Banoffee Banana Split

November 14th, 2011 by Not Quite Nigella
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banoffi banana split

I was shopping a few months ago and suddenly hungry (you see why I fear running out of food? ;) ) picked up a chicken burger from a burger chain restaurant. I paid for my burger and stepped off to the side and waited. They called me over when it was ready and Mr NQN sat down with me while I ate it. I removed it from the bag and took it out. “oh no, they gave me a mini burger instead” I said getting up to return to the counter.

“I’m sorry but I think you gave me the mini burger instead of the regular one” I said sliding the bag across.

The person behind the counter had a look inside and said “Sorry ma’am, that is the regular sized burger.”

“But… it’s tiny! It’s a…burger for ants!” I said lost for words so I just paraphrased Derek Zoolander.

I am used to things shrinking and being smaller from when I was little. After all how many of us could swear that Big Macs have shrunk or that the ice blocks that used to be enormous are now a shell of their former selves also lacking the taste that you remember waxing lyrically about. Perhaps we were smaller or perhaps they had shrunk-who knows. But a year? I haven’t grown in a year!

banoffi banana split

However, sometimes things get better when you try them again especially if you add new flavours to them. I remember getting banana splits when I was small and they had the usual components and to be honest I was nonplussed. But since then the world has come up with the concept of banoffee-banana, caramel, chocolate, cookie crumbs and lashings of whipped cream and suddenly a humble banana split could surpass any childhood fantasy. I was inspired to make one when I had a banoffee banana split at Mrs Sippy.

Banoffee or banoffi pies was apparently invented in 1972 by chef Ian Dowding and Nigel Mackenzie but it was only when I visited London several years ago that my sister put me onto this heavenly sensation. One of the original creators Dowding released the official banoffi pie recipe as he was unhappy with people using biscuit crumbs and butter and aerosol whipped cream. For this sundae though, I used shortbread cookie crumbs but of course if you want to go to the effort of making a shortcrust base, which is the traditional one, go ahead and use that crumbled up.

The result? If I can be immodest, a banana split worthy or upholding or improving childhood memories. It has the heavenly marriage of bananas and caramel, a hint of coffee, clouds of whipped cream, crunchy biscuit and  chocolate sauce and flakes. I’ve specified quantities for one banana split which really goes for two people as it is rich and with bananas at the moment being almost like gold something of a treat.

So tell me Dear Reader, do you think that food is shrinking or do you think we have just grown up? And what was your favourite ice cream flavour growing up? Mine was strawberry…because it was pink!

banoffi banana split

Banoffee Banana Split

Makes 1

An Original Recipe by Not Quite Nigella

  • 1 banana
  • 3 scoops vanilla ice cream
  • 1/4 cup dulce de leche or caramel top and fill
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate topping (I used a Random Harvest chocolate honeycomb sauce)
  • 1 of your favourite shortbready cookies, put into a ziplock bag and then bashed into crumbs
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream whipped with a pinch of instant coffee granules
  • A little flaked chocolate and halved glace cherries to top (optional)

1. Take a banana split bowl and line it with a tablespoon of the crumbs and the dulce de leche or caramel top and fill. Split the banana in half lengthways and place it in the bowl. Add the three ice cream scoops in between the banana halves.

2. Drizzle some chocolate topping and then the rest of the dulce de leche or caramel top and fill. Sprinkle with more crushed cookie and add some cream around it. Top with glace cherries and flaked chocolate.

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72 Comments | Add your own

  • 1. Three-Cookies | November 14th, 2011 at 5:18 am | #

    I thought burgers were getting bigger, chains were introducing mega sized burgers. I suppose some chains are bucking the trend and going smaller, or maybe someone sat on it by mistake:)

  • 2. Rosa | November 14th, 2011 at 5:48 am | #

    Wow, that’s a dessert my boyfriend would die for! Your banoffee banana split is just beautiful and irresistible.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

  • 3. Miss Kimbers | November 14th, 2011 at 5:52 am | #

    Mmm ice cream. I am actually so boring and like vanilla ice cream so much that I would just eat the plain ice cream:) But the banana split does look good:) Mmm caramel:)

    I remember my favourite flaours being chocolate and rainbow. Now it is vanilla:) Another thing that has changes – there is no more blue in RAINBOW paddle pops!

  • 4. Matilda | November 14th, 2011 at 6:11 am | #

    Is it wrong to want this for breakfast,lol.
    In answer to your question, I think we have grown up because I often drive past a street where as children we would climb up the big ‘hill’ which in fact isn’t all that big!
    My favourite ice-cream growing up was in fact a trio in a cone of hazelnut, lemon and chocolate gelato. :-)

  • 5. Lisa (bakebikeblog) | November 14th, 2011 at 7:07 am | #

    oh my – seeeing such a fantastic treat so early in the morning is just cruel :)

  • 6. Heidi | November 14th, 2011 at 7:16 am | #

    This post would make a child squeal in delight! hehe. Ben too :) Yes burgers are totally smaller ;)
    Heidi xo

  • 7. Elly | November 14th, 2011 at 7:23 am | #

    I’m salivating. That looks amazing. I haven’t had a banana split in years!

  • 8. Julia | November 14th, 2011 at 7:39 am | #

    It is not just burgers shrinking here in the USA. It is boxes of cereal, getting less than what we pay for. Paying for what used to be 1 lb now we get may be 12 ozs. It is being done to everything from burgers to laundry detergent. But your banana split looks heavenly. I am just stuck with a chocolate bar with hazelnuts in it from ALDI.

  • 9. ck | November 14th, 2011 at 8:25 am | #

    Your BBS looks wonderful and calorie free I’m sure! Food is definitely shrinking, Ive seen a few current affair shows stories on it over recent years. It’s how they keep the lid on prices, by downsizing the product. Things like Wagon Wheels, chocolate bars, ice creams, burgers – all those snack items we want for only a few dollars. I’m with you, strawberry was the bomb for me as a tot too :)

  • 10. Holly | November 14th, 2011 at 8:27 am | #

    Oh my… I can’t even look at the picture of that one! When I was in my late teens I couldn’t finish a can of soft drink, now I can slam one down fast, to quote an ad from that time!

  • 11. Michelle chin | November 14th, 2011 at 8:40 am | #

    dark chocolate ice cream is my favorite but i love malaysian flavors (think pandan, durian and coconut) in my ice cream too. hehe.

    i think that food is shrinking. not us…

  • 12. Betty | November 14th, 2011 at 8:55 am | #

    looks delicious Lorraine

  • 13. Karen | November 14th, 2011 at 9:07 am | #

    Do you do home delivery, NQN?

    I had a friend who worked for Pizza Hut’s sourcing area once. She told me that, instead of increasing prices, they just used smaller pizza dishes. So it’s not your imagination.

    That being said, I can’t work out if those lolly teeth might have stayed the same size over time. They used to need to be crammed into my mouth; now they are just sad little things.

  • 14. Darlene | November 14th, 2011 at 9:16 am | #

    Yes, here in the USA everything is shrinking and getting more expensive. Not sure about the burgers as I do not eat them. What is up with ice cream. My friend just posted the most wonderful looking hot fudge Sunday with chocolate ice cream and now your banana split appears. We ate these all the time growing up with hot fudge topping, butterscotch topping, whipped cream from the can and an occasional cherry. We had Neapolitan ice cream. Strawberry, chocolate and vanilla in one box container a lot. Favorite flavor was chocolate, hence the craving for chocolate after your post and my friends post so bought Hersheys chocolate candy bars fridge is going out and we are waiting for the new one and not buying frozen foods. Love your post.

  • 15. Hotly Spiced | November 14th, 2011 at 9:16 am | #

    I swear every week I have to listen to my husband complain about how things are shrinking. His biggest angst is with Big Macs and Paddlepops. Your banoffe banana split looks delicious – I’ll make that when I see bananas reduce in price by a few more dollars.

