We tracked it down to investigate if it’s as “banana-y” as the myth claims. There’s a myth that one variety of banana tastes a lot like artificial banana flavoring. We tracked it down to investigate ...

There are bananas, and then there are banana-flavored things. Laffy Taffy is my personal favorite, but Runts, Hi-Chews, and jelly beans also capture perhaps not this fruit’s essence but an idea of it.

For decades, America has gone bananas for bananas. The first fruit to be commercially available year-round, we casually peel them, slice them over our cereal, and blend them into daiquiris. By the ...