Chocolate Banana Bread

Chocolate banana bread is everything we love about banana bread, plus chocolate. This recipe makes a loaf (or two, if you double it as I do in the video) of bread that is both perfectly acceptable as breakfast (whole grain! fruit!) and dessert-worthy (did we say chocolate?). Feel free to increase or decrease the sugar by 1/4 cup, skip the chocolate chips and/or add nuts, add cinnamon to the coarse sugar on top... make it your own, as long as you make it! [Small note: don't mind the tree frogs audible in the background - it's their season, and apparently they like chocolate banana bread, too.]
Ingredients:
1/2 cup/ 60 g all-purpose flour
1/2 cup/ 60 g whole wheat flour
1/2 cup/ 42 g cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 medium to large overripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup/ 115 g oil (vegetable, olive, etc. or combination)
3/4 c/ 145 g brown sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup/ 115 g chocolate chips or nuts, optional
1 tablespoon demerara ("sugar in the raw"/ sanding sugar) or cinnamon sugar, optional
Whisk flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in medium bowl. Mash bananas in large bowl. Add oil(s), brown sugar, and egg. Stir to combine thoroughly. Stir in dry ingredients until fairly well incorporated, erring on the side of less stirring. Add chocolate chips or nuts, if using, and stir. Scrape batter into a greased/ lined 9x5-inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with demerara sugar or cinnamon sugar, if using. Bake at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean (melted chocolate chips notwithstanding).
Yield: one 9x5-inch loaf or 12 standard muffins; if doubled, makes two 9x5 or three 4x8-inch loaves or 24 muffins.
Storage: 5 days at room temperature (wrap sides in foil but leave top uncovered to keep sugar crust crispy); several months wrapped well and frozen.
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[@requiem3160]

Chocolate banana bread sounds so delicious - would certainly have for dessert! Amazing work with this! Take care!

[@ChicanaKitchen]

Thank you so much!

[@dissidentfairy4264]

This looks delicious! I was just thinking about making banana cake before I saw your video. I think I'm going to try it with chocolate instead:-) 🍌✨💫

[@ChicanaKitchen]

An alignment of the kitchen stars, perhaps! 🌟