Great for beginners and for using up bananas that have seen better days, Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is perfect for an easy weeknight dessert, a quick breakfast, or for when it’s your turn to bring snacks.
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Not only is this recipe the most delicious, but it is quite easy! You can prepare the entire thing in one bowl. (and who doesn’t love less clean up?) The bread is saturated with banana flavor (5 whole bananas!) and the chocolate chips make it completely irresistible. Try adding chopped walnuts along with the chocolate chips. Absolutely sublime! This is the best way to use up those leftover bananas. You know the ones that your kids won’t eat because they have started to get a little brown on the outside. This chocolate chip banana bread whips up in minutes. Trust me, this is the best way to eat bananas!
How long does chocolate chip banana bread last?
Freshly baked banana bread will keep well for about 1 week in the refrigerator. To maximize the shelf life of banana bread, cover with foil or plastic wrap and place in a plastic bag to prevent drying out. I like to cover with a piece of parchment paper and then place in a sealable plastic bag. Freshly baked banana bread will last for about 1 to 2 days at normal room temperature. (We are lucky if a loaf lasts longer than a day!)
Can you freeze chocolate chip banana bread?
Yes! You will want to make sure you allow it to cool completely. Just wrap the banana bread tightly with aluminum foil or plastic freezer wrap and place in heavy-duty freezer bag. If you prefer not to use foil directly on your bread, wrap tightly with parchment paper, then place that into a sealable plastic bag. Be sure to label it with the date. Bread is typically good for three to six months in the freezer, but the flavor will start to dull after about 1 month. To thaw bread, take it out of the freezer and set it on the counter. Allow it to reach room temperature before you take it out of its packaging. It will re-absorb some of its moisture this way.
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 5 ripe bananas
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan. (use glass or a light colored pan if possible)
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or with a hand-held mixer), add the bananas and roughly mash. (There can be chunks, you do not want them pureed) Add the butter, sugars, vanilla, and eggs. Mix until combined.
- Slowly add the flour mixture. Mix just until combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips by hand. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Place on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 55-70 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean. A few crumbs are fine, you do not want to see wet batter on the toothpick.
- Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 20 minutes. Run a thin knife along the edge of the loaf to loosen and invert onto a cooling rack. Flip the loaf right side up and allow to cool completely before slicing.
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Sounds good
WIsh you would just give how many cups of bananas instead of 5 bananas cause a person doesn’t know if it’s suppose to be small, medium or large bananas!!!
Your recipes are beautiful am so going to try this Banana bread. Thank you for the recipes 🙂
Love this recipe. Could this recipe be used to make them muffins?
Looks devine
Awesome recipes easy to follow, I couldn’t ask for more. Thank you, easy to follow your baking skill for sharing these pieces of yumminess LOVE it!scrumptioussavorylusciousheavenlydeliciousdelectable
Have you done this GF?
Hi thank you for the delicious recipes. Absolutely divine. Unfortunately, I am unable to taste any because I am vegetarian and don’t eat eggs. Pls if possible, can you share some eggless recipes. I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
My son isi allergic to eggs also so at the health food stores you can buy a powered egg substitute that is great. It has let him enjoy baked things for years.
Looks like a good recipe. I’ll try it but the bananas used in the video were not nearly ripe enough. Let them get completely black & it will yield a very much better flavor! Using them too soon looses about half the flavor. You can also toss them in the freezer once they go black & freeze them in the skin until ready to use.
It’s easier and no mess if you freeze your bananas without the peels. When thawed, just dump out the fruit (with the juice) and you’re good to go!
Always peel before freezing, it is difficult to separate the skins when frozen. Just peel and put them in a zip lock bag and freeze.
This looks very good, will definitely try this. Thanks for the recipe Amanda.
When is the butter added please? THANKS!
Look at number 3 of instructions…
I would like to make a healthy version of this recipe. What do I need to substitute to make this weight watchers friendly?
LOVE your recipes! so do the rest of the family, AND my work colleagues! Thank you for sharing these pieces of yumminess
No oil in this recipe. Applesauce is also used to substitute oil. So I assume by using 5 ripe bananas that counts for the oil.
What do your think?
the recipe calls for 1/2 cup butter, so that is your oil
In the directions it says to mix the cinnamon and salt in but there’s no mention of cinnamon or salt in the ingredients section. There’s also no mention of the white or brown sugar in the directions section. I’m absolutely still making this. It sounds so good!
There’s no cinnamon in the recipe. The directions call to add “sugars”. 🙂
I am going to have to try this
It says in step two to mix in cinnamon as well but it’s not in the ingredients list, do you add cinnamon of so how much?
Thank you
Alliegh Rodriguez
Never mind this is a different recipient from what I was just reading, I’m not sure how but my phone kicked me over to this one. And now I can’t get back
Recipe sounds good. I have a good banana walnut bread recipe. I will try this one of yours. But,IM going to try usinlg butterscotch chips chocolate chiplps.
Can you use bananas that been frozen?
I just made this recipe & I used 2 fresh & 2 frozen. Seemed to work fine; still on oven so I’ll let you know if it doesn’t work well.
What can you use besides bananas? Health reasons
Thank You
I used 3 medium bananas. Came out good. Next time I will try adding some peanut butter. That sounds good.
hi Amanda, do you know if I can substitute the egg with something else? I would love to try this recipe however my daughter is allergic to eggs
Applesauce is a great egg substitute
How much apple sauce
Substitute for two eggs: 2 Tbsp ground flax seed mixed with 1/3 cup water, mix well & allow to rest for about 3 minutes stirring several times while setting. The mixture will gel to the consistency of beaten eggs.
My son is allergic to chicken and chicken eggs, but not duck or quail. To me 20 years to figure that out.
This looks great! Have a question, the 5 bananas I’m guessing are average size? If they’re larger, do you think 3 would be enough. I’ve always measured the mashed bananas in cups, so wasn’t sure.
Gonna try this looks so good could I use splend Instead of real sugar
Made your butterscotch brownies tonight for my mom. They are the best. Now I must try this recipe. Mom just gave me all of her bread ready bananas. Yay!!!
Hi
I can’t find the recipe for the brownies??
looks so easy and simple, I should try this one. Thankyou for this recipe!
Hi Amanda, everything u bake is just simply delicious and easy, God bless you
thank u very much mam AMANDA..GOD bless u always. ur post is a big help for us..
I use a cup of crunchy peanut butter in mine so good and use self rising flour instead of all purpose and leave out salt baking powder
Love it!
The idea of adding peanut butter to this recipe intrigues me. Do you change the basic recipe at all in order to accommodate the peanut butter?
Can i add nuts and craisans and nut the sugar
Only have 2 bananas. What can substitute for the thee 3?
Yes! Yummy!