Chocolate banana bread. Dear banana bread lovers, putting chocolate chips in your banana bread is like having your bananas and chocolate go on a date. Lovely and sweet, yet still separate and distinct. This banana bread features cocoa, chocolate chips, sour cream and a bit of vanilla extract.

Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread. ♥ The recipe can be low fat, high fiber, vegan, gluten free, oil free, and refined sugar free. It makes a great gift, and leftover slices can also be frozen for a rainy day. Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is simple, quick and easy recipe for super moist and flavorful homemade banana bread. You can have Chocolate banana bread using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate banana bread

You need 2-5 of ripe bananas, peeled and mashed.
It's 80 g of melted butter.
You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
It's Pinch of salt.
Prepare 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 of egg, beaten.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
Prepare 1 1/2 cups of flour.
It's 2 tbsp of dark cocoa powder.
It's of Optional: chopped walnut, cranberries, dark chocolate chips.

When this banana bread is served warm you get melted and gooey chocolate delights in your slice of banana bread, and served cold you bite into chunks of hard and delicious dark chocolate. If you try this Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe or maybe another of my Vegan chocolatey Recipes, please leave me a comment below sharing how it turned out for you! This banana bread can be made with or without the chocolate chips and is guaranteed to be your new go-to recipe! This chocolate chip banana bread that I am sharing with you today is EVERYTHING.

Chocolate banana bread step by step

Preheat oven to 160C-180C. It really depends on your oven! Just use your normal baking temperature..
In a large mixing bowl, mix together mashed banana, melted butter and sugar. Use more banana if it’s small and use more sugar if you like it sweeter..
Stir in baking soda, salt, beaten egg and vanilla extract..
Add sifted flour, dark cocoa powder (see pic: the colour is darker than normal ones).
Pour mixture into a lined loaf pan. My pan is about 22cm/8.5in. Bake for about 50-60 mins. Once done, remove from the pan and let it cool on wire rack..

Think of this recipe as a cross between your very favorite banana bread and a crowd-pleasing blackout cake. This chocolate banana bread babka is like a cross between a traditional banana bread and a fancy bakery-style babka and it's unequivocally delicious. There's just something about banana bread that's so comforting especially when it's in the oven. This Easy Banana Bread is loaded with chocolate chips and cinnamon. This recipe is made with pantry staples and stays moist for several days.