Bananas make it healthy, right?
Yields: 1 loaf

  • Chocolate Banana Bread
    1 cup all-purpose flour
    ½ cup cocoa powder
    1 tsp baking soda
    ½ tsp sea salt
    3 large brown bananas   
    ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
    ¼ cup canola vegetable oil, or melted coconut oil
    ¾ cup packed light brown sugar
    1 large egg, at room temperature
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, divided


  1. Heat your oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
  2. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and sea salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
  3. Mash the ripe bananas in a large bowl with a fork. Add the melted butter and oil and stir until combined. Stir in the brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.
  4. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, don’t overmix. Stir in ¾ cup of the chocolate chips.
  5. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips over the top of the bread. Bake for 50-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean. Check at 50 minutes, just to be safe. Oven times vary.
  6. Remove the pan from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack. Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the bread and carefully remove from the pan. Let the bread cool on the wire cooling rack until slightly warm.
  7. Cut into slices and serve with a shitload of milk 🙂

    Recipe inspired by Two Peas and Their Pod