Double Chocolate Banana Bread

My oh my!!! Look at this sublimely moist, ultra fudgy banana bread! Crammed with bananas and double the chocolate fun (cocoa and semisweet chips), you can't stop nibbling on it! It's incredibly easy to make too!

Imagine if moist brownies and banana bread had a baby. Sink your teeth into a slice of this decadence and that's what you get! It's rich, chocolatey, sweet from bananas and brown sugar, and studded with dark chocolate chips. Definitely one of my best creations ever.

I also love that it's one-bowl easy! I used my food processor and the batter came together in about 1 minute. You can also use your mixer or a large bowl and whisk. Either way, you barely have any cleanup!

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Cooking spray
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas, about 3 large bananas
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil, or melted coconut oil
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, divided

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
In a food processor, electric mixer or large bowl, combine the bananas, brown sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix or process until blended. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and mix or process until just blended.
Stir in 3/4 cup of the chocolate chips.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips over top.  Bake for 50 to 65 minutes, or until a wooden pick comes out clean or with little moist bits clinging to it.
Cool the bread, in the pan, on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the bread and carefully remove it from the pan. Let the bread cool on the wire rack until slightly warm. Cut into slices and serve.
Note-the bread will keep on the counter, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 4 days. This bread also freezes well. To freeze, cool the bread completely and wrap in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost before slicing.
Makes 1 amazing loaf