Chocolate Banana Bread

This Chocolate Banana Bread recipe is superbly moist, rich in chocolatey-banana flavor and wonderfully simple to make. No electric mixer needed!

I recently posted my all-time favorite, Best-Ever Banana Bread recipe, which is always a crowd-pleaser. However, I am a chocolate lover, so I personally like this recipe even more. It is infused with a double dose of chocolate from cocoa powder and chocolate chips, which gives it the most irresistible chocolatey flavor. The recipe is made with brown sugar and 4 whole bananas, which results in a tender, perfectly sweet bread.

This quick bread makes a scrumptious breakfast, snack or dessert. It is a recipe that you can easily whip up any time, because there is no need for an electric mixer and the batter comes together by hand in mere minutes.

For the best banana bread, be sure to use very ripe bananas. This is because the riper your bananas are, the richer and sweeter the bread will be. The peels should look very freckled or brown and the fruit inside should be soft and browning. If your bananas aren’t quite ripe enough, use this trick: Put them in a 300°F oven, unpeeled, for 15 minutes to soften.

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Chocolate Banana Bread

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

50 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

This Chocolate Banana Bread recipe is superbly moist, rich in chocolatey-banana flavor and wonderfully simple to make. No electric mixer needed!

Recipe Type: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Easy

Yield: 10 servings; Makes one loaf

Calories: 259 kcal

Author: Everyday Easy Eats

Ingredients

• 4 ripe bananas, peeled
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 large egg, beaten
• ⅓ cup butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with butter or baking spray.

2. In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Stir in the brown sugar, egg, melted butter and vanilla extract.

3. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet banana mixture and mix until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.

5. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes – 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow bread to cool before serving.

Recipe Notes

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Banana Bread

Amount Per Serving

Calories 259 Calories from Fat 90

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 10g 15%

Saturated Fat 6g 30%

Cholesterol 33mg 11%

Sodium 291mg 12%

Potassium 330mg 9%

Total Carbohydrates 39g 13%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 19g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 4.9%

Vitamin C 5%

Calcium 4.4%

Iron 10.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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