Diana's Bananas Review

How a crazy idea put us on a serious mission

Diana’s Bananas started in the mid-80s, as the delicious result of an inspired whim. There in our booth at The Taste of Chicago, the city’s yearly open-air food fest, we hit upon the idea of freezing a fresh, ripe banana and giving it a bath in delicious chocolatier-grade melted bar chocolate. We each took a bite and passed it around. Our taste buds leapt for joy... and we sprung into action.

We sent our team to the local supermarkets and cleaned them out of bananas. Around the clock, we melted chocolate, peeled bananas, inserted sticks, froze the bananas and dunked them in chocolate... oh, and we also sold the living daylights out of them. Ten days and 25,000 bananas later, we knew we had a hit on our hands.

From there, we became weekend warriors, bringing our bananas out in force to the various street fairs and music festivals that make up summertime in Chicago and the outlying areas. Everywhere we went, the response was the same: “Can I buy these in stores?” There was even one smart fellow who wheeled up a cooler and told us to fill it with our frozen bananas, no matter what it cost him.

It became apparent that people felt as strongly about Banana Babies as we did, and getting them in stores was the next step. Just like with any small business, there were hurdles to overcome (not with our beloved banana; we had that recipe worked out almost immediately) but eventually we took our rightful place in the grocer’s freezer—and your home.

Let’s face it, in a business like ours you can’t take yourself too seriously. Just look at our packaging, or this website, for that matter. There are pictures of chimps all over the place. But there is one thing we’re unwaveringly serious about—producing the world’s best chocolate-dipped frozen banana™.



Have you ever had a product in your house go so fast you only got 1 out of the box? Well that is exactly how this product was! My oldest son is still whining that he wants more! He also posted on his Facebook that he has a new obsession.....Diana's Bananas! (this is no lie) We got to test the regular milk chocolate and the dark chocolate covered banana's. Both got an A+ in my families book! The banana's were tiny and cute but packed a big taste. The chocolate was not the chocolate that cracks off and then you are left with just the inside either. I loved that the chocolate stayed on outside of banana all through the snacking process. I have teens and the I also have little ones. These are great for both. The younger ones got a little bit messier, but it's not a deal breaker for buying more. The sticks fit perfectly in the little ones hands. The chunky sticks made it easy to hold unlike popcicle sticks that are thin.

They have 4 different kinds of their banana's.

I am excited to learn they sell these at our Super Target! I hope they have the nut covered....yum yum..

check here to see if they have any in stores near you:

http://www.dianasbananas.com/store-locator/

Each box of Banana Babies is around $4.99 each from their site! Not bad at all. Won't it be nice to get your chocolate banana's from the grocery store and not just the local fair?!

http://www.icecreamsource.com/Dianas-Bananas_c_318.html


Why not treat yourself tonight and go buy yourself a box! Plus these are Gluten Free!!

http://www.dianasbananas.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dianas-Bananas-the-official-page/135302714864

Following their facebook page you will be first to know of special sales going on with their banana's!

https://twitter.com/DianasBananas


Five Lil Bass In Tow was sent a couple boxes of Diana's Banana's to test and the post my honest review. Thank you for reading!