Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
A soft warm slice of banana bread is always a welcome mid morning or afternoon snack. And if you love chocolate too, then this soft and tender loaf of chocolate chocolate chip banana bread will be the go-to snack you won’t want to live without.
Servings: 8 slices
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ cup mashed banana 320 g
- 4 oz unsalted butter 113 g, melted or brown, and cooled, see notes
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup light brown sugar tightly packed, 133 g
- 1 cup all-purpose flour 135 g
- ½ cup cocoa powder 48 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 172 g, divided
Instructions
- Mash the banana with a potato masher in a large mixing bowl. Add melted butter, vanilla and eggs, whisk together to combine. Add brown sugar and beat until smooth.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder into a small mixing bowl. Stir in the kosher salt. Add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture and fold until just combined.
- Fold in half of the chocolate chips.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F while the batter rests.
- Brush a loaf pan generously with melted butter, line it with a longer piece of parchment paper leaving the excess hanging over the sides.
- Transfer the batter into the prepared pan, and sprinkle the rest of the chocolate chips over the top.
- Bake for 55 - 60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean with just a few crumbs attached.
- Remove from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool. To remove the banana loaf from the pan, simply lift it out using the excess parchment paper as handles.
Notes
- Brown the butter if you want more flavor. I opted to write this recipe with melted butter for simplicity but if you want to take the extra 5-10 minutes to brown the butter, it adds a sweeter, nuttier flavor that enhances the chocolate flavor even further. Highly recommended!!
- Always use overripe bananas for the most banana flavor.
- You can use frozen bananas. When thawing frozen bananas, you’ll see liquid come out, just mash the bananas with the liquid all together.
- You can add nuts in the batter along with the chocolate chips: pecans, walnuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts are all great in banana bread.
- Serve warm!
Nutrition
Serving: 128g | Calories: 403kcal
