5 from 255 votes
Best Chocolate Banana Bread
Chocolate Banana Bread blends ripe bananas, cocoa powder, and semisweet chocolate chips into a moist loaf with a tender crumb and rich chocolate flavor. The addition of walnuts provides a crunchy texture contrast. The batter requires gentle folding to keep the bread light. It's baked until a toothpick comes out mostly clean, ensuring the interior is cooked through without drying out. This loaf suits breakfast, snack times, or a simple dessert and can be sliced to share or store.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings:
10
slices
Calories:
329 kcal
Course:
Dessert, Breakfast
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 1/2 cups banana about 3 medium bananas, mashed
- 1 egg room temperature, large
- 1/4 cup butter melted, unsalted
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips large
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped - optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick baking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and sea salt, whisk to combine or if you have time, it is better to sift all the ingredients. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until no large chunks are left. Add the slightly cooled melted butter, oil, vanilla, and egg. Stir until fully combined.
- Whisk in brown sugar until smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, and gently fold in with a spatula, careful not to overmix.
- Stir in 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips and the chopped walnuts, if using.
- Transfer batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips on top of the bread.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean, with no raw batter on it. Start checking on the bread at the 50-minute mark, and if it still needs to be baked longer, check on it every 5 minutes.
- Once fully baked, remove the pan from the oven and set it on a wire cooling rack. Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
- Cut into slices and serve. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Serving
0g
Calories
329kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
50g
(17%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
14g
(22%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
17mg
(6%)
Sodium
136mg
(6%)
Potassium
443mg
(9%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
32g
(64%)
Vitamin A
90IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
97mg
(10%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 329
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0g | |
| Calories | 329kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 14g | 22% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 17mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 136mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 443mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 32g | 64% |
| Vitamin A | 90IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 97mg | 10% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.