If you are looking for a good banana bread recipe, then you need to look no further than this Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread. I am a huge fan of banana bread and love finding new ways to make it different. This is a great banana bread recipe that will satisfy both the chocolate lover and banana fans alike!
❤️ Why you'll love it
Overripe Bananas: banana bread is a delicious and easy way to use any overripe bananas you may have.
Go-to Banana Bread Recipe: this recipe is about to become your families favorite quick bread and this recipe will be high on your list of favorites to make often!
Simple ingredients: all the ingredients needed to make this easy quick bread are simple and basic ingredients you probably already have in your pantry.
🥘 Ingredients for Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
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Ripe bananas
Large eggs
Pure vanilla extract
Sour cream: works with the bananas and butter adding fat and moisture for a super moist banana bread.
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set dry ingredients aside.
- Place sugar and room temperature butter in a separate bowl. Using an electric hand mixer at medium speed until well blended.
- Add mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla extract, and sour cream to the sugar mixture. Beat on medium speed until well blended.
- Gradually add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat at low speed just until moist.
- Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and heat on high for 1 minute or until chocolate chips are almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.
- Add 1 cup plain batter to melted chocolate chips and stir until well combined.
- Scoop banana batter and chocolate batter into prepared pan in alternate layers. Place a butter knife deep into the bread batter and create swirls in the bread batter by drawing the knife through the bread in a swirl pattern creating a marble effect.
- Bake bread for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool baked banana bread in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack. After 10 minutes, slide a butter knife around the sides of the loaf pan to release any bread that may be stuck to the pan.
- Remove bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
🥄 Equipment
Mixing bowls
Hand whisk
Electric mixer
Microwave safe bowl
Loaf pan
Rubber spatula
Butter knife
Cooling rack
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Freeze: can be stored in a freezer safe, airtight container up to 3 months. You can also individually wrap slices in plastic wrap and store in an airtight freezer bags to make for easier grab-and-go snacks.
📖 Variations
Double Chocolate Banana Bread: stir in ½cup chocolate chips into the plain banana mixture to add a double dose of chocolate to the bread.
Candy Loaded: stir in ½ cup chopped peanut butter cups or Reeses pieces into the plain banana batter.
Mexican Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread: add 1teaspoon ground cinnamon to the chocolate batter.
💭 Tips
- You can line the bread pan with parchment paper in place of the cooking spray.
- Greek yogurt can be substituted for sour cream
- For a deeper caramel flavor to the banana bread, substitute light brown sugar for the granulated sugar.
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My whole family LOVES this Baked Lemon Curd Swirl Cheesecake!
This Banana Bundt Cake has a chocolate swirl and strawberry glaze.
🍽 Serve with..
Serve bread with a hot cup of coffee or tea, spread with butter, or with a dollop of whipped cream.
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📖 Recipe
The Best Banana Bread with Chocolate Marble Swirl
Equipment
- Small microwave safe bowl
- Butter knife
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Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 1½ cups mashed banana
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set dry ingredients aside.
- Place sugar and room temperature butter in a separate bowl. Using an electric hand mixer at medium speed until well blended.
- Add mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla extract, and sour cream to the sugar mixture. Beat on medium speed until well blended.
- Gradually add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat at low speed just until moist.
- Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and heat on high for 1 minute or until chocolate chips are almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly.
- Add 1 cup plain batter to melted chocolate chips and stir until well combined.
- Scoop banana batter and chocolate batter into prepared pan in alternate layers. Place a butter knife deep into the bread batter and create swirls in the bread batter by drawing the knife through the bread in a swirl pattern creating a marble effect.
- Bake bread for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool baked banana bread in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack. After 10 minutes, slide a butter knife around the sides of the loaf pan to release any bread that may be stuck to the pan.
- Remove bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
Wendy, A Day in the Life on the Farm says
I love banana bread and then you go and make it part chocolate taking it right over the top.
Carrie @ poet in the pantry says
I love banana bread, but chocolate definitely makes it better! It's been nice sharing Choctoberfest with you!