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
Banana Pound Cake! This would definitely help!
With a small baking business I have selling at local farmers markets, I’m sure this would make all things baking related super speedy! From cookies and cakes to savory pie fillings, this would be such a game changer! Already obsessed and wanting to break it in with some everything bagel flavored croissants!
Amazing. I would use it to make bread and pizza dough AND everything!! Thanks Gaby!
I would make that bread you just showed..looks fabulous.
Good lord! I’ve never seen such a cool all-in-one gadget. I love trying new things/experimenting in the kitchen and this would be perfect for everything from baked goods (which I die for) and easy dinners. Thinking of the endless options this could be used for all the cuisines around the world!
I live in the PNW and it is soup weather for a few more months – I think this would make soup making so much easier! Thank you for the opportunity.
Definitely my banana bread!!
It looks awesome for making soups and sauces! I would definitely make tomato soup!
This would be perfect for making my grandmother’s traditional Mexican mole. I love it, but never feel like I can make it because of all the steps (making and kneading the masa and then adding the stewed chile sauce and other spices and then incorporating chicken while constantly stirring while it simmers). I need to check this out!
This looks so amazing! I would definitley dabble with artisanal/no knead breads!
How fun! Would love to use this for a batch of Mom’s favorite chocolate chip cookies!
I would love to use the Prep&Cook to simmer posole or simplify chocolate brownies!
I would use it to make soup, and shred cheese. Also team chocolate chip banana bread!
This looks amazing! Definitely think this would help me to make my cashew cheese, Greek turkey meatloaf or some
Great tzatiki!
I would love to make cookies and quick breads with this!
I was thinking that this would be a great device to make a chicken noodle soup with. With both of us working and the kids having afternoon activities, it would be great to come home to hot food before we have to run out for evening taekwondo class.
Carrot cake and your chocolate coconut cookies!❤
I’ll be making breads, pasta sauce , soup and that banana bread looks delish
Soups would be first on my list to make in this bad boy! Then heartier things, like pulled chicken, or use it for making baked good like that double chocolate chip banana bread!
That’s amazing! All the breads, for sure.
This looks amazing! Not going to lie I would probably make soup, soup and more soup!
I would love to simplify my mom’s delicious lamb curry using this amazing tool! It would make the job of making a sauce much easier, especially the part where you have to combine all the ground spices with the mixture..
I would like to whip up some lemon bars!
Monster cookies! That would be great if it could help incorporate all the ingredients nicely!
I would love to start baking breads with this. I’ve always shied away it but this would probably make it a cinch!
Oh wow! The recipes are endless but I’d love to make veggie soup! Cuts down on the chopping and dishes! Love!!
This looks amazing…I would love to make soup!!!
I would use it to make your delicious chicken tortilla soup!
AMAZING “helper/time-saver” for soups, stews!!!
Probably would use daily for ANYTHING & EVERYTHING (once I got used to it!)))
I would love to make a bolognese sauce in that thing! Would be a breeze! Talk about a multi functional machine.
Fresh vegetable soups and dumplings!
Hi there,
I’d love to try this for my gluten-free chocolate chip cookies and for the traditional ones I make for my kids (nestle tollhouse recipe!). I’d love to try those kitchen sink cookies too!
Banana bread and muffins. I love banana bread and my boys love muffins. I make it at least once a week. My three year loves to help. I would love to get one of these 🙂 the possibility is endless
This seems like a dream gadget!! I’d make Vanilla Bean Chocolate Chip cookies!! Yum!
Would like to try a chili in it
OMG obviously the WGC Chocolate Crinkle Cookies – the holiday staple!
All the steamed veggies!
Definitely a carrot cake!
Soups, salsa, sauces!
I would totally whip up some homeade pizza dough with my kids. Pizza night would be a game changer in our house! Oh and lots of yummy chocolate chip cookies to full fill my 6 year old’s sweet tooth……and mine 😉
Italian Cream Cake! Easy Peasy.
I would love to make butternut squash soup in this! It takes forever for me purée everything in my tiny food processor.
I would love to use this to make carrot cake! I’ve never been able to master it the way I would like.
I have the weirdest allergy to bananas so I’m going to try to make this bread with zucchini instead and hopefully in the prep & cook! I’d love to try some new sauces and dough combos for pizza night!
Hmm probably pizza dough, mochi, and pies!! xo
What an awesome kitchen gadget! I’d use it to make any cake, cookie or dessert.
Obviously Id want to make this simple recipe!!! YUM
This is timely since I just eloped and when you elope it’s tacky to register for gifts 🙂 but I was telling my husband just a few hours ago that I wish I could have registered because I would love something that would make it easier to get dinner on the table faster! This looks awesome. I’d use it for veggies, sauces and, let’s be honest, banana bread.
This looks fantastic! I would definitely use it for potato leek soup!
How amazing is this thing and that bread?! I would use it to simplify sweet bread dough.