banana split

Maria Lichty’s banana split arranges vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream between the halves of a fresh banana. This selected version uses fresh pineapple and strawberries alongside chocolate syrup, whipped cream, maraschino cherries and peanuts.

The banana is peeled and cut lengthwise, then placed along the sides of a long, shallow dish. The three different ice cream scoops sit in a row between the banana halves.

Fresh pineapple is spooned over the vanilla scoop, chocolate syrup goes over the chocolate scoop, and fresh strawberries go over the strawberry scoop. These choices use the fruit alternatives in Lichty’s written recipe.

Each scoop receives a dollop of whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. Finely chopped peanuts are scattered above the finished dessert.

Lichty recommends having the toppings ready before scooping the ice cream and serving the assembled dish immediately. She also offers other ice cream flavours and sauces as variations, leaving this three-scoop arrangement as her selected classic version.