Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (Print View)

Moist, tender loaf bursting with melty chocolate chips and sweet ripe bananas

# What You'll Need:

→ Wet Ingredients

01 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 ¼ cups)
02 - ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
03 - ½ cup granulated sugar
04 - ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
05 - 2 large eggs
06 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

→ Dry Ingredients

07 - 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
08 - 1 tsp baking soda
09 - ½ tsp salt
10 - ½ tsp ground cinnamon

→ Add-ins

11 - 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

# Method:

01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper for easy removal.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas with a fork until smooth.
03 - Stir in melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
04 - In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon until evenly distributed.
05 - Add dry ingredients to wet mixture and stir gently until just combined—do not overmix.
06 - Fold in chocolate chips, reserving a handful to sprinkle on top if desired.
07 - Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle reserved chocolate chips on top.
08 - Bake for 50–60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs (not wet batter).
09 - Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

# Insider Tips:

01 -
  • The texture is impossibly moist without being dense or heavy
  • Those melted chocolate pockets make every slice feel like a special treat
  • It comes together faster than you can preheat the oven
02 -
  • Overmixing creates tough, rubbery bread so fold gently and stop as soon as the flour disappears
  • Every oven is different so start checking at 50 minutes rather than waiting the full hour
  • The toothpick should come out with moist crumbs, not completely clean, or you'll overbake it
03 -
  • Room temperature ingredients prevent the melted butter from seizing when you add the eggs
  • Line your pan with parchment paper hanging over the long sides for easy removal

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