Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe (VIDEO)
This Fudgy Chocolate Banana Bread is extra chocolatey with cocoa and chips, stays moist for days, and is perfect as breakfast or dessert.
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl Large
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas mashed with a fork (about 1 ¾ cups)
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten, at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour
- ⅓ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder such as Hershey’s
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips divided into ¾ cup and ¼ cup
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy.
- Add mashed bananas, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
- In a second bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix gently until just combined.
- Fold in ¾ cup chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into loaf pan and top with remaining ¼ cup chocolate chips.
- Bake 55-65 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan, then move to wire rack.
Notes
Cool completely before wrapping for storage. Store up to 2 days room temp, 5 days refrigerated, or freeze up to 3 months.