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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is a delicious breakfast recipe everyone loves! My mom's banana bread recipe is filled with chocolate chips for the breakfast your kids will want to eat. 
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 392kcal
Author: Dorothy Kern
Cost: $8

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
  • ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 medium overripe bananas
  • 2 large eggs
  • 7 tablespoons sour milk or buttermilk (To make sour milk: add 1 teaspoon vinegar to milk and let sit 5 minutes)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups (248g) all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups (340g) chocolate chips, divided

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 9x5with nonstick cooking spray. You can use an 8x4-inch loaf pan and make 1-2 muffins alongside.
  • Cream butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer (and hand mixer is okay too).
  • Add the bananas, eggs, sour milk, and baking soda to a blender. Mix until liquefied. Alternately, mash the bananas with a fork and then stir the eggs, milk, and baking soda into the bananas.
  • Pour half of the banana mixture into the butter mixture with 1 cup of flour and mix until just combined. Repeat with the rest of the liquid and flour. Do not overmix!
  • Stir in 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips.
  • Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips. Bake approximately 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean (test right next to the crack).
  • Cool at least 10 minutes in pan.

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Notes

  • Pan Size: I recommend using a 9x5-inch or 10x6-inch baking pan for this bread. Or, use two 8x4-inch pans or three mini loaf pans.
  • You can make chocolate chip banana bread muffins using muffin pans.
  • You can substitute soy or almond milk in this bread, but add 1 teaspoon of vinegar so the baking soda is activated.
  • It will brown a lot on the outside while it's baking. If it's browning too much, reduce the oven temperature by 25°.
  • Cooling: Let it cool a bit before slicing or the chocolate chips will create holes in the bread.
  • I usually mash my bananas with a fork but you can also use a blender for all the wet ingredients.
  • Did you know you can freeze your overripe bananas? I always tend to over buy bananas and they go brown before I eat them. I always freeze them so I can make banana bread whenever I want.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 392kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 370IU | Vitamin C: 1.9mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1.5mg