If you’re on the hunt for the BEST chocolate chip banana bread…then look no further. This one is so incredibly moist, flavorful, and loaded with chocolate chips. Forget about any other chocolate chip banana bread recipe because this is all you’ll ever need!
But there’s just no other word that better describes this banana bread. It’s tough to even categorize this as “bread” because of how soft and lush it is. Especially with those mini chocolate chips sprinkled throughout.
To make this recipe, I essentially modified by pumpkin bread recipe because it’s just so good. If it can make life-changing pumpkin bread, why can’t it make life-changing chocolate chip banana bread? Hypothesis confirmed. It sure can.
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The “secret” to getting moist chocolate chip banana bread is really just a couple simple ingredients. The main two being melted butter and Greek yogurt.
Using melted butter, as opposed to room temperature, helps to soaks up all the flour which gives you that smooth texture. The Greek yogurt adds even MORE moisture while still providing structure. It’s my secret ingredient in so many of my dessert recipes.
Another reason why Greek yogurt works so well here is because its flavor. Greek yogurt is slightly sour which helps to balance out the sweetness of the bananas, chocolate, and sugar.
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It’s also very thick and contains less water than regular yogurt. This is the reason why I love baking with it so much, it provides tons of moisture without thinning the batter too much.
We can’t forget about the bananas. You have to add just enough to get that strong flavor but too much can turn your banana bread into banana pudding (trust me, it’s happened to me before). Getting the perfect balance of flour, butter, yogurt and banana is the key to getting deliciously moist chocolate chip banana bread.
Don’t have ripe bananas on hand? There are a few ways you can speed up the ripening process to make your bananas perfect for banana bread!
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If you already have frozen ripe bananas, you can also use those. Just leave them out for about 30 minutes to 1 hour in order to thaw before using.
I have not tested this specific recipe, but I have a delicious recipe for gluten free banana bread that’s just as moist! Just add chocolate chips.
Sugar plays a big role in the moist texture of this bread. Adjusting it will likely change the banana bread. For a refined sugar free option, try swapping all of the sugar with coconut sugar.
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This is likely due to two missteps: 1. You over mixed the batter. Over mixing develops the gluten strands in the flour, creating a more dense and heavy batter. Mix just until the ingredients are combined. This is why it’s important to mix the batter by hand. 2. Your pan is too small. 9×5 loaf pans can vary in size, as mine is about 9.5x5x5 inches. If you have a smaller loaf pan, only fill the pan about 2/3 full. Any more than than and the center of the banana bread will have trouble baking all the way through.
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I’m the creator, baker, and photographer behind Butternut Bakery. Here I share desserts for every diet because I believe everyone should have a chance to indulge!This chocolate chipbanana bread is full of chocolate chips, flavorful, sweet, and super moist. In other words, it's the best from-scratch banana bread recipe you will ever find! The best thing to go with your morning cup of coffee or tea, made in one bowl.
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I like a slice of banana bread to snack on throughout the day, pop into Greyson's school lunch box, eat it with breakfast sometimes, grab a slice for a midnight snack. I mean, who doesn't love banana bread? It's so sweet, easy to make, and just really tasty!
Emphasis on the moist, even though a ton of people hate that word. But how else do you describe something so good? It's so soft and delicious that it just seems wrong to even call it bread.
And just like my famous pumpkin bread, where my husband's coworkers would snatch up whole loaves for themselves, this banana bread is known to disappear just as quickly!
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So don't throw out those super brown bananas, you're about to make the most heavenly banana bread ever, in just one bowl with one spatula/wooden spoon.
Making banana bread is much easier than most people would believe. It's all done in one bowl with really simple ingredients, and the results are perfect loaves every time. Here are some tips on ensuring you make phenomenal banana bread:
To ensure you have seriously moist banana bread, you need really overripe bananas. The ones that the kids look at and won't eat because they're not super yellow anymore (*cue eye roll*) but you know they're still edible and you don't want to waste them? Use those. They're super sweet and add a ton of moisture to anything you add them to, so they're perfect for banana bread.
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Pro tip: if you end up only having 2 bananas to use, replace the missing banana with applesauce! Applesauce will not only give the moisture and sweetness in lieu of the missing banana but can be used in place of some of the butter too if you are low on butter!
For this recipe, all you need is one bowl, a hand mixer or whisk, and a wooden spoon or a spatula. Three tools that everyone has in the kitchen, right? The hand mixer is needed to cream the butter and brown sugar together.
Creaming the butter and sugar together makes the crumb of the banana bread light and fluffy, so you won't have to worry about it being dense and heavy. The brown sugar also adds a deeper flavor than granulated sugar, since it has molasses in it, makes the bread softer, and it adds more moisture. We want this banana bread deeply moisturized, y'all.
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After that, you need a 9x5 loaf pan to bake in. I don't suggest a glass or dark metal pan, because they tend to make the sugars caramelize faster in the oven and that can cause them to burn while the bread bakes. I really like light metal or oven-safe ceramic loaf pans for this reason.
To make the bread: Cream the butter and sugar well, for about three to five minutes, then mash the bananas (you can make them as smooth or as chunky as you like), add those and the egg in, then mix in the dry ingredients well. Simple, right?
Then the best part: the chocolate chips. I used mini chocolate chips because they disperse so well and you get perfect little bits of chocolate literally all around the banana bread.
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I went a little crazy with the chocolate chips in the recipe, there's over an entire cup with a nice handful that goes on top of the batter before baking. If you're not as much of a chocolate lover as I am, you can use maybe ¾ cup of chocolate chips.
Bake for just under an hour, I did 55 minutes. It's hard to do the toothpick/cake tester trick since the chocolate and chunkier bits of banana are ingredients that will stay wet but as long as there is no wet batter and crumbs on your tester, it's ready to pull from the oven.
Banana bread is a great blank canvas for add-ins. Besides chocolate chips, you can add cocoa powder to make chocolate banana bread.
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Got some bananas that just aren't there yet, but you still want that chocolate chip banana bread? Here are a couple of tips on ripening your bananas:
This recipe makes incredibly moist banana bread --between the super sweet bananas, the brown sugar, the chocolate chips-- and we want to keep that goodness all inside.
After baking the banana bread, let it cool then wrap it well in plastic wrap to keep the moisture in. It gets even better the next day!
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Banana bread, using super ripe/overripe bananas, is a really moist baked good. Keeping it out on the counter can cause it to grow mold, so the best way to keep it is wrapped well with plastic wrap or foil and keeping it in the fridge. In fact, it'll get even better each day. Store it in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Banana bread freezes fantastically! Once the banana bread has cooled completely, wrap the loaf in plastic wrap well and in a layer of foil. It keeps in the freezer for up to 3 months.
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