Fresh custard apples have a creamy, sweet flesh with a flavour often described as a blend of banana, pineapple, and vanilla — a particularly distinctive tropical fruit that few people forget after tasting. Eat ripe: cut in half and scoop the white flesh with a spoon, discarding the large dark seeds. Particularly good chilled, blended into smoothies, or served as a dessert on its own. Custard apples ripen at room temperature; they're ready when the skin yields gently to pressure. A more unusual tropical fruit on UK Caribbean grocery shelves, particularly favoured by anyone who grew up with them.