Double Chocolate Banana Bread

This Double Chocolate Banana Bread is the perfect recipe to use some ripened bananas. Rich and decadent with a fudgy batter and that is flavored with ripe bananas that is perfect for breakfast and brunch!

Banana Bread is a regular in our house. I am making it almost every other week it seems. My kids love bananas, but then they go a few days and don't eat them. So, then I make banana bread, and we enjoy that for a few days. 

How to make Double Chocolate Banana Bread:

This recipe follows my classic Banana Bread recipe, with the addition of Cocoa and Chocolate Chips! Can you really go wrong with chocolate in anything?

Make your batter just as you would any other fruit bread. Add in the cocoa powder with the dry ingredients and then fold in the chocolate chips as the final step!

Pour in your bread pan, and then bake!

Ingredients:

• Mashed Bananas - 4 or 5 ripe bananas
• Brown Sugar
• Unsalted Butter - melted and slightly cooled
• Vanilla Extract
• Eggs -  at room temperature
• All-Purpose Flour
• Cocoa Powder
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda
• Salt
• Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips - I liked to add more to the top of my bread but that step is optional.

Directions:

Step One - Preheat the oven to 350 F then prepare a 9 x 5 inch loaf tin with nonstick cooking spray or parchment paper.

Step Two - Add mashed bananas to a large mixing bowl. Then add in sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and eggs one at a time and using a handheld mixer whisk on low until combined.

Step Three - In a separate mixing bowl combine all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Step Four - Slowly add your dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips with a spatula.

Step Five - Pour into prepared loaf tin. Then make a small cut lengthwise about ½ inch deep in the center of the bread.

Optional: Add more chocolate chips to the top of your loaf to decorate.

Step Six - Bake for 1 hour and 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Step Seven - Cool your bread in the pan for 10-15 minutes. Then you can transfer to a wire rack to be cooled completely.

How to store banana bread and keep it moist:

Banana bread is a bread that can dry out pretty quickly if not eaten soon.

The best way to store banana bread I have found is to wrap it in plastic wrap once it has fully cooled.

The plastic wrap will help protect air from getting to the bread. You can also store it in an airtight container too. This bread should last up to 7 days.

How can I tell when my banana bread is done?

Start checking your bread at the around the one hour mark.

Insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean you know it is done.

Banana Bread Tips and FAQs:

For the best flavor, use ripe bananas full of black spots. The more ripe banana will result in a lot of banana flavor and give plenty of sweetness to the bread.

Flavor of this bread is moist with melted chocolate inside. I used semi-sweet chocolate chips which tasted delicious in combination with the dark banana bread.

I highly recommend using good quality ones so they don’t melt on top quickly. Semi sweet and dark chips are fine.

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