  • 16. EJM | November 14th, 2011 at 9:27 am | #

    Banoffee is a taste sensation in whatever form. Thanks so much for posting this while I was trying to eat my cereal. Sigh. I think Tim Tams and Weetbix have gotten significantly smaller!

  • 17. Sue | November 14th, 2011 at 9:41 am | #

    Anything with shortbread crumbs added HAS to be good!
    I always liked a double scoop on a cone~orange sherbet and chocolate.
    Love your burger story, Lorraine:)

  • 18. The Food Mentalist | November 14th, 2011 at 9:55 am | #

    Yummo

  • 19. Margie | November 14th, 2011 at 10:04 am | #

    Maple (presumably maple syrup) and also hokey-pokey ice creams were my favourite.
    Re banoffee pie, when I was governessing in the Queensland outback in the 60s, banana caramel pie (with proper shortcrust base and no aerosol cream) was very popular, so I don’t think they were invented in London is 1972! When I visited London in the 80s I wondered what banoffee was, then found out it was the old banana caramel pie. Bananas, Queensland – matches, don’t you think?

  • 20. Victoria Challalncin | November 14th, 2011 at 10:04 am | #

    I’ve never been a big fan of banana splits, but I must say that this looks yummy!

    My favorite flavor of ice cream was homemade peach, made in an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream churn on my Grandparents’ farm in Georgia, in the U.S. South–heart of peach country. Mmmmm…I can almost taste it now.

  • 21. Claire @ CKCreations | November 14th, 2011 at 10:11 am | #

    Wow this is some dessert!

    Yes I agree some things are getting smaller. Mostly in cheeky ways too like the packet that used to be 500g is now 450g and the same price.

    I loved and still love mint chocolate chip. Oh I could eat a big bowl of it right now.

  • 22. EHA | November 14th, 2011 at 10:31 am | #

    Oh, yes, since food companies of all kinds want to show they are not raising prices, every kind of package and tin has less in it than a few years ago, be it cereal, beans or fish. Even plants: when I began planting my annual pansies and petunias, there were a dozen seedlings a punnet, going down to eight and now six: oh, the pric has not risen by much, but who is fooled? In these days of unhealthy obeisity smaller hamburgers actually might not be a bad idea tho’ ;) ! Ice cream: I guess when I occasionally ate it in childhood, it would preferably be caramel! Bananas – would love one ‘straight up’, but at $4.65 Kg it will still have to wait awhile :( !

  • 23. Ani Pema Lhamo | November 14th, 2011 at 10:53 am | #

    Yes, it’s a marketing ploy to shrink the food. Even Freddo frogs are smaller. :(

  • 24. Debra Kolkka | November 14th, 2011 at 11:08 am | #

    I don’t suppose there are many calories in your incredibly amazing dish. I loved chocolate ice cream but now I just love pistachio and hazelnut gelato here in Italy. I am reluctant to eat ice cream anywhere else but Italy as it never measures up.

  • 25. Mahei | November 14th, 2011 at 11:17 am | #

    YUMMMO!!!! thats all I have to say Lorraine ;)

    As for fave icecream growing up, it’s a close one between chocolate mud and banana-berry ;)

  • 26. Hannah | November 14th, 2011 at 11:35 am | #

    PADDLEPOPS AND MAGNUMS. Also, chocolate blocks and chips are legitimately getting smaller, but I still feel gypped when I get a Magnum and it’s so tiny.

    I was never interested in banana splits as a kid. They never tasted that great, and I never really like bananas straight-up. However, now that the banana shortage has made me want bananas in a bizarre nonsensical way, and with your updates to the generic recipe… I’m in!

  • 27. angela@spinachtiger | November 14th, 2011 at 11:37 am | #

    Lorraine, we don’t put cookies on banana splits here, but it’s a must do and I’ll be dreaming about this one.

