Everything about the Blue Java Banana seems like a hoax: Can the fruit be this blue? Does it really taste like ice cream? Was it really invented by Sirs Ben and Jerry, on a night when they were feeling like they’d already conquered the world of pints and wanted to move on to more fantastical creations?!
Okay, that last part is a complete lie, but the first two are true. Blue Java Bananas are known as “ice cream bananas” because they have a creamy texture and flavor that’s oddly reminiscent of vanilla custard or soft serve. They start out bluish—or blue-green—before they ripen, and seem made for pureeing and freezing into the one-ingredient ice cream (AKA frozen banana puree) that seems to go viral every summer.