Blue java bananas, sometimes also called ice cream bananas because their texture reminds some people of vanilla ice cream, are a creamy banana variety you might not have tried before. The blue java ...

A post shared thousands of times on Facebook shows two images of bananas. But not just any bananas. "This is Blue Java banana and it tastes like vanilla ice cream," text in the July 18 post says.

Blue bananas are real, but don't get too excited Did you know there are more than 1,000 different types of bananas? And while almost all of them have yellow peels, there is one banana that’s blue! But ...