  • 28. Gaby | November 14th, 2011 at 11:42 am | #

    Favourite icecream growing up was plain vanilla or butterscotch, which is now called hokey pokey. Nothing really tasted like a ‘real’ icecream back then, not like now where we are spoilt for choice and have real flavours. I also loved and still do, Frosty Fruits ice blocks. Now my favourite is definitely a good quality gelato of hazelnut and coconut or one that I make, dulce de leche ice cream yummm. Haagen-daaz had a really great one over in Ireland. Speaking of beautiful Ireland, I tried a delicious Bailey’s icecream in a gorgeous icecream shop in a small village – All homemade, sublime. Yes, food is shrinking and we’re being ripped off – That’s capitalism for you…

  • 29. sara (Belly Rumbles) | November 14th, 2011 at 11:52 am | #

    Perfect recipe for summer and our bananas are getting cheaper too. Big Macs have shrunk, I swear they have!!

  • 30. Cakelaw | November 14th, 2011 at 12:17 pm | #

    Food is definitely shrinking – and we pay the same price for less! Case in point – chocolate blocks. 50g less, more expensive than ever. Ripped off! This is a very generous looking sundae – yum. My fave icecream flavour was rum and raisin because I felt grown up when I ate it – legitimate “alcohol” (rum flavouring actually).

  • 31. Margie | November 14th, 2011 at 12:44 pm | #

    In NZ it was always hokey-pokey, and in Australia the same thing was called honeycomb. Don’t know what it is now – the thought makes my teeth ache!

  • 32. Christine | November 14th, 2011 at 12:47 pm | #

    I think the Maccas burgers have been consistently shrinking for some years now much to my sadness, lol..

    love this idea of banana split + banoffee pie combo!

  • 33. Nic@diningwithastud | November 14th, 2011 at 12:58 pm | #

    Yay for bananas being a reasonable price again so I can actually make this :) lol

  • 34. Leah | November 14th, 2011 at 1:20 pm | #

    I loved “rainbow” flavour icecream – I have no idea what flavour it was actually supposed to be, but it was great.

  • 35. Alvin Tan | November 14th, 2011 at 2:35 pm | #

    Hi lorriane, Love your blog. Was introduced to your blog some months back and am impressed with the work. Always have been a banana split fan, maybe because I love bananas and ice cream! Use to go to Swensen in Kuala Lumpur, ordering the “Earthquake” that comes with 8-10 flavours. Love the local Malaysian flavours such as, durian, cempedak, red bean, mung bean, cendol.
    Food is definetely shrinking from pizzas,any packaged products to even barbeque chicken!!!
    Would be great if you can link my site to yours, thks.

  • 36. Tenina | November 14th, 2011 at 4:03 pm | #

    I Just LOVE this idea, quick and to the point…the best flavour match around!

  • 37. sugarpuffi | November 14th, 2011 at 4:07 pm | #

    so sad about the tiny burger! they do seem to shrink everyday :( love your banana split however. it looks so delicious esp on a hot day

  • 38. Kelley | November 14th, 2011 at 4:47 pm | #

    no body said that you can’t have banoffee banana split for dinner…

    *drool*

  • 39. catty | November 14th, 2011 at 5:40 pm | #

    I’m not sure if you remember my love for banoffee pie.. so there is no doubting my adoration for this banoffee split!!!

  • 40. Intolerant Chef | November 14th, 2011 at 6:08 pm | #

    Oooohhhhh…… You are tempting from my diet Lorraine! I always love icereams and sorbets for dessert, even in the middle of winter. We had a sundae bar fir my daughters birthday with 1.5lt bottles of syrup, nuts, cherries, marshmallows, bananas and all – but I never thought of dulce de leche :( My kiddies also had a Wagon Wheel at a party, and they have got to be half the size they used to be.

  • 41. Lucie | November 14th, 2011 at 6:25 pm | #

    Yum! Mum used to make a really solid creamy vanilla ice that had evaporated milk in it – have asked her to try and remember the recipe but thinking of having her hypnotised and regressed as she is struggling!

