Chocolate Banana Bread

Moist and easy Chocolate Banana Bread studded with semisweet chocolate chips is a chocolate lover's dream come true with pure chocolate flavor. Serve it as a quick on-the-go breakfast, an afternoon pick-me-up, or a decadent cake dessert.

Course breakfast/dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate banana bread recipe, chocolate bread with bananas, how to make chocolate banana bread

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 55

Servings servings

Calories 341kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup dutch process cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
3 large brown bananas about 1 ½ cups
4 tablespoons butter melted slightly cooled
⅓ cup vegetable oil
¾ cup light brown sugar packed
2 large eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¼ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan with shortening or butter.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. In a separate large bowl, mash the bananas with a fork or handheld potato masher. Add the melted butter, vegetable oil, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract to the bowl with the bananas.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients stirring just until combined. Fold in 1 cup of chocolate chips. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Top with the remaining chocolate chips
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a melted chocolate chip or with a few moist crumbs. Let the bread cool on a wire rack for about 10-15 minutes before removing it from the pan.

Notes

Grease the loaf pan well. I use shortening to grease my pans, and it works very well.
For optimal taste, use good-quality chocolate chips, mini chocolate chips, or chocolate chunks like Guittard or Ghirardelli.
Change it up and try peanut butter chips. So yummy!
For the best results, mix the batter just until combined. Overmixing can make the loaf tough and gummy.
Nut lovers try adding chopped pecans or chopped walnuts.
For an over-the-top presentation, top the loaf with a handful of semisweet chocolate chips before baking.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the top comes out mostly clean. It might have a little melted chocolate chip or a few moist crumbs on it.
Let the loaf cool for 10-15 minutes before removing it from the pan. See below for tips about getting the bread out of the pan with the melted chocolate chips on the top.

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