I've tried unsuccessfully to search for a recipe to make the banana vanilla rum. Although I've concocted a recipe that is close, it's not quite perfect. Does anyone have a recipe they would care to share? Any help is greatly appreciated.

This is a recipe from another website, posted by the person with the ID OhDrinkBoy. Hope this helps.

OhDrinkBoy's Banana and Vanilla Rum
Yield: 4 bottles
2 vanilla beans, split in half
3 coarsely cracked black peppercorns
2 cups water
4-1/2 cups sugar
4 bananas, peeled and cut into four pieces (lengthwise so they fit in the neck of the bottle.)
1 pinch of salt
2 (750 ml.) bottles white rum
1 (750 ml.) bottle dark rum
Scrape the vanilla bean to release the seeds. In a large pot mix the vanilla bean pods, seeds, peppercorns, salt, water and sugar together. Bring to a boil on medium high heat until sugar syrup is thick. Add the banana and remove from the heat. When the banana syrup is cool, add the rum. Stir well to incorporate the syrup and the rum. Wash your storage bottles well and make sure they are dry. Place pieces of the fruit and spices in each bottle and top with the flavored rum. Screw cap back on and store until needed.

Drink the rum at room temperature in a small shot. Don’t eat the fruit…it tastes like [censored]. I know it’s tempting, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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John,
Thanks for taking the time to post the recipe.

Thank you so much for this recipe posting. My first batch came out great, but I have since made some more and made some alterations that I think help the rum a little bit. I figured I would post these changes for anyone, like me, who is late to this particular party.

All the process directions are the same, I have just changed the recipe to accommodate for taste and the fact that the amount of sugar in this recipe is absolutely ridiculous and a recipe for hangovers if you have more than one in a night.

NOTE: This recipe makes 4 liters as opposed to the 3 liters from the other recipe, since the cheap rum available to me comes in 1 liter bottles.

Ingredients:

5 fresh vanilla beans
6 coarsely cracked peppercorns (I usually just tap them with a meat tenderizer)
3 1/3 cups of water
3 1/2 sugar/splenda blend (the listed amount of sugar per bottle seemed atrociously bad for the drinker, so I switched to the blend and also cut down on the general amount. this has seemed to be more than enough sweetness for the recipe, and it also cuts down on the syrupiness of the drink if that sounds appealing to you)
4 bananas, peeled and cut into four pieces (lengthwise so they fit in the neck of the bottle.)
1 pinch of salt
2 (1L) bottles white rum
1 (1L) bottle dark rum

Follow the instructions posted by John.

I have read this on other sites, that it is perfectly fine to use cheap, low quality rum. I heartily agree with this sentiment. The first time I tried to make the recipe, the only available dark rum in a store near me was Meyers. While this was delicious and added a nice little something extra, it was way too pricey for what I was trying to accomplish. I make these as gifts for friends and family, so I try to keep the cost down when making several batches at once. If you like the better rum and can afford it, by all means go ahead, but the quality difference, in my mind, doesn't match the quality difference. I hope this could be of some help.

Jonny