<Tr> <Th> Main ingredients </Th> <Td> Vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream Bananas Pineapple topping Strawberry topping Chocolate syrup Nuts Whipped cream Maraschino cherries </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Variations </Th> <Td> Multiple </Td> </Tr> <P> A banana split is an ice cream - based dessert . In its traditional form it is served in a long dish called a boat . A banana is cut in half lengthwise (hence the name) and laid in the dish . There are many variations, but the classic banana split is made with three scoops of ice cream (one each of vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry .) served between the split banana . A sauce or sauces (chocolate, strawberry, and pineapple are traditional) are drizzled onto the ice cream, then crushed nuts (generally peanuts or walnuts) and whipped cream, then topped with a maraschino cherry . </P> <P> David Evans Strickler, a 23 - year - old apprentice pharmacist at Tassel Pharmacy, located at 805 Ligonier Street in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, who enjoyed inventing sundaes at the store's soda fountain, invented the banana - based triple ice cream sundae in 1904 . The sundae originally cost 10 cents, twice the price of other sundaes, and caught on with students of nearby Saint Vincent College . News of a new variety of sundae quickly spread by word - of - mouth and through correspondence and soon progressed far beyond Latrobe . A popular recipe published in 1907 called for a lengthwise split banana, two scoops of ice cream at each end and a spoon of whipped cream in between with maraschino cherry on a top, with one end covered with chopped mixed nuts and another with chopped mixed fruits . </P>

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