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When is National Banana Split Day?

National Banana Split Day celebrates the banana split, a split banana with ice cream and toppings, and falls every August 25.

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Wednesday, August 25, 2027

in 301 days

The one after

Friday, August 25, 2028

Every year

August 25 every year

Informal observance

National Banana Split Day honors the banana split: a banana cut lengthwise, with scoops of ice cream between the halves, toppings, whipped cream and cherries. It falls on August 25 every year.

It is an informal observance, not a proclaimed holiday. No law or proclamation names it. Day-calendar sites and trade groups list it, and anyone can mark it with a bowl and a spoon.

Informal observance. An informal observance, listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups. It is not a proclaimed holiday.

Simple ways to mark it

  • Build banana splits for a group, and use the Scoop Planner to work out how much ice cream and topping to buy.
  • Make the classic at home with one scoop each of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, giving each scoop its own topping.
  • Check the ice cream scoop size chart to pick a disher that fits three scoops neatly between the banana halves.
  • For an office or classroom treat, use Cost per Scoop to see what each scoop costs from a store container.

Where the day comes from

National Banana Split Day falls on August 25 every year. It is an informal observance listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups, not a proclaimed holiday. No law or proclamation names it, and nobody seems to know who started it. National Day Calendar lists the day and says it could not find who created it.

The treat itself has a clearer story, at least as National Day Calendar tells it. National Day Calendar credits David Evans Strickler, an apprentice pharmacist at Tassel’s Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, with making the first banana split in 1904. It describes the classic version as three scoops (vanilla, chocolate and strawberry), each with its own topping.

That classic gives you an easy plan for the day, at home, at school or at work. Split a ripe banana lengthwise, set the three scoops between the halves, and add a topping to each scoop. Finish with whipped cream and cherries. A small disher keeps the scoops even, so the split sits flat in the bowl. If you are serving a group, count one banana and three scoops per person, then set out the toppings so everyone can build their own.

Questions people ask

When is National Banana Split Day?

National Banana Split Day falls on August 25 every year, so the date stays the same while the day of the week changes. The page above shows the next two dates and how many days away the next one is.

Is National Banana Split Day an official holiday?

No. It is an informal observance listed by day-calendar sites and trade groups, not a proclaimed holiday. No law or proclamation names it, so marking it is up to you.

Who started National Banana Split Day?

Nobody knows for sure. National Day Calendar lists the day but says it could not find who created it, so there is no known founder or first year for the observance.

Who made the first banana split?

National Day Calendar credits David Evans Strickler, an apprentice pharmacist at Tassel's Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, with the first banana split in 1904. That credit comes from National Day Calendar's account.

Sources

  1. National Banana Split Day (August 25) National Day Calendar

Every data source the site uses is on the Sources page.

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