Triple Chocolate Banana Bread
This Triple Chocolate Banana Bread is every chocolate lover’s dream. Moist chocolate banana bread loaded with chocolate chips is topped with rich homemade chocolate frosting for the ultimate sweet treat.
We make banana bread all the time, but after a while, even the most delicious recipes can become old hat. That’s why we love this super-chocolaty version of classic banana bread. It’s moist, tender, and extra chocolaty, and as a bonus, it’s super easy to make!
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It only uses a few simple ingredients, most of which are already in your kitchen.
- Both the batter and the frosting are super easy to make.
- Every bite explodes with a decadent chocolate flavor.
🛒Ingredients
You’ll only need a few basic baking ingredients to make this recipe. Depending on the amount of baking you do, you might just have everything you need in your kitchen, already. If you don’t, you’ll find anything you need easily at your local grocery store.
The ingredients you need to make this delicious banana bread are listed here, but you’ll find the exact amounts in the recipe card at the end of the post.
For the Banana Bread
- All-purpose flour
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Butter -softened
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar- packed
- Eggs
- Small to medium bananas – mashed
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
For the Frosting
- Heavy cream
- Brown sugar – packed
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
🔪 How to Make Triple Chocolate Banana Bread
Making this bread is no more difficult than regular banana bread. It only takes the extra step of making the frosting, which, by the way, is very easy to do!
Step 1: Prep
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
Step 2: Combine the Dry Ingredients
Whisk the flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl.
Step 3: Combine the Wet Ingredients
Beat the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Then, add the eggs and mashed bananas and stir until combined.
Step 4: Make the Batter
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Step 5: Bake
Pour the batter into the loaf pan and spread it out evenly. Then bake for 50 to 60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Set aside and let the bread cool in the pan.
Step 6: Heat the Cream and Sugar
Heat the heavy cream and brown sugar over medium heat in a medium saucepan, stirring often until the sugar dissolves, and the mixture begins to lightly bubble.
Step 7: Add Butter and Vanilla
Stir the butter and vanilla into the heavy cream mixture until the butter is melted.
Step 8: Finish the Frosting
Remove the saucepan from the heat and add the chocolate chips. Whisk until melted and the frosting is smooth. Place the frosting in a bowl and cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
Step 9: Frost the Banana Bread
Turn the cooled bread out of the loaf pan and drizzle it with the chocolate frosting. Slice and enjoy!
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Nuts – Try adding walnuts or pecans to the bread.
- Chocolate Chips – Use white chocolate chips for contrasting chocolate flavors.
- Chocolate Macadamia Bread – Use white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts in the batter.
If frosted banana bread sounds good to you, then check out our iced blueberry banana bread.
🥄 Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Mixing bowls
- Hand mixer
- 9×5 loaf pan
- Saucepan
- Whisk
🥫 Storage
Store this double chocolate banana bread in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days. For longer storage, wrap the unfrosted loaf tightly in a double layer of plastic wrap and a layer of foil and freeze for up to 3 months.
What to Serve with Banana Bread
Serve this bread with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee or tea. Adults can also enjoy it with a creamy chocolate cocktail or dessert wine. You can also pair this bread with some ice cream or fresh fruit.
💭 Tips
- For the best flavor, use very ripe bananas.
- Don’t overmix your batter. It will make the bread tough.
- It’s important to let the frosting cool a bit so it thickens up and stays on top of the bread.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Banana bread is a variation of quick bread in which mashed bananas are used to add moisture, flavor, and texture.
If you overmix the batter, you’ll form too much gluten and make a dense, tough bread.
Banana bread freezes very well provided you do so without any adding frosting, icing, or glaze on top.
Bananas should be as ripe as possible for banana bread. At a minimum, the skin should be dotted with brown spots all over it. Ideally, the skin will be dark brown to black.
Bananas can never be too ripe for baking. In fact, the riper they are the better. The best banana for baking has black skin.
While you want your bananas to have dark brown to black skin when you bake with them, it’s important to be on the lookout for signs that the bananas have gone bad. Don’t use bananas if they have a foul odor, mold on the skin, or are oozing any liquid.
🍽 More Recipes
Do you enjoy banana bread? Then try these delicious recipes:
- Slow Cooker Banana Bread
- Banana Bread Brownies with Brown Butter Frosting
- Copycat Starbucks Banana Bread
🧾Recipe Card
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Triple Chocolate Banana Bread
Equipment
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- mixing bowls
- Hand mixer
- 9×5 loaf pan
- Saucepan
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 4 small to medium size bananas peeled and mashed
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Frosting:
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder; set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and mashed bananas and mix until combined.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out evenly.
- Bake the bread at 350F for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool in the pan.
- In a medium skillet, heat the heavy cream and brown sugar over medium heat, stirring often until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture begins to lightly bubble. Stir in the butter and vanilla extract until the butter is melted.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat. Add the chocolate chips and whisk until melted and the frosting is smooth.
- Pour the frosting into a small bowl to cool for 10-15 minutes.
- Remove the bread from the loaf pan and drizzle the frosting over top. Slice the bread and serve.
