Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Our Decadent Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is moist, rich, and bursts with banana and chocolate flavors. Best of all, it melts in your mouth with every bite! Made in one bowl and one hour, this recipe makes 3 loaves – enough to feed a crowd and freeze some.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread…
This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread happens to be great! We love making banana bread for years, and this recipe is a tried and true recipe. It is so amazingly flavorful, that you can’t help yourself from eating a second piece!
For more banana bread recipes, try our Blueberry Banana Bread and our original recipe for the Ultimate Banana Bread-Super Moist! And, for more quick bread recipes, don’t miss our Triple Chocolate Zucchini Bread, Double Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread, and Hummingbird Quick Bread.
Why We’re Obsessed With This Recipe…
- Our Decadent Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is loaded with real bananas and mini chocolate chips.
- Bananas are high in vitamins, making this bread loaded with potassium, vitamins C and B6, and magnesium.
- It’s an easy recipe to do! One bowl, and you can whisk, or use a hand-held mixer to blend all the ingredients.
- It’s a quick bread recipe, which means – no yeast, no need to rise, and no kneading! 😉
- This recipe will yield 3 loaves.
- Plus, you can bake all 3 loaves at the same time, and they’re ready in 1 hour.
- All the ingredients are staples in our pantry.
- When you take your first bite, you’ll love its super moist cake-like texture.
- Plus, its banana and chocolate flavors are delicious throughout the bread.
- It’s positively decadent all alone!
Make it even more decadent…
Now, go ahead and top this delicious bread with a chocolate ganache or chocolate frosting. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips on top. Just as I did. YUM!
Ingredients Needed To Make Chocolate Chip Banana Bread: (*full recipe card below!)
To make our chocolate chip banana bread, will need these staple ingredients:
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- large eggs
- large ripe bananas
- plain Greek yogurt
- cinnamon, salt, and baking soda
- unbleached all-purpose flour
- semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
*This recipe makes 3 loaves of bread. Perfect to give them away as gifts, or to freeze. 😉
How To Make Chocolate Ganache – 3 Easy Steps!
To make this chocolate ganache you will need a package of mini chocolate chips. Then follow our steps to make it easy:
1. First, take 1 cup of semi-sweet mini chocolate chips and melt them in a double boiler or the microwave until smooth.
QUICK TIP: If you prefer to melt chocolate chips in the microwave, place the chocolate in a glass bowl and microwave them in increments of 1 minute each time, and stirring the chocolate in between until it’s smooth.
2. Then use a spatula or the back of a spoon, to spread a layer of the melted chocolate on top of the chocolate chip banana bread.
3. Next, sprinkle with some mini chocolate chips on top. It’s best to let the chocolate ganache set before serving. And, as always (as you can see) my family couldn’t wait to slice into it.
Notes and Tips for Success!
- Keep in mind, that all ovens vary. Therefore, the best way to know when your loaves of bread are ready is when a toothpick inserted in the center of each bread, comes out clean.
- Hold on to those ripe bananas! Remove their skins and toss them into a zip-lock bag and freeze. Then you’ll have them whenever you want to whip up this quick bread.
- Allow the bread to cool in the loaf pans for at least 5 minutes before removing. Then allow them to cool completely before wrapping with clear wrap and storing.
Variations for Serving…
- Top with crushed walnuts, or pecans for additional texture and flavor.
- Sprinkle with some powdered sugar on top – it’s delicious all alone.
- Serve each slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, turning it into a decadent dessert.
Storing & Freezing…
- Best to wrap each bread with clear wrap, and tightly. Then store the loaves of bread in the refrigerator to keep them fresh longer, about 2 weeks.
- You can freeze banana bread too, and for up to 2 months.
Decadent Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is just that… and loaded with chocolate! It’s the perfect bread to go with your morning coffee or tea.
An ideal snack for kids’ lunch boxes too! Serve warm, chilled, or at room temperature. It’s the best! It’s so good and rich, you may want to call it a cake, rather than bread. The chocolate ganache on top is rich and worth the extra effort.
ENJOY!!
More Quick Bread Recipes.. try these next!
- Low-Fat Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Bread
- Easy Homemade Cornbread Recipe
- Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread
- Apple Cinnamon Bread
Your comments help! Are you baking with us? If you try our decadent chocolate chip banana bread, let us know and leave a comment with a star rating on our recipe card! We’d love to hear from you!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This Decadent Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is easy to make and bursts with banana and chocolate flavors. Made in one bowl and in one hour, this recipe makes 3 loaves, enough to feed a crowd or enough to freeze some for later.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter - at room temperature
- 1 + 1/2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 4 large ripe bananas - mashed
- 8-ounce plain Greek yogurt (I used Fage, O % milkfat)
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 tsp. baking soda
- 3 + 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150C). Set the rack in the center of the oven.
- Grease THREE 8 x 3 loaf pans using 1 tablespoon of butter and dust with some sugar, or flour. Set aside. OR ...TWO 9 x 5 loaf pans, but you will need additional 10 minutes for baking.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and butter together with an electric hand mixer, or food processor.
- Beat in the eggs until smooth. Add the bananas while beating.
- Then add the Greek yogurt, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda, and beat on high speed until well blended.
- Next, beat in the flour, one cup at a time, and beat until well blended. Remove the beaters.
- Then finally, stir in the mini chocolate chips.
- Pour and divide equally into the three prepared pans and spread the batter evenly.
- Place the breads on the middle rack in the oven.
- BAKE for 1 hour (or for two 9 x 5 pans, bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes) or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven, cool for 5 minutes, then remove banana loaves of bread from pans. Allow cooling for 5 minutes more before wrapping them in clear wrap.
- You can serve immediately, while the chocolate chips are still warm and melting inside.
- Best served warm or at room temperature.
- Then wrap the other loaves of bread with clear-wrap and leave them out for 1 day, or refrigerate. They stay fresh all week long. Freeze loaves of bread for up to 2 months.
- Also, it's best to top with a layer of chocolate ganache and mini chocolate chips just before you serve.
- Makes 3 (8 x 3) loaves
Notes
Storing and Freezing:
- Best to wrap each bread with clear wrap, and tightly. Then store the loaves of bread in the refrigerator to keep them fresh longer, about 2 weeks.
- You can freeze banana bread too, and for up to 2 months.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 36 servings Serving Size: 1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 232Total Fat: 13.3gCarbohydrates: 28.4gFiber: 2.2gSugar: 23.1gProtein: 2.9g
Happy Baking! 🙂
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Thank you Karen! I think you will love this recipe! Have a great week! 🙂
I have never thought of decadent and banana bread in the same sentence before. You certainly have proved me wrong with this delicious sounding recipe.