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Banana Chocolate Bread

October 5, 2017 by Amanda 14 Comments

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A delicious, moist, easy to make Banana Chocolate Bread. Made with ripe bananas, cocoa powder & applesauce – this quick bread eats almost like a cake. The rich chocolate banana flavor, the texture and the scarce amount of oil – you’re gonna love it!

Post originally created 12/12/14. Updated 10/5/17

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Banana Chocolate Bread

It’s a miracle, once again, that this batter even made it into the loaf pan. Mixing this up, my daughter and I can’t keep sneaking spoonfuls of it. It’s like a banana brownie batter…yum. Side note – it is definitely not safe or recommended to be eating raw flour batter.

I crave this Banana Chocolate Nut Bread often. I’ll cruise the produce section looking for ripe bananas so I don’t have to wait days and days for the bananas to get extra ripe (or “rotten” as my kids refers to them). Plus, I can often grab ripe bananas at my grocery stores at a discount – score!

This banana chocolate quick bread eats almost like a cake.  The rich chocolate banana flavor, the texture and the scarce amount of oil – you’ll be amazed!

Here’s another one of my favorite sweet quick breads – Chocolate Pumpkin Bread!

Moist Chocolate Banana Quick Bread | www.craftycookingmama.com

Oil versus Apple Sauce in Quick Breads

I used to make this bread with just the vegetable oil. I tried substituting applesauce for the oil but wasn’t happy with the results. The happy median is replacing half the oil with applesauce. Substituting half the amount with applesauce makes the bread a bit healthier and keeps it moist without it getting “gummy”.  

As for nuts, I prefer this with walnuts. You’ll notice in my photos I used almonds this time, only because I ran out of walnuts. If you don’t like nuts, omit them.

Feel free to throw a cup of chocolate chips in the mix to make it extra rich.

Instructions

This Banana Chocolate Bread is nice and easy to throw together.

Whisk dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas with a fork and mix in eggs, oil and applesauce. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture. Add some chocolate chips if you’d like. Do not over mix. Pour into your loaf pan, sprinkle some nuts on top and throw it in the oven. You’re done.

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This should be finished in about 55 -60 minutes, just check with the almighty toothpick test.  Cool it for about 20 minutes on a wire rack, remove the bread, and finish cooling on the wire rack.

I love this bread for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert or a snack.  Any or all of the above in one day would suit me just fine. It’s perfect served as is, with a big glass of milk.

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy baking!

Amanda ♥

Moist Chocolate Banana Quick Bread | www.craftycookingmama.com
Moist Chocolate Banana Quick Bread | www.craftycookingmama.com

Banana Chocolate Bread

Amanda
A delicious, moist, easy to make Banana Chocolate Bread. Made with ripe bananas, cocoa powder & applesauce – this quick bread eats almost like a cake. The rich chocolate banana flavor, the texture and the scarce amount of oil – you're gonna love it!
5 from 4 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Course Breads &amp, Muffins
Servings 1 loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/3 cup sugar
  • 6 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa heaping
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 large very ripe bananas
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup apple sauce
  • 2 tablespoon walnuts almonds or other nut, crushed
  • optional 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Grease/spray a loaf pan.
  • In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder. I use a whisk.
  • In a small bowl mash bananas with fork or your preferred method.
  • Mix eggs, oil and applesauce into mashed bananas.
  • Add mashed banana mix to flour mix. Stir until blended – do not over mix.
  • (optional) Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle nuts on top. Bake for 55 – 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan and let it cool completely on wire rack. Enjoy : )

Notes

Omit nuts if you’d like.
Chocolate chips may be added
Keyword banana, chocolate, quick bread
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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Comments

  1. Tina Hanney

    January 25, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    5 stars
    Oh, this looks delicious and I have all the ingredients except my bananas aren’t ripe enough yet! Definitely will try In a few days. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Amanda

      January 26, 2015 at 2:39 am

      That’s the worst – having to wait for the bananas to ripen! We love this quick bread – it’s like yummy, moist chocolate banana cake. Hope you love it too : )

      Reply
  2. Angie

    July 22, 2015 at 2:51 am

    I’m waiting for them to be done. 15 more minutes.

    Reply
    • Amanda

      July 23, 2015 at 2:02 pm

      Awesome! How did it turn out for you?

      Reply
  3. Angela B

    October 17, 2017 at 7:36 pm

    5 stars
    Can’t wait to test it out on my co-workers! They have complained about putting on a few pounds since they started working there, but they will make room for this bread, I’m sure!

    Reply
    • Amanda

      October 25, 2017 at 11:27 pm

      Lol – I get the same kind of complaints! Hope everyone enjoys the bread!
      Thanks for stopping by Angela 🙂

      Reply
      • Angela B

        November 4, 2017 at 2:51 pm

        Okay, I made this bread and the cranberry chocolate chip muffins for co-workers. They were both a BIG HIT out of the ballpark! Thanks for making me look like a Master Baker! My boyfriend ate his chocolate banana bread with dark chocolate gelato, and it was nonstop compliments. It’s a calorie-naughty combo, but whatever! Will be tuning in for more recipes for the holidays, and have already made several recommendations to your website

        Reply
        • Amanda

          November 5, 2017 at 7:40 pm

          Yay! So glad the bread & muffins worked out so well for you! Those cranberry muffins are one of my favorites – I bake them year round!
          Thanks so much for stopping by and thanks for the recommendations ♥

          Reply
  4. Mrunal

    November 15, 2017 at 7:01 pm

    Hi,
    Recipe looks amazing and the cake looks delicious.
    I want to try it right now!
    I have all the ingredients except Apple sauce 🙁
    What is the other substitute I can use?
    Thanks in advance !

    Reply
    • Amanda

      November 20, 2017 at 11:31 pm

      Any fruit sauce would work…or just more oil. Most quick breads call for all oil, but I try to lighten them up with a bit of applesauce.

      Reply
  5. Zinnia

    December 10, 2017 at 1:25 am

    This looks delicious! Im definitely going to try it. What kind of loaf pan do you recommend to use? 8×3 or 9 ×5?

    Reply
  6. Cindy

    January 1, 2018 at 7:43 pm

    5 stars
    Just made this- it is so good I can’t stop eating it. I hope there’s some left over for my kids for breakfast tomorrow!

    Reply
    • Amanda

      January 7, 2018 at 8:22 pm

      Hi Cindy! I LOVE this bread – so happy to hear you do as well!
      Thanks so much for stopping by ♥

      Reply
  7. char

    April 21, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    5 stars
    I baked this for the first time two weeks ago and loved it. It eats like cake. I substituted coconut oil, went a little light on it and went a little heavy on the applesauce to compensate. Also did half almond flour, half wheat flour. Pecans and dark chocolate chunks were great additions. Overall, a delightful recipe. I am baking a new batch today for a party, and this time used bananas that had been previously frozen.

    Reply

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