PHOENIX — Are you trying to become one of the lucky few to bring a blue java banana tree home? First things first: Yes, blue bananas are real. Yes, they actually do taste like vanilla ice cream ...

Blue Java bananas are a blue-ish green when unripe, but they ripen to a pale yellow. When peeled, the fruit is white, like regular supermarket bananas.

PHOENIX — This is not a Dr. Seuss fruit. This is a blue java banana tree. Yes, blue bananas DO EXIST and the best part is they taste like VANILLA ICE CREAM! Again, blue bananas. Check. Bananas ...

Bananas ripen best when off of the tree. Wait until the fruit reach full size, then cut off the whole stalk and hang it up somewhere convenient. Pick the fruit from the stalk as it turns yellow.