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Easy Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe (Moist and Chocolatey)

Make the best easy chocolate banana bread with this moist, rich, and foolproof recipe. Perfect for using ripe bananas and it's ready in an hour!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 1 Loaf
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour sifted
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup mashed bananas
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup chocolate chips set aside 1/4 cup more for topping.

Method
 

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, grease a loaf pan with butter and dust with all-purpose flour. Tap pan to remove excess any flour.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl, cream together the butter, egg, and sugar.
  3. Add the milk and mashed bananas, mix until well combined.
  4. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until combined and homogenous.
  5. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  6. Transfer the batter into the prepared loaf pan and top with more chocolate chips.
  7. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a toothpick/knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
  8. Let cool for ~10 minutes.
  9. Remove from loaf pan and serve warm with butter.
  10. Enjoy! :)

Notes

  • Don't underbake/overbake - It's super important to keep an eye on your chocolate banana bread towards the end of the baking time. You should be able to stick a toothpick or knife into the center of the loaf and have it come out clean. That is when you know that your banana bread is done.
  • Banana's Ripeness - The bananas should be overripe, brown, and somewhat "mushy". We're not looking for bananas that are too far gone, we're just looking for them to be overripe.