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Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe

4.78 from 9 votes
prep 15 minutes
cook 1 hour 15 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
total 2 hours 30 minutes
Serves 10 -12 servings
Chocolate banana bread is as simple as classic banana bread with added cocoa powder and chocolate chips to give it a fudgy, chocolate flavor!
Author: Bernice Baran
Servings 10 -12 servings

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 400 grams ripe bananas*, mashed
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • 300 grams granulated sugar
  • 120 mL canola oil, or any neutral
  • 56 grams greek yogurt, or sour cream
  • 180 grams cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 60 grams unsweetened cocoa powder, spooned and leveled
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 170 grams milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Mini chocolate chips for the top

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F/177C convection and grease and line a 9”x5” loaf pan with baking spray and parchment paper.
  2. In a small bowl, mash bananas until there are no more large chunks.
    400 grams ripe bananas* mashed
  3. In a large bowl combine the eggs, sugar, oil and greek yogurt, whisking for 2-3 minutes, until they’re completely smooth.
    3 large eggs room temperature, 300 grams granulated sugar, 120 mL canola oil or any neutral, 56 grams greek yogurt or sour cream
  4. Add in the mashed bananas and whisk until it’s combined.
  5. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt and fold in the dry ingredients until there’s just a few streaks of flour left.
    180 grams cups all-purpose flour spooned and leveled, 60 grams unsweetened cocoa powder spooned and leveled, 1 Tbsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt
  6. Fold in the chocolate chips, just until they’re evenly distributed.
    170 grams milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips
  7. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with a few more chocolate chips.
  8. Bake for 75 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle a few extra mini chocolate chips. Let it cool in the pan for at least an hour. `
    Mini chocolate chips for the top

Notes

* if you don't have exactly 400 grams of bananas, you can make up some of it with more greek yogurt or applesauce or even water, etc. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 445kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 6gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 242mgFiber: 4gSugar: 45g
Course: Breads
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana bread, banana chocolate chip, chocolate banana bread, chocolate bread, chocolate chip banana bread