  • 42. Reem | Simply Reem | November 14th, 2011 at 6:39 pm | #

    I know exactly what you are saying about the tiny miny burgers… LOL
    But this ice cream looks so so good….
    God, this is so tempting… I might not have all the ingredients on hand now but I am going to make this with whatever I have RIGHT NOW….
    YES RIGHT NOW.

  • 43. Midge | November 14th, 2011 at 6:53 pm | #

    That is one incredibly decadent banana split – and I love how it has a banoffee vibe to it!

    I agree that food is shrinking in these days of rising costs just about everywhere; it’s really depressing how we’re being charged such exorbitant prices for so little food. :(

  • 44. Mrs Bok | November 14th, 2011 at 7:37 pm | #

    I’ve only discovered bannofee pie recently and I adore it!! Gotta try this! Yum.

    And I agree that servings seem so much smaller these days!

  • 45. yuki.pretear | November 14th, 2011 at 7:54 pm | #

    That’s delicious!!!
    i remember having a lot of those when i was a kid ^^

  • 46. Not Quite Nigella | November 14th, 2011 at 8:00 pm | #

    Hi Three-Cookies-Yes but they’re not the same burgers we were getting. sat on it? I hope not!

    Hi Rosa-Thanks Rosa! You are too kind! :D

    Hi Miss Kimbers-Oh that’s not boring at all! I love vanilla too! :D Thanks! I luuurve caramel! What flavour is rainbow? I don’t think I’ve ever tried that!

    Hi Matilda-Not at all! :lol: Oh yes buildings definitely looked bigger when we were small! Oh I bet you were a discerning child! ;)

    Hi lisa-Hehe sorry! :D

    Hi Heidi-Haha Mr NQN too! :lol: xxx

    Hi Elly-I know, it has been ages for me too! :O

    Hi Julia-Oh really? Cereal too? :o How sneaky! Thank you!

    Hi ck-Haha yes no calories at all I promise ;) Oh yes of course! Oh no they downsized the Wagon Wheel? :o Is nothing sacred? haha strawberry lovers unite!!

    Hi Holly-haha my friend’s uncle was in that ad! :lol:

    Hi Michelle-Asian flavours are so good in ice cream! I love pandan and coconut and black sesame :P

    Hi Betty-thanks Betty!

    Hi Karen-haha! :lol: Oh really! all these little tricks huh!:o Haha I have to try one and let you know! :lol:

    Hi Darlene-it’s happening everywhere! It’s hot here today and all I want is ice cream! :) Ooh your sundaes sound delicious! :o Thanks so much Darlene!

    Hi Charli-Haha ok well it sees that he is right! :P Thanks! :)

    Hi EJM-I agree! sorry! :P Oh I never thought about tim Tims but I bet they have shrunk!

    Hi Sue-hehe so very true! :D Orange sherbert and chocolate? What an interesting combo! Thanks Sue! :)

    Hi Erin-Thanks!

    Hi Margie-Ooh now that is a really good contender! I wonder what they would say about that? ;) Of course, it’s a match! What controversy!

    Hi Victoria-hehe I know, neither was I up til this one :lol: Oh that sounds divine! Was it a creamy peach or a sorbet? :o

    Hi Claire-thanks Claire! :D I think you’re right there! Hehe! :D I would like one today, it ha been so hot!

    Hi EHA-Oh it is everywhere isn’t it now! :o Well perhaps but I think I know how much to eat ;) $4.65 a kilo is pretty cheap here!

    Hi Ani-Oh no even Freddo frogs? :o

    Hi Debra-hehe absolutely none ;) Oh real pistachio gelato sounds amazing! I can imagine!

    Hi Mahei-thanks Mahei! :D ooh banana berry? I’ve never tried that before!

