Double Chocolate Banana Bread

This Double Chocolate Banana Bread recipe takes banana bread up a notch by adding rich cocoa & chocolate chips. It's an easy and moist quick bread, rich with the flavor of chocolate and bananas. It's delicious for breakfast and even better for dessert.

Chocolate Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

I'm always in a chocolate frame of mind and, with Choctoberfest right around the corner, I had to get a head start. And what better to combine with chocolate than my never ending supply of bananas. Our trees are outperforming again this season with tons of bananas so it seemed a no-brainer to put bananas and chocolate together for today's recipe.

Thank goodness I love bananas so much and there are so many recipes where they shine. I love to make my Banana Nut Muffins with Crumb Topping, Peanut Butter and Banana Cookies and Banana Nut Granola among other things, so I thought I would bring a little chocolate magic into the mix.

What Else Can I Do with Overripe Bananas?

• Replace eggs in chewy baked goods like brownies with 1 ripe banana for every egg.
• Replace butter in baked goods by using the same amount of mashed bananas as butter and reducing the cooking time slightly.
• Use a ripe banana as a flour substitute in Banana Pancakes.
• Freeze slices of banana and cover then with chocolate for a cool treat that's actually healthy.
• And one of my favorites, make soft serve ice cream. It's healthy, creamy and totally delicious.

This banana bread is super easy to make and requires no mixer. It's the perfect treat to make when I'm in a hurry and don't want a lot of dishes to wash. Just check out the steps below and you'll get a moist perfect chocolate banana bread every time.

This chocolate banana bread is full of the richness of cocoa, indulgent with bite-sized pieces of semi-sweet chocolate and extra moist from sweet bananas. It's perfect for a breakfast treat, a mid-afternoon snack or even dessert. And if you place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on a slice, it really puts it over the top! Just sayin'! Enjoy!

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DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

This Double Chocolate Banana Bread recipe takes banana bread up a notch by adding rich cocoa & chocolate chips. It's a treat for breakfast or dessert.

5 from 2 votes

Print Rate

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 338kcal

Author: Linda Warren

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 cups flour
• ¼ cup dark chocolate cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, place sugar and shortening together and cream well. 
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix well. 
• Stir in mashed bananas.
• Combine the remaining ingredients, excluding chips, and mix into banana-egg mixture. 
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for 65-75 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and set on wire rack to cool for 15 minutes. Remove from pan and finish cooling bread on rack.

Notes

I store mine in a gallon-sized Ziploc bag. It keeps the bread perfectly moist for about 1 week or I label it and store it in the freezer for a special occasion.

What Else Can I Do with Overripe Bananas?

• Replace eggs in chewy baked goods like brownies with 1 ripe banana for every egg.
• Replace butter in baked goods by using the same amount of mashed bananas as butter and reducing the cooking time slightly.
• Use a ripe banana as a flour substitute in Banana Pancakes.
• Freeze slices of banana and cover then with chocolate for a cool treat that's actually healthy.
• And one of my favorites, make soft serve ice cream. It's healthy, creamy and totally delicious.

Nutrition

Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 216mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 60IU | Vitamin C: 2.6mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1.6mg

This post has been updated with easier to follow step-by-step instructions and new photos. It was first published on October 14, 2015.