Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread
Chocolate lovers, are you ready for your house to smell amazing? Enjoy this healthy chocolate, chocolate-chip banana bread that will satisfy your sweet tooth without too much sugar.
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course Bread
Cuisine American
Bread Ingredients
- 1 cup and 3 Tbsp whole wheat flour
- ½ cup unsweetened Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ cup brown sugar can use coconut sugar
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin coconut oil melted
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- 3 tsps milk
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped walnuts toasted makes it yummier
- 1 1/2 cups ripened, peeled, mashed bananas typically 5 bananas
- ½ to ¾ cup bittersweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chunks
Chocolate Drizzle Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp milk
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- 1- 2 Tbsp extra-virgin coconut oil
Bread Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or line the loaf pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine: sugar, coconut oil, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until combined. Stir in the mashed bananas. Add your dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Proceed by folding in the toasted walnuts and chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Smooth the top with a spatula. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow bread to cool for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack and applying the chocolate drizzle. Once the bread has cooled, and the chocolate drizzle has hardened, slice and serve!
Chocolate Drizzle Instructions
Once the bread has come out of the oven, let it sit for at least 10 minutes. Then you can start making your drizzle.
Combine chocolate chips or chunks in a microwave-safe bowl and add milk. Microwave your chocolate in 30-second increments and stir with a spatula in between each heating. If your chocolate is too thick, add a tablespoon of coconut oil and continue to microwave until you get a semi-thick drizzle consistency. Let it cool for a minute before covering your banana bread. It will take about 2 hours to completely harden, but you can enjoy a slice of your bread before that if you just can’t wait.
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