The Best Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

chocolate chip banana bread sliced on a cutting board

4.94 from 93 votes

The Best Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

This is the best Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe! This chocolate chip banana bread comes together easily and is such a popular recipe in my house! It is moist, delicious, and only takes about 10 minutes to prepare.

Prep Time10

Cook Time55

Cooling time45

Total Time1 5

Servings: slices

Calories: 384kcal

Author: Lisa Longley

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour (240 grams)
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 very ripe bananas mashed well (See note 1)
6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled (See note 2). (84.8 grams)
2 large eggs at room temperature and lightly whisked
1/4 cup plain yogurt room temperature, sour cream also works (56.8 grams)
3/4 cup sugar (148.5 grams)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk chocolate chips semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips will work as well (170 grams)

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 9 by 5 inch bread pan well with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
2 cups all purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
In a medium bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, cooled butter, eggs, yogurt, sugar, and vanilla.
3 very ripe bananas, 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, 2 large eggs at room temperature and lightly whisked, 1/4 cup plain yogurt, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Be careful not to overmix.
Stir in the chocolate chips until just combined.
1 cup milk chocolate chips
Pour the bread batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out with just a few crumbs.
Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then remove and allow to cool on a cooling rack for 35 minutes before slicing and enjoying.

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Notes

You will want to use very ripe bananas for this recipe. That does not mean that the whole skin needs to be brown, but it needs to be decently speckled with brown dots. You'll know that they are perfect when they mash very easily with a fork. Some recipes suggest that you ripen bananas in your oven, but I don't recommend that because the bananas won't sweeten like they do when they naturally ripen. You can read more about freezing ripe bananas here.
The amount of salt in salted butter can vary a great deal from brand to brand. Using unsalted butter and then adding a specific amount of salt to this recipe allows us to control the amount of salt in the final baked product. If you want to use salted butter in this recipe, don't add any additional salt to the recipe.

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