Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

Chocolate chip banana bread, a super moist and soft Banana bread dotted with chocolate chips. The combination of chocolate and banana is a match made in heaven. This chocolate chip banana bread is perfect to serve with a cup of tea or coffee. Learn how to make the perfect banana chocolate chip bread with step by step pictures and video. 

Chocolate chip banana bread

Banana bread is my favourite. I make it so often whenever have some over ripe bananas lying around. We make so many versions of it and have quite a few recipes like banana cupcakes, banana muffins in my blog.

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• About Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
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• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Ingredients 
• Extra moist choc-chip banana bread tips
• How to Make Banana Chocolate Chip Bread (Stepwise Pictures)
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I added chocolate chips in this banana bread, you could add some walnuts along with the chocolate chips which will make it more tasty. 

About Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Chocolate chip banana bread is a super moist and delicious cake / bread made with banana, buttermilk, eggs, brown sugar and mashed bananas, flour and chocolate chips. This bread makes a great breakfast or tea time option. 

This banana bread has eggs in them and frankly I loved this version more than anything else. It turned out so soft, moist and delicious even though it takes 1 hour of baking.

I like to purée banana and use in the bread instead of chopping or mashing. Banana purée disperse evenly all over the bread with intense banana flavour. Buttermilk along with banana purée makes the cake super moist. I used chocolate chips in the bread, you can use chopped chocolate as well. 

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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Ingredients 

Ripe banana - The main ingredients used for creating banana bread is bananas. Ensure to use over ripe bananas. The skins of the banana will develop freckles and the fruits are just a touch too mushy, which makes it perfect for banana bread. 

Unsalted butter - Some banana bread recipes use oil, but butter works best in this recipe. It also provides more flavor than using just oil. Unsalted Butter control the amount of salt that's added.

Sugar - a combination of brown sugar and white sugar is added which makes the bread has an amazing caramel like flavour. 

Eggs - this recipe uses eggs which not only adds soft texture, but makes the bread light and spongy. It also helps with the texture of the bread.

Raising agent - Baking soda and baking powder is used in this recipe which help this bread rise as it bakes.

Wheat flour -  for healthy alternative I used wheat flour in this banana bread. You can all purpose flour for even more texture. 

Buttermilk - buttermilk is the best choice, but you can use a mixture of yogurt and milk. 

Vanilla -  Vanilla's effect in baked goods is similar to that of salt in savoury baked goods: it enhances the flavour of the baked goods. 

Chocolate chips - Add dark or milk chocolate chip for delicious bite. I used semi sweet chocolate chips.

Banana Chocolate Chip Bread (in 4 easy steps)

Pre-Preparation - Preheat oven to 160 degree c or 325 degree f. Line a standard loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside. 

Dry Ingredients - Take wheat flour, ground cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder in a bowl and mix well. Set this aside. 

Making Batter - Take butter, brown sugar and regular sugar in a bowl and mix until creamy. Now add in vanilla and eggs and whisk until combined. Now add in the flour mixture and fold gently. Pour in buttermilk and fold until combined. Now add in chocolate chips and fold gently. 

Baking - Spoon the batter into the loaf pan, spread evenly. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and place it into the oven. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is baked or not. Remove the cake from oven, cool for 15 minutes in the tin. Once cooled unmould, slice and serve. 

Extra moist choc-chip banana bread tips

Never skip buttermilk - buttermilk has a effect in making the bread super moist. You can use buttermilk, yogurt or sour cream in the bread recipe which makes the bread intensively moist and soft. 

No over mixing - never over mix the batter, which makes the bread tough. Always be gentle with mixing. 

Load up on chocolate - for amazing chocolate taste in the bread, use good quality chocolate in the batter. You can use a combination of chocolate chips, white chocolate, dark chocolate in the batter. 

Add ons - chopped nuts like pecans, walnuts or almonds can be added in the batter. 

How to Make Banana Chocolate Chip Bread (Stepwise Pictures)

Dry Ingredients

1)Take wheat flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt in a bowl.

2)Mix the ingredients really well. This is your dry ingredients.

Make Batter

3)Take soft unsalted butter in a bowl.

4)Add in white sugar, brown sugar into the butter.

5)Mix it till creamy.

6)Add in eggs, vanilla extract into the creamy butter sugar mixture.

7)Mix until all the ingredients is combined.

8)I took ripe banana in a blender and blend till creamy. Add the banana puree into the butter sugar mixture.

9)Mix the banana puree into the creamed butter sugar mixture.

10)Use a spatula to fold gently till combined.

11)Add in buttermilk. I mixed ¼ cup curd and ¼ cup milk in a bowl. I used this for the batter.

12)Fold the mixture gently using a spatula.

13)Add in chocolate chips.

14)Fold the chocolate chips into the batter.

Baking Bread

15)Preheat oven to 160 degree C or 325 degree F. Spoon the batter into the loaf pan, spread evenly. Sprinkle chocolate chips on top and place it into the oven. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. 

16)Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is baked or not. Remove the cake from oven, cool for 15 minutes in the tin. Once cooled un mould, slice and serve. 

Expert tips

• You can use plain flour instead of wheat flour for better texture. 
• Oil can be used instead of butter. 
• Chopped nuts like pecans, walnuts or almonds can be added into the batter. 
• You can bake the cake in a round or square cake pan, the baking time will vary. 
• Don't over bake the cake, else it may get dry. 

Storage and serving

You can store the baked cake in an air tight container at room temperature for 2 days. Store in fridge upto a week. 

Serve chocolate chip banana bread with a cup of tea, coffee or milk. 

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