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.
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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.
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.
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.
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD
Print Rate
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
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In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder.
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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.
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Fold in chocolate chips. Pour into a greased 9X5 bread pan. Add a few more chocolate chips on top if desired.
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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!
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