Finally, 3 overly ripe bananas managed to remain in my fruit basket without my husband throwing them out into the compost. You see, he doesn’t understand that those blackish-brown bananas are the star ingredient to super yummy banana bread. Typically, he will throw them out before I even get an opportunity to make anything out of them. He finds them disgusting. Not this time! These bananas were hiding under a bag of pretzels, yeah for me! So this afternoon I thought I would make banana bread with these bad boys. Not just any banana bread either. Sour cream chocolate chocolate chip banana bread! Are you feeling me? Can I get an Amen!?
After pulling the loaves out of the oven, my kids and I devoured one within 5 minutes. This is probably the best banana bread I have ever had. I even tweaked my own recipe and it turned out amazing. I’ll take a slice of this bread over cake any day!
Because I used mini chocolate chips, you could see and taste little bits of melted chocolate in each bite. And the banana bread was incredibly rich and moist. Like the weirdo I am, I felt compelled to put a pat of butter on each slice (yes I ate 3 slices), not that it needed it. I’m a butter addict, what can I say?
I’m pretty sure you’re not interested in my butter addiction so here you go, the recipe for this yummy chocolate banana bread. Enjoy
Alice’s Sour Cream Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Makes 1 regular loaf, or 2 mini loaves
Ingredients:
1 stick of salted butter, softened to room temp.
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 large ripened bananas mashed ( or 2.5 small bananas)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 Tbl. cocoa powder
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 cup of mini chocolate chips (regular chocolate chips work too)
*optional 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
Directions:
Preheat over to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9×5 loaf pan, or 2 mini pans with non-stick spray. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together. Stir in egg, mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla until well blended. Add baking soda, cocoa, and flour. Mix everything until well incorporated (about 3 minutes in a Kitchenaid mixer). Add chocolate chips and nuts (if applicable).
Pour batter into loaf pan(s) and bake for 50 minutes – 1 hr. Insert a tooth pick into the center of the loaf and check to see if it comes out clean when you pull it out.
Remove from heat and allow bread to rest in the loaf pan for 10 minutes. Invert the loaf pans onto a cooling rack. Enjoy warm or cold.
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YUMMY! Chocolate and Banana are so perfect together!!
My husband is the same, he will throw them out if I dont get my hands on them first! (the black bananas that is.)
OMG Alice! This looks and sounds far too decadent! I think I can taste it on the page.
Thank you for sharing. I’ll be trying this soon if I can find the willpower not to sit down and eat both loaves at one sitting!
Jim
Amen! That looks incredibly delicious! Looking at your pictures makes me want to go and make some right now!
How perfect…banana n chocolate …one of my fav combos..I must make this soon!! Thanks for sharing…happy baking!
Ok I’m totally going to try this!!! I have had the worse luck making banana bread (I’m pretty sure I just cannot make it) BUT this looks awesome. I can’t wait to try it!
OMG Alice, this looks evilly delicious! I wish bananas would stay in my house long enough to ripen and get made into bread.
Wow!! I never would have thought to put sour cream in banana bread. I’m sure it tastes delicious!!! I’m imagining the flavors right now.
I keep hearing that adding the sour cream makes a huge difference…I may have to try it one day.
YUM!!! Now I need to buy some bananas to let them go bad so I can make this. I wonder if it’s wrong to purposely buy bananas to let them go bad for this
LOL.
It looks sooooo amazing!
Your photo has captured the moistness of this awesome banana bread, and certainly must taste as good!
oh my goodness. baby, I will PROMISE to save my mushy bananas from now on!!!
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I’m not much of a dessert eater but I definitely would take a slice of that! It really does look rich and moist…and very tempting.
I’ve never seen a banana bread so moist or so chocolaty! How scrumptious! I’d eat it with butter, too, yum!!
I love the addition of sour cream. I think it makes quick breads like this so deliciously moist. Wishing I had some mushy bananas now….
This looks super moist and delicious. Now you have me craving a slice from just looking at the photos.
