Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe is made in one bowl! No mixer required. It’s super moist and loaded with decadent chocolate chips.

Classic banana bread is a great breakfast or snack to make with your overripe bananas, but sometimes, it’s fun to spruce it up a bit.

Add chocolate chips and it’s like a whole new and a decadent treat.

Some more simple twists on this classic are my Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread or this Sour Cream Banana-Berry Bread. And if you’d rather have cake than bread, this Double Chocolate Banana Cake is amazing!!!

Overripe Bananas

The trick to a good banana bread recipe is making sure that you use over-ripe bananas. These bananas yield the most banana flavor.

The banana peel should be heavily speckled and at least half browned. The insides should be soft and browning too. 

Sometimes grocery stores will actually have a section dedicated to overripe bananas that are perfect for baking with. Of course you can always throw your bananas in a brown paper bag or try these other tricks to ripen bananas faster.

Using Frozen Bananas

On the contrary, if you’re not quite ready to bake with your brown bananas, you can freeze the bananas for later.

Whenever my bananas have browned, I break them into fourths and freeze them in a zip-top freezer bag. They work great for smoothies, cake, or loaves, like this chocolate chip banana bread. 

To use frozen bananas for baking, you will need to thaw them first. You can thaw bananas in the refrigerator overnight, or microwave frozen bananas for 30 seconds.

NOTE: If the frozen bananas have a lot liquid after being thawed, be sure to drain half of it before proceeding.

Now that you’ve got your bananas ready, let’s bake!

How to Make Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

You only need one bowl and a few simple utensils to make this chocolate chip banana bread recipe; no mixer required.

First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Then butter and flour a (1lb) bread pan or use parchment paper on the bottom and cooking spray on the sides.

NOTE: I like to use Baker’s Joy, a baking spray with flour, to grease my pan with.

1. In a large bowl, mash bananas thoroughly with a fork, until smooth. (No big chunks.)
2. Add melted butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Add the flour, baking soda and salt. Stir the dry ingredients slightly before folding them into the wet batter. Mix until flour barely disappears. 
4. Fold in the chocolate chips.

• Pour batter into the prepared bread pan. Top with a few extra chocolate chips, if desired.
• Bake at 350˚F for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center. 
• Allow bread to cool in pan for 5 minutes before inverting; then cool completely on a wire rack.

Serving and Storing

Slice the chocolate chip banana bread with a serrated knife to serve.

Wrap leftovers in plastic wrap or place bread in an airtight container at room temperature to keep fresh up to 1 week.

NOTE: Refrigerating the bread will dry it out faster. Store this bread at room temperature.

Freezing Instructions

You may freeze the whole loaf of chocolate chip banana bread or individual slices.

Double wrap the entire loaf with plastic wrap, or do one layer of plastic wrap and then a layer of foil.

Alternately wrap individual slices with plastic wrap and then place wrapped slices inside a zip-top freezer bag. Freeze bread up to 3 months. Thaw bread at room temperature before enjoying.

More Banana Recipes

• Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Banana Coconut Cookies
• Coffee Cake Banana Bread
• Banana Crumb Muffins
• Banana Toffee Cupcakes
• Berry Banana Bread
• Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Sour Cream
• Banana Zucchini Mini Muffins

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