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.

This banana tastes like vanilla ice cream. Sounds almost too good to be true, but the Blue Java banana, also known as the ...

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 ...