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With a tender buttery crumb, bold banana flavor, and big chocolate chunks, this is the perfect chocolate chip banana bread recipe!
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Golden on the outside and soft and moist on the inside, this chocolate chip banana bread recipe delivers everything you love—sweet, caramelized bananas, melty pockets of chocolate, and a hint of vanilla.
Course Bread, Brunch
Cuisine American, Best
Keyword banana, breakfast
Level Beginner
Main Ingredient Chocolate, Flour
Diet Vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 8 slices
Calories 461kcal
Author Marc Matsumoto

Equipment

Ingredients

For pan

  • ½ tablespoon cultured unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Dry ingredients

  • 325 grams all-purpose flour (~ 2 ½ cups)
  • 100 grams evaporated cane sugar (~ ½ cup)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon table salt
  • 160 grams chocolate chunks

Wet Ingredients

  • 85 grams cultured unsalted butter (6 tablespoons)
  • 350 grams very ripe bananas (3-4 large ones peeled)
  • ½ cup plain yogurt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
  • Grease the inside of your loaf pan with ½ tablespoon cultured unsalted butter or vegetable oil. Be sure to get into the corners. Add 1 tablespoon granulated sugar and shake it around to coat the bottom and sides of the pan evenly.
    ½ tablespoon cultured unsalted butter, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
    Buttered and sugared loaf pan for making banana bread.
  • Sift 325 grams all-purpose flour, 100 grams evaporated cane sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and ½ teaspoon table salt into a bowl and whisk to combine.
    325 grams all-purpose flour, 100 grams evaporated cane sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon table salt
    Sifting dry ingredients for banana bread together.
  • Add 85 grams cultured unsalted butter to a microwave-safe bowl and heat it on low power until the butter is barely melted. Make sure you don't boil the butter.
    85 grams cultured unsalted butter
    Melting butter in the microwave to make banana bread.
  • Add 350 grams very ripe bananas, ½ cup plain yogurt, 2 large eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to a blender (or use a bowl and stick blender and blend until smooth). You can also mash the bananas in a bowl and use a whisk to incorporate the other ingredients.
    350 grams very ripe bananas, ½ cup plain yogurt, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    Blending eggs, yogurt and bananas together for banana bread batter.
  • With the blender running, pour the melted butter into the other wet ingredients and blend until smooth.
    Blending melted butter into banana bread batter.
  • Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold the mixture together until it's mostly wet.
    Folding banana bread batter together with a spatula.
  • Add 160 grams chocolate chunks or chips and continue folding until there are no large clumps of flour. Be careful not to overmix the batter.
    160 grams chocolate chunks
    Mixing chocolate chunks into banana bread batter.
  • Dump the batter into the prepared loaf pan, and flatten off the top.
    Banana bread batter in a loaf pan.
  • Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out without wet batter on it.
    A clean skewer is the best way to test banana bread for doneness.
  • Transfer the loaf to a wire rack and cool until you can handle it without mitts. Remove the bread from the pan and let it cool to room temperature on the rack.
    Loaf of banana bread cooling on a wire rack.

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Nutrition

Calories: 461kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 74mg | Sodium: 312mg | Potassium: 362mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 408IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 3mg