Go Bananas!

During the 14 or 15 years where the Barbecue Crew actively pursued annual pilgrimages of BBQ joints, we probably toured close to 300 barbecue restaurants. And during that time we consumed a good number of banana puddings. And this year, our son asked us a simple question about eggnog:

And I thought to myself: WHY have we never made a banana pudding eggnog???

So obvious. And right in front of our nose all this time!

Now, I knew that bananas could be polarizing – there are definitely banana-haters in this world. But would there be any in our voting audience? Ultimately, the fact that I like bananas (and banana pudding) outweighed the risk of banana-haters on the judging panel.

So, we set about designing a banana pudding eggnog, and while experimenting, learned that the deep richness of flavor in bananas foster was a fantastic match for eggnog.

Go Bananas!

Course: eggnogDifficulty: Difficult

Servings

48

servings

A bananas foster eggnog.

Ingredients

• Banana Custard

• Vanilla Eggnog

• Bananas Foster Sauce

• Plantation Original Dark Rum

• Goslings Black Seal Rum

• Tempus Fugit Creme de Banana liqueur

• 1 bag of Werther’s Originals (hard candy)

Directions

• Mix the Banana Spike using the three liquors in a 1:1:1 ratio
• Put the Werther’s Original candies into a food processor until crushed. Use a strainer to sort out any large pieces
• Mix the banana custard and Vanilla eggnog in a blender
• Add the bananas foster sauce and continue blending
• Add the banana spike and finish blending
• Pour into a cup
• Garnish with crushed caramel
• Enjoy!

Recipe Video

Notes

• If I was doing this again, I would definitely increase the amount of bananas foster sauce used
• This eggnog has its own theme song – see below