Chocolate Banana Bread

This Chocolate Banana Bread takes a classic recipe and amplifies it. Made with pantry staple ingredients, this loaf is moist and tender, infused with cocoa and chocolate chips.

📝 Ingredients

• 3 large bananas (very ripe)
• 1/2 cup butter (unsalted, melted)
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1/2 cup sugar (granulated)
• 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips (semi sweet)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 325F and grease a 9x5" loaf tin.
2. 2Mix "Wet" Ingredients: Mash the bananas, leaving some chunks, in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter, sour cream, eggs, vanilla, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Beat until well combined and smooth.
3. 3Combine Wet & Dry Ingredients: Whisk the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, and blend just until you can no longer see the dry ingredients.
4. 4Bake: Fold in the chocolate chips and pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Transfer the loaf pan to the oven and bake for 45 minutes - 1 hour, or until an inserted toothpick comes out with no batter. Keep in mind it may come out with some chocolate from a chocolate chip.
5. 5Cool & Serve: Let the loaf cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Serve.