    Hi Hannah-Oh no magnums? They are my favourite! :o I know, I’ve got a newfound appreciation for bananas :lol:

    Hi angela-hehe we don’t either but I wanted to give it that banoffee-ness! :P

    Hi Gaby-I love hokey pokey! :D Oh and I’m so glad that you mentioned Frosty fruits! They had so much flavour! Oh it all sounds delicious, you’re making me hungry! :D

    Hi sara-I know, hooray for bananas! :D Yes I’m sure they have! we should measure them now so in 10 years we can prove it when they measure an inch large :lol:

    Hi Cakelaw-Oh that’s quite a bit for a chocolate block isn’t it! :o Thanks! Oooh hehe yes I used to like it for the same reason :lol:

    Hi Margie-The hokey pokey is a big flavour in NZ isn’t it! :)

    Hi Christine-Yes I think they definitely have been! Thank you so much! :D

    Hi Nic-I know, they’re not badly priced now are they? :D

    Hi Leah-I wish I had tried rainbow, I don’t think I ever did!

    Hi Alvin-thanks very much Alvin :)

    Hi Tenina-Haha yep exactly! :lol:

    Hi sugarpuffi-Don’t they! :lol: Thanks, it’s so warm today!

    Hi Kelley-Well you know it’s totally like fruit! :D

    Hi catty-Hehe I do! I love it too! :D

    Hi Intolerant Chef-Sorry Rebecca! :P Oh that must have been such a hit! Ahh for next year’s perhaps? I’m sure everyone remembered it very fondly!! :D Yes I picked one up the other day and it felt it!

    Hi Lucie-Yum! that sounds delicious. haha at hypnosis! :lol:

    Hi Reem-Thanks Reem! :D Oh cool! I hope you like it! :D

    Hi Midge-Thanks! It is decadent indeed but I don’t think it’s too bad ;) Yes I thought I was going crazy but it seems not! :(

    Hi Mrs Bok-Oh yes! Isn’t it great? And so addictive too! :D

    Hi yuki-Thanks Yuki! haha meeemoorries!

  • 47. Stefanie | November 14th, 2011 at 8:10 pm | #

    Hi Lorraine, my favourite was chocolate and occasionally as a special treat my parents would buy ice magic which I absolutely loved. It’s funny though I tried it again recently and it just wasn’t the same. I think food has shrunk, unless you are in North America where serving sizes are enormous!

  • 48. Penny Freeman | November 14th, 2011 at 8:32 pm | #

    yes they are! I am a strawberry girl and also partial to the old golden gaytime

  • 49. Jennifer (Delicieux) | November 14th, 2011 at 8:54 pm | #

    I can’t believe you made a banana split even better….with banoffee!! Yum!

    I agree, food is shrinking, but prices are still going up….

  • 50. Phunk | November 14th, 2011 at 11:12 pm | #

    For me it’s always been about chocolate :)
    This is an awesome improvement on a banana split! I actually don’t much like banana other than in banoffee pie.
    With food sizes I think it’s a bit of both. Some things have definitely gotten smaller.

  • 51. Barbara @ Barbara Ba | November 14th, 2011 at 11:28 pm | #

    I don’t think food is shrinking in America unfortunately. The banana split looks fabulous. I don’t think I’d have any problem eating one all by myself. xoxo Mum

  • 52. ChopinandMysaucepan | November 14th, 2011 at 11:37 pm | #

    I get the tiny food syndrome whenever I go to Singapore or Malaysia as the portions are so small I never knew how I got through them as a kid.

  • 53. Glamorous Glutton | November 15th, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    This is definitely one for Mr Glam a fabulous feast of cream and ice cream topped off with caramel. He asked me to make rice pudding the other day using caramel topping, so I know he’d love this. GG

  • 54. Nuts about food | November 15th, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    I definitely thought Big Macs had shrunk when I last had one. I was actually still hungy after I had it…good thing I only do Mc Ds once every few years, otherwise with two Big Macs at a time I would be huge and unhealthy. My all time favorite ice cream was chocolate and later mint choc chip growing up. There has to be chocolate in it… This banana split looks like it is out of a story book.

  • 55. Sophie | November 15th, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    This would’ve tasted so great with today’s hot weather!

