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Double Chocolate Banana Bread is double-delicious
I have to admit right here at the start that I am not a big fan of bananas in general—not eaten out of hand at least. But if you combine them with a couple of kinds of chocolate and bake them up in a decadent, moist quick bread? Yes please – give me all the Double Chocolate Banana Bread that you’ve got!
The “Muffin Method”
As is the case with most quick breads, this bread uses what we learned back in Home Ec class as, “The Muffin Method” of baking. That means you combine your dry ingredients in one bowl, and the wet ingredients in another bowl, and then combine them with as little mixing as possible, to ensure a tender result. Over-mixing makes the flour develop more gluten. Gluten is good in Italian bread, but not very pleasant in a muffin or in quick breads like this one.
Don’t mash the bananas
Just cut the bananas into chunks. I much prefer the cut-up chunks of banana here, rather than just mashing it as you would for many other banana bread recipes. Chunks ensure that you get some areas with creamy bits of banana. It’s a lovely contrast with the chocolate chips and the moist bread.
The batter can be a little bit lumpy
It is fine to even have a few small bits of the flour mixture here and there. Far better than ending up with a tough dough that doesn’t rise very well, from over-mixing.
Make sure to butter the pan really well
This is a rather sticky batter, with lots of little bits that might try to stick to the pan and ruin how the loaf looks when you take it out of the pan, So be very generous with butter. You can line the pan with parchment paper as well, for even more insurance against sticking.
Here is how to make Double Chocolate Banana Bread
Double Chocolate Banana Bread
Equipment
- 8 x 4 Bread Pan
Ingredients
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup dutch process baking cocoa
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 medium to small bananas, diced
- 3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º
- Prepare an 8 x 4 inch bread pan by buttering generously. You can cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of the pan, fit it in and then butter that too, if you like - this ensures that nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder and soda and salt - set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, or a two cup measure, combine the egg, vegetable oil, yogurt and vanilla.
- Add the yogurt mixture, the cut up bananas and the chocolate chips to the dry mixture and fold together just until combined.
- Scrape evenly in the prepared pan and bake for 60 to 70 minutes. It is done when a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean - you may have to try more than one spot to make sure you aren't hitting a chocolate chip.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack - cool completely before wrapping tightly to store. Refrigerate if there is any left after about 2 days.
Notes
Nutrition
Double Chocolate Banana Bread looks and tastes amazing
It’s hard to imagine a more tasty quick bread. Chocolate and banana really complement each other and the addition of melty chocolate chips make for a decadent slice of bread. Try toasting it lightly and spreading with peanut butter or almond butter for a delicious and easy breakfast. Make an amazing sundae with Vanilla Ice Cream and Salted Caramel Sauce. So good!
And then, there is always the option of enjoying plain. It is so rich and moist, that it honestly doesn’t need another thing!
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Yum, this looks so good. I like bananas by themselves, but I like them even more when combined with chocolate! Nice that you used yogurt in the recipe too…I love to use yogurt in baking. Can’t wait to bake up a nice loaf of this and then eat a piece while it is still warm!
You got that exactly right Kristin – warm, this stuff is so good!
I love this idea, and plan to be giving it a try really soon. And, I want to tell you that I love getting your newsletter every Saturday morning!
Thanks so much Kari – hope you love the bread, and I appreciate your kind words about the newsletter 🙂
Smile. I loved how you started this post. That is what my mom taught us to say too! And I’m glad that our tastes do change as we get older. I know that my tastebuds would be thrilled with this chocolate banana bread. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Monet – I do try to squelch my ruder impulses, though I’m not always successful!
Well, I don’t care for bananas, too.. but this banana bread looks gorgeous!
Giulietta – bananas in baked stuff is a whole other thing to me – delish!
My list of “the food I used to hate, I mean don’t care, but love now” is quite long! 🙂 I’m glad you make friends with bananas now. This Double Chocolate Banana Bread looks divine. I make banana bread quite often and can’t wait to try your recipe.
You know my Molasses Banana Bread is one of my all time favorites but you may have just shoved that out of my recipes with this one. You always know you have me at Chocolate!
Donalyn,
I dunno, cold pizza at least seems like great kid breakfast to me. Probably for the kind of kids who walk and talk and have teeth, though.
This bread looks great, and I’ve got perfect bananas on the counter, so I think a batch of muffins is in order. I am sure I will have no complaints from my (walking, talking, wearing braces on those teeth) kids. They’re kinda over the mushy banana for breakfast stage.
Thanks!
I seriously adore this!
Thanks a lot -Yolanda
Pinned! Love that you kept some bananas on the chunkier side and some more mashed. I love texture contrasts like that. It’s the little things that make me so happy 🙂 like a big, moist glob of banana amidst chocolate!
This has become my go-to for banana bread. It’s amazing!
Thanks, Dom! I appreciate hearing that 🙂
Oh my gosh – this is amazing – love love love it!
I’m glad you like it! ♥
I saw this on Pinterest and had to come and see if was as good as it looked. It is! I took it to my church supper and it was gone in minutes.
Thanks for the kind words, Madaline – church suppers are good judges of great food in my experience!
I made this for chocolate loving siblings and they went crazy for it. Fantastic recipe!
That is great – thanks for letting me know!
I’m another visitor from Pinterest and I agree with the others. This is delicious!
I’m always glad when people find their way here from Pinterest! Welcome and thanks ♥
Yikes – the best ever! Made it twice and will make it agai this weekend, because we all love it.
I love hearing that Luca – thank you!
You can count me among those who found this recipe via Pinterest. It’s SO yummy!
I’m glad you found it and enjoyed it Colsi ♥
This bread is simply amazing. We had it yesterday and it is the best banana bread we’ve ever had. I’m check out more of your recipes this week too. Thanks!
Keith – I am very glad to hear how much you enjoyed it. One of my personal favorites as well. 😊
I followed a link on Pinterest last weekend and made this bread. It is to die for! I had to get it in the freezer before I ate every crumb. I’ll be making this again, absolutely.
Thank you Marli – I am really glad to hear how much you enjoyed it!
Oh my gosh – SO good!
Glad to hear that, Noel ♥
I can’t wait to try this recipe. Do you think butterscotch chips would be good? Those are the only chips I have at the moment.
That sounds really interesting,, Freddie- I would try it. Banana, chocolate and butterscotch sounds good to me.
This bread is the bomb!
Thank you Patricia ♥
We made this yearday, and I had to come back to say how much we loved it. Thank you for a great recipe!
So glad that you enjoyed it!
My partner loves banana bread, so I made this for their birthday it was a huge hit. thanx!
That is good to hear!