Chocolate Banana Bread

5 stars (5 ratings)

Chocolate Banana Bread: If you've got a chocolate craving this will satisfy! Deep, dark, & super-flavorful! A really easy-to-make recipe.

Prep Time20

Cook Time1 15

Total Time1 35

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana bread recipe with chocolate chips, chocolate banana bread, chocolate banana bread recipe, easy chocolate banana bread, how to make chocolate banana bread

Servings: slices

Calories: 308kcal

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder*
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3 bananas (the more ripe the better!)
3 tablespoons sour cream**
1 tablespoon milk (whatever kind you have on hand)
2 eggs, large
6 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup chocolate chips (optional garnish)

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and mist a 5-cup loaf pan with non-stick spray.
Place the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
Mash the bananas in a smaller bowl, and stir together with the sour cream, milk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.
Add the banana mixture to the dry ingredients in the larger bowl, and fold together just until combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, sprinkle the chocolate chips on top, and bake until the loaf springs back when gently pressed and a skewer inserted in the thickest part comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs (approx. 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes).
Cool for about 20 minutes in the pan, then remove it to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

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Notes

*I used a combination of regular and dark cocoa powders. Either kind or both will work.

**Plain Greek yogurt can be substituted in equal measure.

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