refrigerate the bananas but the fruit will not have over-ripened in this case.

Answer 6

I don't eat them as bananas, I make banana bread or cake or even banana shakes out of them. It's a texture thing.

Answer 7

That is the absolute best time to freeze them for future use in baking banana bread !!

I have one whole door shelf designated for black bananas then come Christmas i take them out and bake bread for gifts !!! Soooooooooo simple !!

Answer 8

yes, but they are usually ripened to that point for using in banana puddings. At the point of turning black, they also become very mushy, so holding and eating is very hard to do.

Answer 9

Yes if you like mushy bananas. Best thing to do with them is make banana bread.

Answer 10

yes, they taste very good like that. you should try making a banana boat with one of those (when you make the banana look like its smiling at you when you slice it, then you fill it with things like chocolate chipps and caramels and other stuff, then put it in the oven for 10 minutes or until everything is metled)