Thanks for sharing the recipe! I can’t wait to make this. It still looks so amazing to me!
WOW – this looks so good! I am always looking for new ways to use ripe bananas… there are always a few sitting on my counter!
Oh my gosh! Absolutely the most incredible bread I’ve ever made! Everybody loved it. I highly recommend it.
Hi Ilene,
Thank you so much for following up here with your review of the recipe. It is a keeper isn’t? Almost feel bad calling it bread, because its better than cake. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
This is SUPER TASTY! I baked it for about 65 minutes and think I could have left it in the oven for a wee bit longer. This is not a criticism of this fab recipe, just a fact-of-life about my fussy stove. Both my fiance and I enjoyed it hot with frozen yogurt last night and then as a cold snack this afternoon. Yummy! Thanks for sharing this recipe, Alice! My fam and I are most appreciative!
Thank you everyone for your kind words. And for those of you who made this, I am glad you enjoyed it. It is one of my favorite things to bake!
My wife and I had a reverse problem with the bananas. I am the husband who cooks and when I see bananas getting black, I put them in a freezer bag and toss them in the freezer. I always have bananas ready to use. You have a great site and I find it easy to do your recipes. Thanks for all your effort.
So glad to hear a few of you have tried this and loved it as must as I do.
Terry: Thanks for your comment, I’m glad you enjoy my site!
Alice, my co-workers can’t decide whether to love or hate me… I have brought this in to share with them twice now (and am cooking the third batch as I type this). They love me because it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO delicious, but they hate me because I’m contributing to their hip-expansion on a regular basis.
Thank you for this recipe. It is going to be in my regular rotation!
I’ve had chocolate chip banana bread, but not double-chocolate banana bread. I have to try this.
This looks seriously good but being in Australia we don’t buy butter in ’sticks’ so I have no idea what quantity you are talking about. Can you please tell me how much butter (in grams) is in a ’stick’ of butter?
Can’t wait to try this; it looks soooooo good
Don’t worry I found this on the net which pretty much covers it I think
1 stick of butter = 1/2 cup
1 stick of butter = 8 tablespoons
1 stick of butter = 4 ounces
1 stick of butter = 113 grams
So will be trying this cake this weekend (yum)
Looks extremely moist and chocolatey!
Fantastic recipe, and gorgeous photos! Soooo chocolatey…mmm
This cake looks divine! I love banana bread anyway but can get a little bored- this looks like a really great variation on a theme
Wow, that looks absolutely delicious! You did a great job presenting the pictures too, I will definitely have to try this recipe when I have some time this weekend
Amazing!! I’m soo gonna make these this week!
!!!!!! I’m speechless! This looks soooo good!
SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD: If you think this looks and sounds too decadent, wait until you taste it ! You better have 911 on your re-dial. I just made this today and ate 1/4 of it before I let anyone else get near it. No nead for a pat of butter, it did just fine by itself. I used a 9×5 loaf pan and baked it for 50 min. @ 350. I also use semi-sweet Ghiradelli chocolate chips. YUMMY mmmmmmmmmmmmmm …please give it try. Your friends and family will be begging you to make more.
OK so I saw this recipe and I have been tinkering with the idea of combining chocolate and bananas together and I already know these two go great together but in a banana bread, you have peaked my interest. If I do say so I make a superb banana bread stand alone but I think you may have just beat me in this one. Will try and let you know!
Thank you for sharing
After discovering your post, and watching my bananas get browner and browner, I finally made this bread. When my very picky fiance came home, he said, why did you have to make chocolate banana bread? Well, he took some for lunch, and he loved it! This one goes into the recipe box. Thanks!
Looks just delicious!
Nice pics too.
Thanks for sharing.
I made this tonight and it was so awesome. It’s my favorite banana bread recipe now. Thanks for sharing another great recipe.
Just wanted to say thank you for the recipe. Oh My God !this is the best banana bread recipe.