Everyone loves banana bread, but sometimes you’re just in the mood for chocolate. This Chocolate Banana Bread brings together the classic banana bread flavor but also satisfies a chocolate craving.
If you’re looking for more recipes like this, check out my Banana Bread, Double Chocolate Chip Muffins, and Dark Chocolate Chip Coffee Loaf Cake.
To start, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt in a medium-sized bowl. In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating on low until combined after each addition. Then add in the vanilla extract and mashed bananas and mix until combined.
Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix with a spatula by hand until combined. Pour the batter into a 9″x5″ loaf pan that is greased and lined with parchment paper.
Bake at 350° F for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Place the baking pan on a wire rack to cool. Allow the Chocolate Banana Bread to cool completely before cutting.
Some ingredients notes
Bananas – It’s important to use mashed bananas that are overripe.
Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – This is how we’ll get that chocolate flavor.
Tips
- Banana bread works best with bananas that are overripe.
- I like to mix the dry ingredients into the wet by hand to ensure that the batter isn’t being overworked.
- Make this chocolate banana bread recipe extra chocolatey by adding in chocolate chips!
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Chocolate Banana Bread
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 8 – 10 slices 1x
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 medium to large overripe bananas, mashed
Instructions
- Grease a 9″x5″ loaf pan and line with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the softened butter and sugars together for a couple minutes until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating on low until incorporated after each addition. Add the vanilla extract and mashed bananas and mix until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and fold in with a spatula by hand until the mixture is combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for around 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Once baked, let the pan sit on a wire rack to cool. Once the loaf has cooled but is still a little warm, remove from the pan and let sit on the wire rack until completely cooled.