This double Chocolate Banana Bread is so chocolatey satisfying! Soft, moist and decadent that you can’t help but take another slice.

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One of the most irresistible baked goody that I serve up is banana bread with almonds. It’s a simple enough recipe and doesn’t require to much time to make. But, wouldn’t it be better if you mix it up a little? Well, this dark chocolate banana bread is a great addition to your banana bread recipes.

Best Banana Bread Recipe

This recipe knocked off chocolate chip banana bread in its number one spot as the best. It’s more decadent due to the double chocolates used which is dark chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Unlike chocolate chip banana bread, chocolate is infused with the bread, making it more pronounced and enjoyable to eat.

It is ultra moist and so tender that it feels like it melts in your mouth. The best part is you can still taste the sweet banana flavor that the bread is known for. This chocolate banana bread recipe will not disappoint, that’s for sure!

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Notes on some ingredients

Like most baking recipes, we can group the ingredients in two, which are the dry ingredients and wet ingredients.

Wet ingredients

Mashed bananas – Five medium-sized over-ripe bananas or three large ones are enough for this recipe and will produce approximately 1 1/2 cups of mashed bananas.
Vegetable oil – Neutral tasting oil works best for this recipe. Aside from vegetable oil, you can also use canola oil. No melted butter was used in this recipe and it still turned out great.
Yogurt – You can either use plain or Greek yogurt for this recipe.
Vanilla extract – Adds a hint of vanilla flavor. You can also use vanilla sugar in its place if you want.

Dry Ingredients

All purpose flour, baking soda – are pantry staple ingredients that are essential when baking.
Unsweetened cocoa powder – I used Dutch process cocoa because I want strong chocolate flavor in the bread. Optionally, you can substitute with natural cocoa powder.
Brown sugar, white sugar – helps bring sweetness to the baked treat. Brown sugar keeps the bread moist for days because of molasses.

dessert on parchment paper with fruit on the side

How to serve and store?

Slice loaf into desired size and serve as dessert or snack with your favorite drinks.
To store entire loaf, cover in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for up to 5-6 days. It will stay fresh for 3 days in room temperature if placed in an airtight container.
To freeze, wrap slices in plastic wrap and place them in an airtight container in the freezer. You can also freeze the entire loaf (for 2 months) if you want but remember to wrap them in freezer-friendly bags or container.
Thaw frozen loaf or slices overnight in the refrigerator before serving.

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Tips for amiable experience

You can also pack slices of this banana bread and wrap in foil as packed snack.
Try spreading a bit of peanut butter, maple syrup, honey cinnamon if you’re feeling adventurous. But the best one is topping it with vanilla ice cream!
When I say this is an easy recipe, I really mean easy, because you don’t even need any special equipment like a stand mixer to make this.
This is like a chocolate cake with hints of banana flavor so you can make it using a round pan instead of a loaf pan.