Delicious Chewy Dried Bananas You Won't Stop Making

These chewy dried bananas are a great healthy snack and dehydrating bananas couldn’t be easier.

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Here’s how to dry bananas, transforming brown bananas into a sweet treat for your pantry or even your emergency supplies.

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Dehydrating Bananas

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Ingredients

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Preparing the Bananas

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Place banana slices in a single layer, fitting as many as you can without overlapping, on the dehydrator trays and dry at 135ºF for 8-10 hours.

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SWIPE UP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CHEWY DRIED BANANAS!

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