DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD – Butter with a Side of Bread by Gordon Ramsay

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD - Butter with a Side of Bread


Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is my favorite way to eat banana bread. Everything is better with chocolate, right?! This is pretty much just a normal banana bread recipe with the addition of cocoa powder and chocolate chips, but adding the chocolate flavor with the bananas is a wonderful combination.

Love bananas? So do we! See all of our favorite banana recipes here!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Can Double Chocolate Banana Bread be made into muffins?

Quick bread recipes make great muffins! Simply use my recipe above, then spoon 3 tablespoons of batter into each greased or lined muffin cup. Bake for 20-23 minutes at 350°.

There are several benefits of making quick bread into muffins. First, I like that they cook faster! Where a full loaf of banana bread bakes for almost an hour, the muffins bake for about 20 minutes, which is a fraction of the time. There’s no need to slice muffins either and of course, they’re very portable, so it’s easy to take them to a party or get-together. They’re also easy to freeze! I like to bake a batch of muffins and then freeze them just in a layer in a large ziplock freezer bag. I pull them out one or two at a time for breakfast. You can let them thaw on the countertop, or you can microwave them or toast them to heat them up.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Ingredients in Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Flour – Regular all-purpose flour works perfectly in quick breads and that’s what I usually use in this recipe. You can use wheat flour instead or a combination of white and wheat. Because of the cocoa and chocolate chips in the bread, my kids can’t even tell when I sneak wheat flour in there!

Sugar

Cocoa – Unsweetened baking cocoa is what gives the bread a rich, chocolate flavor. Any variety is fine – sometimes I use a dark chocolate cocoa powder and it works great too.

Baking soda, salt, baking powder – For best results, make sure that none of these are expired. If your bread is flat or too dense, chances are your baking soda or baking powder are a little bit past their prime!

Bananas – Can’t forget the bananas! You will need about 2-3 medium sized bananas. I just take the peel off and then smash the bananas with the back of a fork. If the bananas are ripe enough, they should be very easy to mash.

Oil – Any kind of baking oil is fine. Vegetable oil, canola oil, even coconut oil works great! You can swap some or all of this out with applesauce – the consistency of the bread will be slightly different, but the taste will be pretty much the same.

Egg

Chocolate Chips – I prefer semi-sweet, but milk chocolate or dark chocolate chips are good too. Mini chocolate chips work great in this recipe as well.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

How to make Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Preheat oven to 325°.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder.

In a small bowl, combine the bananas, oil and egg. Add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a spoon just until barely combined.

Fold in chocolate chips. Pour into a greased 9X5 bread pan. Add a few more chocolate chips on top if desired.

Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool for about 20 minutes in the pan and then remove the bread from the pan and cool the rest of the way on a wire rack.

Step by step instructions on making banana bread with chocolate chips and cocoa

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Print Rate

Course: Quick Bread

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate banana bread

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Servings: 1 loaf

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/3 cups mashed ripe bananas 2-3 medium bananas
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips regular or mini

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder.

  • In a small bowl, combine the bananas, oil and egg. Add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients and stir with a spoon just until barely combined.

  • Fold in chocolate chips. Pour into a greased 9X5 bread pan. Add a few more chocolate chips on top if desired.

  • Bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool for about 20 minutes in the pan and then remove the bread from the pan and cool the rest of the way on a wire rack.

Can Double Chocolate Banana bread be frozen?

I love freezing loaves of banana bread! How you prepare the bread for freezing really depends on how long you intent to keep it frozen. If you just want to freeze it for a week or two, I’d wrap it in plastic wrap or foil and place the loaf in a large freezer ziplock bag. Most often, when I bake bread to freeze it, I’ll bake mini loaves so that they fit in the ziplock bag easier. If you want to freeze it for 2-6 months, I’d wrap it more securely, making sure it’s airtight and wrapping it in a double layer of foil or plastic wrap, then place it in a ziplock bag.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread is moist, delicious and packed with ripe bananas and chocolate chips. This simple quick bread recipe takes traditional banana bread to a whole new level!

Proudly powered by WordPress

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. Click here to read more information about data collection for ads personalisation

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Read more about data collection for ads personalisation our in our Cookies Policy page

Close