Ripe bananas are the perfect catalyst for some classic baking. This recipe for Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is a quick and easy staple to whip up if you have extra bananas on hand.
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Say goodbye to classic banana bread! For this easy recipe, we’re adding some chocolate chips, just like our chocolate banana bread, but also a coffee cake topping for the ultimate dessert-for-breakfast experience.
Chocolate chip banana bread is the perfect quick bread to whip up for dessert or breakfast. Like regular banana bread, this classic recipe uses bananas as the base but with a fun twist – chocolate. Because chocolate makes everything better, right?
Ingredients
For the Banana Bread Coffee Cake
- All-purpose flour: Creates the structure for the bread.
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Baking soda & baking powder: Leavening agents that help the bread to rise.
- Salt
- Over-ripe bananas: The bananas should be almost brown. This is when they’re at their ripest and will be super sweet.
- White sugar
- Eggs: Bind the other ingredients together.
- Vanilla extract: Enhances the other flavors in the banana bread.
- Milk
- Dark chocolate chips: Dark chocolate helps shape the overripe banana flavor best. In return, bananas make dark chocolate taste not too dark and bitter. You can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips if you prefer.
For the Topping
- All-purpose flour
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Brown sugar
- Cold butter
- Rolled oats
- Walnuts
How to Make Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
Preparation
Firstly, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9×13 baking dish or line it with parchment paper.
Now, in a large bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, mash the bananas and add sugar and vanilla, giving it a good mix. Pour in the milk and stir just until combined.
Working in batches, mix the flour mixture into the banana bread batter until just combined. Stir in the dark chocolate chips and then pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Creating the Topping
In a separate bowl, mix flour, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar, and diced butter. Use your fingers to break down the butter into smaller lumps. Add oats and walnuts, giving it a quick stir with your hand, allowing it to remain a bit clumped.
Gently pat the topping all over the top of the banana mixture in the baking dish.
Baking the Banana Bread
Next, slide the cake pan into the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
Cooling and Serving
Once done, remove it from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before slicing or serving. Enjoy!
Expert Recipe Tips
- Stick a toothpick into the center of the banana bread to check for doneness. If it comes out clean, it’s done.
- Don’t overbake the banana bread, or it will become dry. You can always subtract a few minutes from the baking time if you’re scared of overbaking the bread.
- Swap the sugar for maple syrup to add maple flavoring.
- Instead of the chocolate chips, feel free to use chopped chocolate from a chocolate bar instead for a more melty chocolate experience.
What Chocolate Chip Banana Bread?
Dating all the way back to the 1900s, banana bread is a nostalgic recipe that has stood the test of time. First appearing in a Pillsbury cookbook in 1933, banana bread became the new way to use overripe bananas and test out the newly developed baking powder. Now, banana bread is a classic staple that you can easily make with ingredients you already have in your pantry.
When that ripe banana meets Chocolate Chip Muffins, viola! We get this!
Why you’ll love this recipe
After this recipe, you’ll never be sad seeing your forgotten super ripe bananas sitting in the corner. With simple ingredients and a fun twist from the chocolate chips and coffee cake topping, this will become your new favorite banana bread recipe.
How to Store Leftovers & Reheat
Wrap it in aluminum foil, then roll some plastic wrap around it tightly, then put it in a zip bag or airtight container with a tight lid. It will last for a few months.
If you reheat it in the microwave, then be sure to place it on a damp paper towel when you put it in.
What to serve with chocolate chip banana bread
A perfect warm slice of moist, crumbly cake paired with a sip of Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew is a match made in heaven for breakfast or an afternoon snack.
This is the only banana bread recipe you’ll ever need. It’s a fun twist on a classic banana bread recipe that will transform your breakfast or dessert If you try this recipe, please rate the recipe card and leave a comment down below to help out the next reader!
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Coffee Cake
AmericanIngredients
For the Banana Bread Coffee Cake
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 eggs 1 teas vanilla
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
For the topping
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 4 tbsp cold butter - diced into 1/4″ cubes
- 1/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/4 cup walnuts - chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×13 baking dish.
- Mix the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, mash the bananas with your fork or a blender.
- Add in the sugar and vanilla and mix to combine.
- Pour in the milk and stir just to combine.
- Working in batches, mix the flour mixture into the banana batter until just combined.
- Stir in the dark chocolate chips and pour into the greased baking dish.
- In another bowl, mix the flour, salt, cinnamon, brown sugar and diced butter together.
- Use your fingers to make quick work of breaking down the butter into smaller lumps.
- Add the oats and walnuts in and give another quick stir with your hand, working it all together, but still allowing it to remain a bit clumped.
- Pat the topping gently all over the top of the batter.
- Slide the cake pan into the oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes before slicing or serving.
Nutrition
Nutritional informations provided as a courtesy and is only an approximatation. Values will changes based on ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
Yes. Just make sure to incorporate the wet and dry ingredients on low speed. We don’t want to overmix the batter.
Yes. Just double the ingredients and pour into two separate loaf pans. Bake as directed.
Yes. Make the recipe as instructed and scoop the batter into a muffin tin using a cookie scoop. Place the coffee cake topping on top. Bake for 20-25 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins should come out clean when they’re done.
Yes. Make the recipe as instructed, wrap the banana bread in foil, and place in a freezer bag. When you’re ready to eat it, let it thaw on the counter until it becomes room temperature.
Yes! Just make sure to fully defrost them before putting them in the bread.
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