Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Melty chocolate chips, super moist, loaded with ripe bananas and easy to make. This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is a real treat for even non banana lovers! 

Ripe bananas are the secret to the best, moist chocolate chip banana bread! 

Don’t throw the old bananas! 

I’m sure when all of you buy bananas at the market, you don’t fully consume them like you planned to do so. Some of you might be having all of the bananas, but let’s be honest, the majority of us are left with ripe bananas sitting on our counters.

This definitely happens with me, and if it happens with you too, don’t worry! No need to throw the bananas away in the trash anymore! 

Do not ever throw away your ripe bananas! Trust me, bananas which are ready to be thrown away are the secret for the best and moist banana bread recipe. Ripe bananas make the bread flavourful and amazingly delicious. 

You can tell the banana is ripe and mushy by the colour of the peel. The banana peel should be brown or browning significantly. The banana should also feel soft and gooey when you squeeze it with your fingers. This way it will be easy to mash the bananas simply with a fork.  

How to make chocolate chip banana bread moist?

Like I have mentioned above, the first important step is to make sure you use ripe bananas. Secondly, when the banana bread is out of the oven, wrap it in cling film or aluminium foil before placing it in the fridge. This helps in retaining the moisture and preventing the bread from drying out. 

The best chocolate chips for this recipe

I have used semi sweet chocolate chips. The banana bread already has a lot of sweetness to it from the sugar and ripe bananas. But feel free to use milk chocolate chips for sweeter bread or dark chocolate chips to cut down the sweetness as per your taste preference. Use ⅓ cup of standard size baking chocolate chips or mini chocolate chips depending on how sweet you want the bread.

Ingredients for chocolate chip banana bread

For the perfect and moist healthy chocolate chip banana bread, make sure the eggs, butter, milk and bananas are at room temperature. Take them out of the fridge 30 minutes before. The ingredients needed for this recipe are everyday pantry staples that are needed. 

As you have noticed most of the ingredients used in my recipes are the usual pantry staples which are readily available in any kitchen. It is important for me to use ingredients which are available easily in any kitchen because I want to make this process as simple as I can. So while you cook with your loved ones and create memories for life in the kitchen! Food is the best way to celebrate togetherness and connect with our near and dear ones. 

This chocolate chip banana bread makes for the perfect snack, breakfast cake or simply a slice of it with your evening coffee. Or if you’re having a fancy tea party try pairing it with the Lemon Drizzle Cake and the Best Fudgy Homemade Brownies! 

Please do leave a comment below if you make this banana bread as I would love to know how the bread turned out!