Double Chocolate Chip Banana Bread!! Get ready – you guys are going to be obsessed.
We’ve been baking a LOT these days so let’s get down to business shall we. This double chocolate chip banana bread is fantastic. It’s made in 1 bowl, so super quick and easy. It’s moist and chocolate-y and works for breakfast, snacks and dessert. And it’s obviously stuffed with plenty of chocolate chips because that’s the only smart way to eat banana bread. Then it’s just into a loaf pan and into the oven for about an hour and voila! Easy right? It’s genius if you ask me.
It’s worth noting here (although it’s noted in the recipe) that it’s best to use SUPER ripe bananas for this recipe. So ripe that there are black spots all over the usually yellow banana peels. That means the bananas are going to be sweet and mushy and easy to incorporate into the banana bread.
If you don’t have overly ripe bananas, but you do have yellow bananas on hand, I like to pop them into the freezer for a day to turn them brown. Then just take them out, thaw them out and use for the banana bread as needed!
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Double Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 4 overripe bananas I like to stick ripe bananas in the freezer and then let them thaw before making banana bread so I always have overripe bananas on hand
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon chocolate extract, vanilla extract works too
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with a nonstick baking spray.
- In a large stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar and whip for 2 minutes until combined. Add the egg, scraping down the sides of the bowl to make sure everything is evenly combined. Add the extract and the bananas and mix for 30 seconds. The batter will look a little curdled, this is normal.
- Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and mix for a few seconds until the flour is evenly combines. Add the chocolate chips and give it all a quick stir.
- Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 55 to 65 minutes. Let cool for at least 30 minutes before running a knife around the perimeter of the loaf pan and inverting the banana bread and transferring the loaf onto a cooling rack. Slice and serve as needed.
Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Marian Cooper Cains / Recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking
This is just gorgeous Gaby!! Love!!
Wow! That thing looks amazing.
this looks awesome
this would cut my chipotle Sasla time in half
I would love to make tomato soup or chili or anything warm and inviting. This would be great time saver and counter saver looks like fun!
Chicken enchiladas!!
A) this recipe sounds right up my alley. Going to go to the grocery store today to get bananas.
B) I love me some all clad. This thing looks soooooo cool!!
C) i would use it to make rice, or bread, or prepare batters.
Yes! I need this in my tiny Seattle apartment kitchen! I would make more space by getting rid of the uni-taskers, AND I could whip up my weekly bread dough in a pinch. xoxo
Whoa! This thing is AWESOME!! I just went on the website, and there are LOTS of recipes I would love to try. I think that Bolognese sauce is right up my alley though. I would probably try that one first.
I would use this for SO many things! I love the idea of steaming rice and veggies or making pastry doughs a little easier! Really anything to make dinner prep easier for my family. All Clad is the bomb. Thanks Gaby!
This would be perfect for homemade sauces and soups!
bolognese sauce for the week!!
This appliance looks great! I would make a big batch of your chicken tortilla soup!
I would make split pea soup, thanks for the chance 🙂
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Well, after seeing these amazing photos, I have to go with double chocolate chip banana bread. Count me in!
This looks amazing! I would love to prep bread dough or pie crusts in this appliance! Looks like the possibilities are endless!
I would love to make moghrabia in this – it’s this amazing Lebanese wheat, chick pea, and chicken stew that is a long-cooking delicious stew that I don’t make enough because it requires to muc stir and low heat time!
Tomato sauce!
If I was fortunate enough to have a machine like that, I would make your chocolate banana bread first, then make chicken cacciatore, then your amazing snickerdoodle brownie recipe, then……
All Clad is my favorite cookware, above and beyond my cast iron – but don’t tell my husband that!
Pie crust!
Also, I’m totally making this banana bread tonight after work!
I think I’d use it to make some bread dough and then while the bread is baking, make some soup to go with it!
Broccoli and cheddar soup! I’ve never heard of this kitchen aide before but it sounds so awesome!
I would make snickerdoodle blondie brownies. All day. Every day.
Truffle Mac N Cheese!
This looks so great. This would make my blood orange olive oil cake so much easier and, of course, snickerdoodle blondies!!
It’s a tie between soup and bread dough…Oh how I would put this baby to work!!!…
Yum! Going to make this next weekend for sure. I’d make our famous Cincinnati Chili if I had the Prep and Cook!
GUESS WHAT!!! YOU WON!! Shoot me an email with your address and we’ll get it squared away! xoxo
THIS IS SO COOL!!!! I make banana bread once a week like clockwork for the girl, so I would probably try this chocolate variety!
I would use the All Clad Prep&Cook to simplify making my Kentucky Butter Rum Cake. This old, but loved recipe could use a new spin!
I would make my mom’s black bean soup recipe that she made up. It’s by far one of my favorite recipes, and I make huge batches of it at least 5x’s during the winter. Whenever I make it I always think of her.
This appears that it could be possible to make the easiest BOLOGNESE sauce…I can smell it already…meat….sweet tomatoes being spiced with some red pepper flakes…oh gosh!!! I need it now!!!
Falafel for dinner and sugar cookies for dessert! Looks amazing!
Meatballs and sauce!
This is awesome! I’m so making your double chocolate chip banana bread with this! -xo
This ALL-CLAD would be perfect for some hearty beef stew!
I would make all the dips and sauces! Hummus, pestos, harissa,…. the options are endless 🙂
I definitely want to try this double chocolate chip banana bread!
I would make applesauce, this would make it much easier!!
Team double chocolate banana bread for me, definitely. I love making soups, too, though.
I’d love to save time on sauces!
This is awesome! I’d love to try bread in it! Or a beef stew
I would make chicken and beef meets for weeknight dinners. looks like a dream appliance. 🙂
I can’t decide on Ceviche or Meatloaf. Lol.
Wow so cool! I bet this would make pot roast so much easier and delish! I would love to give it a try!
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I would make everything and anything. Where to begin?!?!
Oh my gosh! I have three recipes that my husband loves that I would like to simplify. Stuffed peppers, chicken tikka masala, and your chicken parm meatballs Gaby, which Mark loves:) michele
This would be amazing for everything especially soups!!
Wow so cool! I bet this would make pot roast so much easier and delish! I would love to give it a try!
This is awesome!!! Would be perfect for homemade soups. Beef stroganoff would also be a good choice to make!
I would LOVE this for making soups and sauces…and all things chocolate of course 🙂