This vegan Chocolate Protein Banana Bread is an upgrade to your basic banana bread recipe – perfect for your inner chocoholic! Even though it tastes super rich and chocolatey, this bread has plenty of plant-based protein and fiber to keep you full. It’s also gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free! Add chocolate chips for a extra decadent loaf 😉 You might also like my Iced Pumpkin Protein Bread or my Fruit & Nut Protein Bread.
To add some protein, I used a pea protein isolate. I love LIV Body Lean Vegan Protein because it has added probiotics, digestive enzymes, and organic superfoods. BONUS: the flavors taste
I have also tested this recipe with soy isolate, and some readers have successfully swapped whey or casein. Collagen will not likely work since it behaves so differently than other protein powders!
High Protein Banana Bread Recipe
I prefer gluten-free baking flour in this recipe, and have found you can use up to one-quarter cup less flour if using soy isolate. You can also substitute all-purpose flour, brown rice flour, cake flour, cassava flour (Paleo), oat flour (oats blended into flour), sorghum flour, spelt flour, or whole wheat pastry flour.
If using coconut flour, I would recommend only substituting up to one half cup regular flour for one-quarter cup of coconut flour to reduce the carbs. Using more may result in a mealy texture. Half almond flour, half coconut flour *may* work - I have had success with this substitution in other recipes.
To sweeten this lovely loaf, I used this organic stevia blend. I love that it’s twice as sweet as sugar with no bitter aftertaste! Feel free to use twice as much (two-thirds cup) granulated monk fruit, granulated erythritol, or baking stevia. If using coconut sugar or another granulated sugar, this will increase the calories, carbs, and sugar. I don’t recommend subbing honey or maple syrup without making other modifications.
Protein Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips [recipe]
I added almond butter for added moisture and richness, but feel free to use plain dairy-free yogurt, pure canned pumpkin, or unsweetened applesauce for a lower fat option. You can also use coconut oil or vegan butter.
Instead of eggs, I used flax eggs to keep this protein banana bread vegan. However, you can totally sub two whole eggs or half a cup of egg whites. Or, try a vegan egg replacer!
For the bananas, it’s best to use speckled bananas as opposed to greenish or bright yellow ones. I’ve also found organic bananas have more flavor than regular bananas! I used three medium or one and a half cup mashed. If your bananas are quite large, just use two.
One Bowl Chocolate Banana Bread
The brewed coffee really brings out the chocolate flavors, but you can just use water or milk. I have noticed the amount of liquid required varies depending on the type of protein you use! I suggest starting with one-quarter cup of water or coffee and adding as needed to get a thick, spreadable dough.
Because I love chocolate, I added a half cup of allergy-friendly dark chocolate chips! 😉 Leave them out for a lower-calorie, lower-carb version.
Here’s the printable recipe for this Chocolate Protein Banana Bread (Vegan). I hope you’ll rate and comment below if you try it!
Protein Banana Bread
This vegan Chocolate Protein Banana Bread is an upgrade to your basic banana bread recipe – perfect for your inner chocoholic! Even though it tastes super rich and chocolatey, this bread has plenty of plant-based protein and fiber to keep you full. It’s also gluten-free, dairy-free, and egg-free! Add chocolate chips for a extra decadent loaf.
Calories (per slice using almond butter and flax eggs): 205kcal, Fat: 6.8g, Sat fat: 0.9g, Carbs: 28g, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 6g, Protein: 12g, Sodium: 316mg
Calories (per slice using applesauce and egg whites): 151kcal, Fat: 1.4g, Sat fat: 0.5g, Carbs: 26g, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 6g, Protein: 11g, Sodium: 340mg
Chocolate Protein Banana Bread (vegan)
This Lemon Dill Parmesan Salmon is my new favorite way to prep salmon! For the longest time, I only made my salmon
With Cajun seasoning, honey, onion powder, and garlic powder (I’ll have to post the recipe on here someday). No other preparation could compare in terms of flavor… until now! This pan-cooked Lemon Dill Parmesan Salmon is so freaking delicious and easy that I can’t stop making it! It’s just perfect served with roasted parmesan asparagus and pearl couscous.
It's hard to believe these Flourless Pumpkin Protein Brownies are vegan, low in sugar, and high in protein! They have an incredible fudge-like texture and scrumptious flavor the kids and hubby couldn't get enough of. Best of all, you only need a handful of ingredients to whip these babies up!
Protein Banana Bread Recipe
This Healthy Beef Pot Roast uses lean grass-fed rump roast, potatoes, carrots, and onions for the perfect balance of protein, carbs, and fats. This easy dinner is a family favorite and works great for meal prep too!With just 100 calories a slice, this healthy Chocolate Protein Banana Bread is as good as it gets! A fat free and sugar free chocolate banana bread made with whole wheat flour and sweetened with chocolate protein powder. No oil and no sugar added!
I’ve really gotten into the whole sugar free and oil free dessert recipes recently because they work so well for my post workout meal.
That’s actually where this chocolate banana bread came in – it’s low fat because it has no oil and also high in protein because of the protein power.
Chocolate Chip Protein Banana Bread (vegan)
And plus, it’s chocolate so come on. Who wouldn’t want to have a thick slice of this goodness just after their morning workout?
I baked 2 of these loaves back to back, and once in the middle of a workout just so this could be my post-workout treat!
This healthy high protein chocolate banana banana is made with clean and simple ingredients like whole meal flour, protein powder and non-fat greek yogurt
Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread
You can also turn these into chocolate protein banana muffins – use a 12 cup muffin pan and bake for about 22-25 minutes.
To prevent the banana bread from burning and browning at the top before the center is cooked though, we cover it with a foil tent partway through the bake.
This moist banana bread keeps really well and is great for a meal prep snack, breakfast or post-workout treat, because it’s freezer friendly too.
Paleo Chocolate Chip Coconut Flour Banana Bread
To freeze the banana bread, cut it into slices, wrap each slice in plastic wrap, and place them in a freezer-safe zipper bag.
I made this banana bread twice – once with ripened bananas from the counter, and the second time with browned bananas that were frozen as a whole. I did not try the recipe with sliced frozen bananas, so I can’t say how that would turn out.
To make banana bread with frozen bananas, first let the banana thaw completely to room temperature, then mash and use them in the recipe as you normally would.
Chocolate Banana Protein Smoothie
I used a whey-caesin blend chocolate protein powder from Quest Nutrition for this recipe, but you can use whey protein powder too.
This low calorie chocolate banana bread is a great post workout treat since it’s a high protein and low fat recipe made with Greek yogurt and Protein powder and has no oil and no butter either.
While it does use whole wheat flour, there isn’t too much fiber per slice to actually slow down the absorption of those carbs – unlike a lot of protein bars on the market. So go right ahead and have 2 slices of this if you’d like!
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