Hang in there, bananas.

Here's one banana tree you won't have to scale to get to the good stuff. Make our favorite yellow-peeled fruit last that much longer with this simple, sleek, and slightly-whimsical banana holder crafted from recycled natural wood fiber. The hook gets air circulating around your bananas, letting ethylene (the chemical that speeds up the ripening process—science, huh?) dissipate more quickly. Plus, the bottom bananas of the bunch are less likely to become bruised from resting on the counter. Best of all: You won’t be running to the grocery store to replace all the mushy bananas.

Go Bananas

While fruit baskets will always have a place in our hearts, there's nothing like waking up to brown, soggy bananas to convert you to this clever holder. It's got a small footprint so it won't commandeer counter space and it's sturdy enough to hold your biggest bunches. On the docket for this very-versatile fruit? A banana bread recipe (but of course) that's been in the family for a long time, a pudding you can serve as a snack if you please, and for those days when you're too busy to use your bananas in their prime, a whole slew of recipes that aren't banana bread, thank goodness. And just for fun? A surprising condiment that has converted even the most avid banana skeptics out there.