Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Banana Nut Bread

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Chocolate Banana Nut Bread Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined. Less time and easier to share with friends. This tastes more like a loaf cake than traditional banana bread, so this will not replace my tried and true banana nut bread recipe. You can cook Chocolate Banana Nut Bread using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Banana Nut Bread

  1. You need 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.
  2. You need 1 1/3 cup of sugar.
  3. Prepare 6 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa (heaping).
  4. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
  6. You need 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
  7. You need 2 large of very ripe bananas.
  8. Prepare 2 of eggs, lightly beaten.
  9. It's 1/2 cup of vegetable oil (can substitute apple sauce - see note ).
  10. You need 2 tbsp of walnuts or nuts, crushed.

Hand mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, walnuts, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract in mixing bowl until chocolate chips and walnuts are evenly spread out throughout mixture. In another bowl, mash bananas and add to the main mixing bowl. A delicious, moist, easy to make chocolate banana quick bread. Made with cocoa powder & applesauce - this decadent bread is almost guilt-free.

Chocolate Banana Nut Bread instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Grease/spray a loaf pan..
  3. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder..
  4. In a small bowl mash bananas with fork or your preferred method..
  5. Mix eggs and oil into bananas. *Note* I have gotten the best results subbing 1/4 cup of the oil with applesauce. So the recipe would use 1/4 oil & 1/4 applesauce if you would like to substitute..
  6. Add banana mixture into flour mixture. Stir until combined - do not over mix..
  7. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle nuts on top. Bake for 55 - 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean..
  8. Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan and let it cool completely on wire rack. Enjoy : ).

Chocolate Banana Bread is the best banana bread you will ever have! Incredibly tender, moist and flavorful, loaded with chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts! Check out the short video tutorial attached below and see how easy this recipe is to make! Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl.