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
I would like to simplify some beef stew, veggie soup, maybe even some pozole by using this cooking food processor(All-Clad Prep&Cook) Oh and I would LOVE to first try your banana bread (since it looks so simple and even easier with this food processor) and some cheese cake as well .
I hope I have a shot at this.
Good luck everyone!
God Bless Gaby
Love your snaps, and your recipes, so useful; Your vibe and spirit are awesome and you’re delightful
I want to make bolognese sauce like the take-out bolognese pasta that I used to get from this Italian restaurant near my place when I used to live in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
I now live in San Jose, CA.
Btw, I messaged you a banana bread recipe.
I would love to make chicken meals in this pot with rice and veggies, make chocolate cake and other breads and dessert because I love baking! I need this timesaver for my family! XOXO
Soups and this delicious banana bread!!!
Honestly, EVERYTHING!!!!!
but I”d start with hummus, salsa, spinach artichoke dip, the options are endless!!!!
Chocolate chip cookies!
Compost cookies or snickerdoodle blondies!
I would like to make some banana pudding with this thing
My diagnose was obsessed with the “Bimbi” when she was an au pair in Australia. I would love an effortless risotto!!
My daughter.
Can it make pie/biscuit/scone dough? Because yeah.
What would I not make with this!? Stir fry dishes and soups, my moms famous crumb cake and of course this delicious banana bread #allchocolateeverything
Using this to make peanut butter cookies would be perfect !
This banana bread looks amazing! I would definitely try this first! Also pastries. And soup!
I would love to make zucchini bread!! As well as those delicious coconut chocolate chip cookies
Thiis chocolate bread
sweet bread
ooh! this would be perfect for whipping up some carrot cake!
If it’s worth $1,000, I’d sell it. I keep my kitchen minimal. This device is ugly and bulky. I don’t even own a microwave, BUT I would be interested in seeing videos of what exactly a “cooking food processor” can do. O yasss, I am definitely makin’ this Double Chocolate Chip Banana Bread tho. And I will Instagram it! 🙂
Pasta sauce for my lasagna!
Would love to make a great soup to help me get rid of this cold !
Ohhh my goodness…I’ve never seen a giveaway I was more interested in than this! I would put this thing to SO much work at my house! Especially soups and sauces and chilis! (But never anything with bananas – They’re my number one food enemy hahaha sorry!)
Chicken Mole
I think this could be perfect for homemade tomato sauce.
I would use it to re-create all of my Grandmother’s treasured recipes. There is no better way to celebrate someone’s memory than by cooking and enjoying one of their signature dishes; I would definitely start with her bolognese! ❤
I want to make zucchini bread!!
Chocolate Cake always!!
I would use that bad boy for just about anything! The first recipe I would probably use it with would be one from your ‘Absolutely Avocados’ cook book!! I just got it and have been dyyying to cook everything! Just the thought is making my mouth water!!
Thanks for this recipe btw! I can’t wait to make it for my boyfriend! I’m sure it will be life changing!!!!
Would love this to make my grandkids treats!
What an awesome kitchen accessory! I’d make soups and stews! Would def try the banana bread and other desserts too!!
Curry!
I’d definitely used this while baking banana bread and any sort of muffins. Yum!
Use
Garlic mashed potatoes!
I have visions of soup. And humus. And, gluten free baked goods. And, you name it.
Minestrone soup and some double chocolate chip bread for dessert!
Triple Chicolate Mousse Cake! Such a complicated cake to make and requires many bowls and a lot of arm muscle!!!
Cauliflower pizza crust!! And hummus!!
Any types of soups or stews. Currently thinking butternut squash soup!
Your banana bread of course or my chocolate chip pumpkin loaf too!
I would make chocolate chip cookies, quiche, Brownies, soups, and the list goes on!
I would love to simply the BBQ pork belly buns that are PILLOWY soft and melt in your mouth. Err… I do want it but my scale may disagree
That fancy food processor would be wonderful to improve many of my recipes, but I think the most valuable would be my family gazpacho.
This looks incredible! I would love to make soups and chilis in this machine!! And this banana bread of course!!
Any recipe that gets dinner on the table faster during the week!
The options are endless! But probably chili! It is my favorite thing to eat all year round! Or a creamy tomato basil soup! Now I’m just hungry! Haha
I would make this recipe chocolate banava bread or fresh chile for enchiladas. Yummy!!
Anything! Tomato soup, chili, blonde bars….the list is endless!!
Strawberry Bread!❤️
Nacho cheese sauce!!! I bet that would work well in this oooh or fondue! So many possibilities.
Chicken Lettuce wraps !!!!!
This looks so amazing! How have I never heard of them until now?! I think I would use it to tackle weeknight dinners like chicken tortilla soup or maybe some epic baked goods for quick breakfasts. That chocolate banana bread recipe would be the perfect start!