  • 56. thelittleloaf | November 15th, 2011 at 12:20 am | #

    I adore banoffee and this looks absolutely delicious. My favourite ice cream growing up was always chocolate, and it probably still is, although I wouldn’t want to commit to one flavour…there are too many good combinations out there!

  • 57. Lizzy (Good Things) | November 15th, 2011 at 1:58 am | #

    Wow, I need to go cycling just looking at this dessert! My favourite ice cream used to be rum and raisin. Now I adore good pistachio gelato, but also absolutely love my mint chocolate, home made, of course!

  • 58. Faith | November 15th, 2011 at 8:14 am | #

    Oooh, this looks so tasty! Mike’s favorite ice cream sundae is a banana split and I think he’d go crazy for this!

  • 59. Tina @ bitemeshowme | November 15th, 2011 at 8:15 am | #

    This looks so good! Perfect dessert for these hot (almost) summer nights we have been having!

  • 60. Mi Vida en un Dulce | November 15th, 2011 at 8:37 am | #

    I found two things that shrink each year: food and clothes.

  • 61. thebakingaddict | November 15th, 2011 at 9:34 am | #

    This looks amazing! I love banana split and remember eating them growing up. Certain foods are shrinking and I wonder if it’s due to the economy or self imposed portion control. However you do get massive portions at other places.

  • 62. Pamity | November 15th, 2011 at 12:32 pm | #

    The banana split is a memory of teenage food of the 50′s, every cookbook featured them. I’d let the grandchildren assemble them now:)
    Food is shrinking these days, wagon wheels were the first victim I noticed, then block chocolate, now my 88 year old Mother bemoans the fact that gingernuts are thinner, making dunking difficult:) Favourite icecream from my childhood was peppermint with chocolate through it. It was a treat from Myers basement in Melb in the 50′s after a visit to the dentist in Collins St.

  • 63. Nami | November 15th, 2011 at 1:26 pm | #

    I’ve actually never tried banana split in my life… this photo is very tempting. And I want this special glass bowl/plate for banana split!

  • 64. Ayden @ Himalayan Salt | November 15th, 2011 at 7:21 pm | #

    Just had one of Maggie Beer’s ice creams… so delicious!

  • 65. Su-Lin | November 16th, 2011 at 4:27 am | #

    Ooooooh, look at that banana split…. it’s absolutely freezing in my room right now but I must have one! :D

  • 66. Vivian - vxdollface | November 16th, 2011 at 4:39 pm | #

    Food is shrinking :( marketing gimmick!

    Love this recipe, it’s so cute and indulgent.. can’t wait to sink my teeth into it haha. Definitely a party winner of a dessert!

  • 67. Johanna GGG | November 16th, 2011 at 5:09 pm | #

    hey are those pegs in the photo shrinking or are they just incredibly small? Love the banana split – chocolate honeycomb sauce and dulce de leche sounds just amazing – though I know if I made it for E he would tell me there was too much fruit :-)

  • 68. Libby | November 17th, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

    Excellent! I’m not much of a fan of nuts on ice cream for some reason, so the cookie crumbs are an excellent idea. Funny though that I like nuts inside the ice cream. At times, I’ve substituted a good banana split for a dinner entree ;-)

  • 69. grace | November 17th, 2011 at 11:10 am | #

    for the longest time, my favorite flavor was mint chocolate chip. i still enjoy it, but now cinnamon is my favorite. :)
    great idea for a banana split!

  • 70. Alix | November 19th, 2011 at 9:23 pm | #

    Things are most certainly smaller now that I’m older ( and bigger) – I do like my chocolate! My favourite flavor used to be bubble gum and mint choc chip!

  • 71. Sophie | November 23rd, 2011 at 3:03 am | #

    Hahahahahahahha,…Lorraine!
    I have never tasted this special & tasty looking dessert! I am sure going to make this appetizing & festive treat! :)

  • 72. avanikayb | November 23rd, 2011 at 6:31 am | #

    That looks so good!! I always thought things were just getting supersized.

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