Sure, banana bread is delicious. But why not take it a notch above and add some chocolate chips? I’m guessing that no one would argue if you made Chocolate Chip Banana Bread…
Even if you made it with whole grains, who’s gonna know? No one. You know why? Because it still tastes delicious. It’s still moist. And there are chocolate chips in it. It’s an amazing treat!
How many times have I said that I wished more food could be made from “spoiled” food. What I mean is – after bananas turn black, we can use them to make fantastic treats like this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread. Why can’t everything be made into something wonderful after it’s past its prime?
Everything should be like a banana.
By the way, this recipe is made millions of times better simply by adding sour cream. Mmm, always add sour cream. :)
Easy Whole Grain Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
- 1½ cups whole wheat flour (I use freshly ground soft white wheat)
- ½ cup sugar, brown sugar, or sucanat
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 cup mashed over-ripe bananas (about 2-3 bananas)
- ½ cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- ⅓ cup melted coconut oil or butter
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup chocolate chips
- In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add mashed bananas, oil, sour cream and eggs.
- Stir until ingredients are well combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.1
- Pour mixture into a buttered bread pan.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Lately, Brayden and I have been making lots of loaves of this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread to share with friends. He’s becoming quite the chef and loves delivering treats to friends.
It sure is fun to share pictures of our son. Here are more photos of his big adoption day in case you missed it. :)
Well, not sure how much sugar or oil is where it says ????
Not sure what happened to those, but I just fixed it!
How much oil should be used? The above recipe gives the quantity as “?”
Sorry that happened – I fixed it!
What number goes in the ?? How much sugar and butter?
Sorry about that – I fixed it!
Seems like some of the ingredient amounts are missing (see sugar and coconut oil). Can you fill in the blanks?
Sorry, not sure what happened – I fixed it!
Hi Laura,
I’m planning on using your recipe. Please clarify the measurements the sugar and the coconut oil as they’re each displayed as ? cup on your website. Thanks!
Sorry it didn’t show up correctly! I just fixed it so you know the measurements to use!