Odd new product -- creme-filled bananas

I think the DestapaBanana is a device that sucks the insides out of a banana while it is still in its peel, so that you can fill resulting cavity with the filling of your choice.

The creator of DestapaBanana comments: “The message is clear, DestapaBanana values and increases the current sales volumes, highlights bananas as a new type of desert and open the doors to more businesses and consumers.”

Link | Bad-acid-trip-style marketing video

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Anonymous

Am I the only one who thinks this thing looks suspiciously similar to a penis pump?
adammetal

I’m a true believer. It’s like the awesome cousin of the inside the egg scrambler.
dannythefox

hah! wait, “the message is clear”? message? why does everything have a message now?
Brainspore

Twinkies used to contain banana filling. Now you could fill a banana with icky yellow cake and make an inside-out version.
grey

I think I just violated my parole by watching that…

The same video on youtube, since the site exceeded its bandwidth.
kip w

“We’ve secretly replaced this banana with sweetened hydrogenated vegetable oil! Let’s watch the fun.”
Chasqui

ADMMETAL – I thought of the cheese-filled hotdogs – but yes, I too need one of these! (not that I condone cheese-filled hotdogs – they’re an abomination)
Iason

Eww. Just . . . eww. And I like bananas! I think I need a Unicorn Chaser to cleanse my mind’s palate.
Tavie

I hate to do this, but I must link, this video is all I could think of when I read this: I Ain’t Gonna Spread for no Roses.

(It’s an image about halfway through the clip. You’ll know what I mean immediately.)
SednaBoo

It doesn’t look you can actually order this. http://www.destapabanana.com is broken.
ChristinaVOS

This just sounds disgusting. Maybe if I liked bananas more but, ewwww.
codesuidae

hm. Videos featuring erotically suggestive banana consumption could take an interesting turn.
tresser

if you really wanna blow someone’s mind, fill it with a banana flavoured filling.
dan

I vastly prefer this to the old, sandy and hot type of desert.
Tavie

Anonymous#16, clearly you didn’t click my link if you had to ask that. ;)
katie b

Is the “milk jelly” dulce de leche? I have zero Spanish and the subtitles only called it milk jelly…
If it is dulce de leche, I’m in! Or chocolate sauce…or marshmallow, then peeled and dipped in chocolate.
june

LOL, Tresser! Thanks for that.
stratosfyr

Oh my… chocolate + banana! My favourite flavour!

Now, usually, I would just put a banana in a bowl and put some chocolate ice cream on it like a normal person.

But this is special.
Antinous

Mmmm, bukkakenana!
Brett Burton

So wait, let me get this straight. This device allows you to fill the worst part of the banana with something other than its original tasty edible filling? Huh? This appeals to who? People who hate bananas but don’t own tupperware? Can someone please invent the exact opposite of this?