Delicious Banana Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe

I’ve made this banana chocolate chip bread recipe over and over again for the last 8 years.

It’s the best way to use overripe bananas and the bread is a wonderful sweet treat for those cheat days.

Ingredients

The star of this banana chocolate chip bread recipe is, of course, bananas – the riper, the better.

Overripe bananas are sweeter and tastier so if you need to leave the bananas to develop those brown spots, please do.

It’s worth it.

The best supporting actress goes to vanilla extract. I know what you’re thinking – what’s so special about vanilla extract? Well, I get mine from Grenada; it’s not called the ‘spice isle of the Caribbean’ for nothing.

The extract isn’t like what I normally use; it doesn’t taste fake or artificial. It has better flavor.

All the other ingredients are what you would normally use in a typical banana bread recipe. Here’s a look at what I use:

Making this Banana Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe

You won’t need a cake mixer for this recipe, it is not intensive, you can do everything by hand.

First things first, wash the bananas, peel and mash them with the back of a fork or potato masher.

Mix in melted butter and vanilla essence; then your eggs.

Add brown sugar and incorporate completely into the wet ingredients.

Next, add in your flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and cinnamon powder. Mix thoroughly.

Look at that chocolatey goodness.

Of course, it’s not chocolatey enough… add in those chocolate chips. Combine.

Add to a loaf pan and bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 45 – 50 minutes. I usually use two glass loaf dishes for this recipe so I leave the pan in for the full 50 minutes. If you use metal pans, you can take the bread out after 40 to 45 minutes.

Also, if you want a drier bread, leave the loaf pan in the oven after you turn it off for about 15 minutes.

Serve a warm slice by itself or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream… or chocolate. No one will complain about too much chocolate! At least not in my home haha!

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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe

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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

This banana chocolate chip bread recipe is perfect for using up those overripe bananas. It’s also a great way to start the morning with your cuppa or whenever you need a cheat treat.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time50 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread

Servings: 12

Calories: 277kcal

Author: Ros

Ingredients

• 4 bananas
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips semisweet

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Wash, peel and mash bananas.
• Mix in melted butter, vanilla essence, eggs and brown sugar.
• Combine dry ingredients (except sugar and chocolate chips) separately.
• Add to wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
• Mix in chocolate chips.
• Place in a buttered loaf pan (or two).
• Bake for 45 – 50 minutes.

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