In this Instructable, I will show you how to make chocolate banana bread from scratch. This homemade chocolate banana bread recipe is so yummy and incredibly easy to make. If you like chocolate and banana bread, you will love this recipe! If I can do it, you can do it. Let's get baking!

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Follow the easy steps below or watch the video tutorial or do both! :)

Step 1: Ingredients and Tools

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of all-purpose/plain flour (185g)
1/2 tsp. salt (2g)
1/2 tsp. baking soda (2g)
1 tsp. baking powder (5g)
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (35g)
1/2 cup softened butter, unsalted or salted (113g)
3/4 cup white granulated sugar (150g)
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract (5ml)
1/2 cup sour cream (123g)
3 to 4 ripe medium bananas
1 cup chocolate chips (milk, dark, semi-sweet)

Tools:

Bowls
Spatula
Hand mixer or stand mixer (optional)
Whisk
Fork
5x9-inch bread pan
Cooking spray
Parchment paper (optional)

Step 2: Mix Dry Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 350 F/176 C.

Add the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder to a medium bowl. Then sift the cocoa powder on top. Use a whisk and whisk everything together.

NOTE: You can put everything in your sifter and sift too if you like.

Step 3: Cream Butter and Sugar

Add the softened butter and sugar to a large bowl. Use a hand mixer or stand mixer and cream those two ingredients together.

TIP: If you forget to put your butter out to soften, place it in the microwave on defrost mode for 20 to 30 seconds to soften it.

Step 4: Eggsellent

Now add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix until just combined. Follow those ingredients up with the sour cream, and mix that in.

Scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.

NOTE: The sour cream is optional. It is commonly added to cakes and quick bread to make them moister. I always add it.

Step 5: Mash Those Bananas

Peel the very ripe bananas and then mash them with a fork or potato masher. Then scrape them off the cutting board into the bowl of batter.

Mix the mashed bananas in with a spatula.

Step 6: Finish the Batter

Next, add the dry ingredient mixture about a third of it at a time. I usually stir the first third in with a spatula, and then use the mixer for the next two-thirds of the batter. Be careful to not overmix the batter.

Then add a half cup of chocolate chips. You can use milk chocolate chips, dark, or semisweet. Fold in that half cup of chocolate chips into the batter.

The chocolate banana bread batter is ready to go.

Step 7: Pour Batter Into a Pan

Prepare a 5x9-inch bread pan by spraying it with cooking spray and then adding a piece of parchment paper on the bottom.

Alternatively, you can use shortening on the bottom and sides and then dust the sides and bottom with flour, tap it all around, then dump out the excess.

Pour all the batter into the pan and then spread it out so it is even. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips on the top.

Step 8: Bake, Cool, Serve

Now bake the chocolate banana bread for 50 to 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

Once it is done baking, allow it to cool completely in the pan. Then use a butter knife or cake spatula and go along the inside edges of the pan to loosen the bread from the sides.

Turn it over, the loaf should come right out. Then remove the parchment paper from the bottom if you used that.

Slice and serve. Enjoy!

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