For a work meeting yesterday, my roommate decided to bring a banana bread recipe she’d seen on my blog.
I told her we should definitely make two, because banana bread makes the house smell so delicious…
And if the house is going to start smelling so delicious it has me thinking about running to the oven and sticking my head inside, there is NO WAY I’m giving up that bread when it comes out.
You’d have to pry it from my (tightly-shut) teeth.
So we made two loaves.
It was so good, we should’ve made three.
With Chocolate polka dots.
Lots and lots of chocolate polka dots.
The best kind of polka dots.
Chocolate Chips: best things ever invented? Do you ever eat them plain, straight out of the bag?
I like to do that with Ghirardelli 100% baking discs. Or Whole Foods dark chocolate mini chunks. Or… basically I’ve never met a vegan chocolate chip I didn’t like.
This gooey and delicious recipe is very similar to my other banana bread recipe… but better, because it has chocolate chips!
I know a lot of you find it easier if I don’t make you click links, so here’s the recipe for the chocolate version:
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
(Polka Dot Banana Bread)
- 2 c spelt flour (or white flour or Arrowhead Mills gf)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 c oil OR milk of choice
- 1 and 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 c agave or pure maple syrup or honey
- 1 and 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- pinch uncut stevia OR 1 tbsp more agave or sweetener of choice
- 2 c tightly-packed, mashed banana, measured after mashing
- 1/3 to 2/3 c chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 F. Combine dry ingredients, and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients and mix into dry. (Mix by hand, and don’t overmix.) Pour into a greased loaf pan and cook 35-50 minutes, depending on how gooey you want it. (Tip: If the top is cooked but the inside is still gooey, put tin foil over the top and continue to cook.) After removing from the oven, let cool for ten minutes before slicing. After the first day, this bread is best stored in the fridge. Or cut it into slices and freeze for later.
See original recipe for Banana Bread Calories & Nutrition Facts.
Link Of The Day:
The Ultimate Chocolate Fudge Pie
Hi Katie, love your website, could you start making paleo friendly recipes as well please? You are so good at comming up with recipes, I thought I’d ask. Thank you 🙂
Just made these. And as promised, I miss NOTHING from the traditional more unhealthy banana bread recipes!
We (mostly my 11 year old daughter) made this bread tonight. We’ve basically eaten half of it, just the three of us. It’s so good!!! Thank you, thank you and thank you!
Hi Katie,
I would love to use this recipe in a round-up of “green” recipes in one of my blog posts for The Green Life (thegreenlifeonline.org). Please let me know if that is okay!
Hello! I’ve been a reader for some time now, and the recipes from you that I have made have turned out delicious! I just had one question about this recipe. How many bananas did you need to get two whole cups of mashed banana? The ripening of my bananas is a little uneven right now. Thanks!
Could I sub whole wheat flour in this recipe?
I’ve never tried. To be honest, I don’t like the texture of ww flour when baking, but that’s just a personal preference.
Hi Katie!
Not sure if someone else has already asked this, but can I use frozen bananas for this recipe? When I have bananas starting to go bad, I just throw them in the freezer and thaw them out to make banana bread later. It has worked for other banana bread recipes but I’ve never tried sugar or dairy free!
FYI, love your site!! I’ve been baking up a storm all day!!
I made this yesterday to a Gluten free standard and OMG it’s amazing. Made a chocolate icing ontop and I acually thionk it’s better without, even my unhealth approving boyfriend liked it. To make it gluten free I used 1 cup brown rice flour and 1 cup sorghum flour – the sorghum gave it a beautiful cakey texture. Going to make this again for sure!
Love this recipe. I don’t use the stevia or lemon, and I use dark chocolate chips. My kids love it! I have some in the oven right now. Thanks!
I have been trying to make a good banana bread for the longest time! I finally had to quit being so stubborn and try a recipe that I KNEW would be good! Chocolate-Covered Katie to the rescue, once again! I love cooking my way through your blog. It has taught me so much. You’re the bomb!