Compound Genetics and Cookies collaborated to create Apples and Bananas as a combination of a Platinum Cookies and Granddaddy Purple hybrid with a Blue Power male. They then crossed the resulting hybrid with Gelatti to create Apples and Bananas.

The top reported aromas of Apples and Bananas are fruit, gas, and spices. It is said to taste of its namesake fruit: apples and bananas.