Food of the Seventies, Banana Flip

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this was a yellow banana cake that was folded in a half moon shape and filled with white filling. they were soooooo good and messy. they were made by hostess and you got one in a package. they were on the same shelf as the ho ho's and twinkies. i do not think they make them any more but i wish they did.
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flip-nut - January 25, 2008 - Report this comment
loved those things! the cream was really fluffy and had a slight banana flavor as well! quite large. i did not think they were hostess brand... would like to see them again at the old 7-11!
karen - August 17, 2008 - Report this comment
They were called Mickey's Banana Flip - they were great! Hostess puts out a banana creme filled Twinkie now - similar taste, but not quite like the 'flip'.
LORI - August 19, 2008 - Report this comment
BRING BACK THE FLIP.........PLEASE.
B. Nannyflip - September 21, 2008 - Report this comment
I got a whole case left from 1969 and they still have not expired past the expiration date, which happens to be on my birthday...July 1st 2086
Judd Nelson's Nostrils - September 27, 2008 - Report this comment
I got of these things outta the machine at work a while back.....that creme stuff was EVERYWHERE...I couldnt have made a bigger mess if I had put in in a paper bag, blew it up, and busted it with my friggin fist.....it made my teeth hurt after all was said n done.
Patricia Conrad - October 26, 2008 - Report this comment
Mickey's Banana Flips were the best! The closest I've found for the flavor is Hostess Banana Suzy Q's, yep, they still sell them, talk to your store mananger.
Velvet Cyberpunk - March 30, 2009 - Report this comment
My Uncle George was obsessed with these. He would get them whenever he could. I wasn't a big fan and preferred the Hostess Suzie Qs but every time I smell artificial banana I think of the Banana Flip and my uncle.
swimmerbob - April 20, 2009 - Report this comment
you must have a really good nose- artificial banana flavor is actually made from banana oil. it is made with a process using ethylene glycol which is why it must be labeled artificial. loved how that ethylene glycol-laced creme filling in the mickey's banana flip tasted way back when. just kidding- food grade EG isn't like antifreeze- it's odorless, colorless, and tasteless. if hostess were to come up with a good-tasting banana-flavor creme filling for those suzie-q's, they'd have something there.
mrbigg - May 03, 2009 - Report this comment
the best cakes of the 60& 70's were mickey's banana flip & mickey's devil delight ! they beat hostess hands down !!mickey's must be out of buisness now !!
Mimi - May 05, 2009 - Report this comment
Banana flips were my favorite snack as a kid growing up in the 70's. My sister hated the smell of them. I absolutely loved them and can still remember the taste after all these years!! Thanks for the reminding me a simpler time!! Long live the 70's!!
sadie - May 25, 2009 - Report this comment
I want a flippin' banana FLIP!! PLEASE--You baker people out there--wake up!! WE WANT BANANA FLIPS!
sadie - May 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Try Nickles Bakery --they are located in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana I believe. They look like the same wedge half/moon shape in the package..Haven't tried them yet but plan to soon!
Susan - June 11, 2009 - Report this comment
We want these so bad. I wish someone still made them. I wonder if there is a recipe online?
Stacie - June 12, 2009 - Report this comment
My husband and I traveled from San Antonio to Eagle Pass. There is a convenience store that sells Mickey's Banana Flips off of Highway 90. I bought one for my mom and she loved it! It was just like she remembered.
Susan Swegel - June 27, 2009 - Report this comment
I LOVED the banana flip!! It was my favorite along with a chocolate snack cake with white cream icing that filled a cut-out in the middle of the cake, Delicious!!! Twinkies are nasty.
Jim - June 27, 2009 - Report this comment
Stacie, I live in central texas what convenience store is selling banana flips?!
Sadie - July 13, 2009 - Report this comment
Hello - Can anyone help me find a place that sells Banana Flips? Please let me know!
Nancy - August 17, 2009 - Report this comment
Susan is correct Nickles Bakery has a website and if you search products there is a picture of them. They have distribution centers in PA and WV also and they list phone #'s. A friend told me they have them in the vending mach. where he works, so not sure if they are in retail outlets.
Dale - September 13, 2009 - Report this comment
I liked to put them in the freezer for a little while so that the cream got firm and then eat them.
Kindra - September 22, 2009 - Report this comment
I loved Mickey's Cakes!! Banana Flip, Devil's Delight, and Jim Jams, mmmm yummy. Hostess comes close with the banana Twinkies, Zingers, and Suzy Q, but just not quite the same.
pretty T - September 28, 2009 - Report this comment
My wife and I talk about them all the time. There was nothing like it back in the day. I'm contacting Nickels tomorrow...have to have a taste again.
bobbya - September 30, 2009 - Report this comment
I live in Waco Texas and we had Mickey's Banana Flips here until the late '70s then they disappeared. If anyone can buy one at that convenience store and then post the name of the bakery from off the package or ask the clerk who delivers those to them and then post the results it would be awesome
Bubba Earl - October 02, 2009 - Report this comment
My wife bought some cup cakes , I tried one and we both spent a hour trying to remember where we had tasted that flavor before. "Blue Bird" makes a cup cake that has that same Banana Flip taste.I think better than hostess' I started looking on-line , for a flashback
Wild Joe - October 14, 2009 - Report this comment
Every day after school. I'd stop off at the local deli and get a Mickey's Banana Flip and an RC cola. Ahhh... where have those days gone??
maria - October 16, 2009 - Report this comment
i loved those flips. lick the cream...eat the cake...why did they stop making such a good cake?
Texas Rex - October 24, 2009 - Report this comment
Mickey's Banana Flip was my favorite snack cake in the 60s. If you were lucky enough to get one that wasn't smooshed in its package and remove it intact, you'd have the perfect dessert taco. I would lick the excess creme filling from around the edge before eating the rest of the cake so it wouldn't squish out and make a bigger mess. These things were delicious, totally awesome! B. Nannyflip, if you have a case of them (which is highly unlikely), send me one and I'll give you tewnty-five bucks for it. If anyone knows where I can get one (not a Hostess or other brand knock-off), please post the information here. Thanks.
Greg - November 08, 2009 - Report this comment
I was searching for a recipe for banana flip icing, when I found this site. I regularly had a banana flip for dessert in my lunch..my mother made our lunches. What made me think there was a recipe for the icing is that a co-worker brought creme filled donuts from a bakery in Shadyside, (Pittsburgh,PA)-- the filling tasted exactly like the Banana Flip lunch cakes. Anyone who knows the recipe please list it.
Carolyn - November 12, 2009 - Report this comment
Did anyone ever find any recipes for the Bananna Flip or the Devil's Delight snack cakes?
Uncle Theo - November 15, 2009 - Report this comment
Try this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Flips/Detail.aspx

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