Double Dark Chocolate Banana Bread
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This double dark chocolate banana bread is dense, moist, and full of chocolate flavor. I love baking banana bread because in the heat of the Texas summer, bananas are under-ripe one day, and browning the next. I particularly enjoy this recipe because I think it’s a great substitution to brownies. It’s something I’ll eat for breakfast, dessert, or just a quick snack in the middle of the day!
There are so many substitutions for this recipe. Check out my strawberry banana bread post here!
🍴 Serves 12 │⏱ Prep Time: 15 Minutes │⏱ Bake Time: 1 Hour - 1 Hour 15 Minutes│⏱ Total Time: 1 hour 15 Minutes - 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Ingredients
3 Ripe Bananas
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips, plus more for topping
Equipment
mixing bowl (2) or stand mixer
whisk or stand mixer
measuring cups
spatula
Bread pans (2)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a small mixing bowl, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 3 tablespoons dark cocoa powder.
In a separate, larger mixing bowl or stand mixer, mix together 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup sugar
Add in two eggs, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla to the butter and sugar mix and mix together
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients
In your now empty dry ingredients bowl, mash 3 ripened bananas
Add the bananas to the mixer and mix until combined
Fold in 1/4 cup of chocolate chips
Pour into bread pans
Optional - add additional chocolate chips on top of the poured mixture
Bake for 45-55 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow to cool, then slice & enjoy!
Notes
Chocolate not your thing? Swap the cocoa powder for a teaspoon of cinnamon and replace the chocolate chips with fresh, chopped apples.
You may need to alter your bake time depending on your oven; when I moved into my house and started using a gas oven for the first time, I had to re-work all of my recipes! Don’t get discouraged.
