This Chocolate Banana Bread is SO moist and delicious. The recipe is incredibly easy. Only four ingredients and one of them is a brownie mix.
Chocolate Banana Bread
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d like to eat brownies but pretend that I’m being healthy”? Then this is the recipe for you! This Chocolate Banana Bread will satisfy all of your chocolate cravings while still letting you say you ate some fruit 😉 Did I mention that it’s also only four ingredients? I bet you have all the ingredients to make this in your pantry and fridge right now!
Tips for Making Chocolate Banana Bread
For this Chocolate Banana Bread, our favorite brownie mix to use is the Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Mix. I like it because it has three kinds of chocolate chips — milk, semi-sweet, and dark. One thing to remember when making this bread is that some brownie mixes come out really gooey in the middle and then bake a little more while they are cooling, so doing the classic “toothpick test” on this bread can be a little misleading. Be careful not to over-bake the outside. It is also important to let it cool the full two hours before slicing it — which is hard to do because this bread smells SO amazing when it is cooking. I wanted to eat the whole loaf the second I pulled it out of the oven, but if you slice before it is completely cooled it won’t hold its shape very well. We also dusted it with a little powdered sugar and served it with a BIG glass of milk (you will need it because this bread is so rich and chocolate-y).
Other Sweet Breads You’ll Love
Sweet breads are great because they have all the comfort food homey-ness of homemade bread but without all the waiting for the dough to rise and the elbow grease of kneading! When you’re in the mood for a warm, sweet treat, try one of these other sweet breads!
- Mom’s Zucchini Bread
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
- Sweet Coconut Bread
- Cranberry Almond Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl
- Homemade Banana Bread
- Lemon Zucchini Bread
How to Make Chocolate Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 20 oz brownie mix We used Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Brownie Mix
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Grease an 8x4 bread pan.
- In a bowl, mash bananas with a fork. Stir in brownie mix, butter, and egg. Mix until moistened.
- Pour batter into the greased bread pan. Bake for 60 minutes.
- Remove bread from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then remove from pan, and place bread onto a cooling rack.
- Let cool for 2 hours before slicing.
Margo Lea says
I’d like to try this. Can I use olive oil instead of melted butter. If not, is there any substitute you would recommend? Thanks!
Favorite Family Recipes says
Olive oil will change the flavor of the bread, so I wouldn’t recommend that. I would use coconut oil!
Billy says
This is seriously the most moist delicious bread of all time. Adding the chocolate to an already delicious banana bread just takes this over the top and it is incredible.
Julia Frey says
Delicious and rich flavour and absolutely perfect texture. My kids are asking for it again and again!
Margo says
Looks delicious! Seems like there isn’t enough liquid. Do the bananas really make up for the water in the regular brownie recipe?
Also, can you substitute cooking oil (Olive or vegetable) for the melted butter?
Favorite Family Recipes says
Yes, the bananas do bring enough liquid to the recipe. I would recommend vegetable oil as a substitute, not olive oil. You can also use coconut oil!
Trang says
I love that this only requires four ingredients. Totally easy and delicious to make!
Katie says
I don’t think I’ve ever had chocolate banana bread! This looks like a combination I will have to try!
Natasha says
Fantastic recipe! So moist and decadent
Alex says
120oz is one bag of brownie mix?? Or do you put all 4 bags???
Favorite Family Recipes says
The amount of brownie mix is 1 – 20 ounce box or bag of brownie mix. I’ll fix this one the recipe so it is easier to read. Thanks for asking!
Tammy says
I just want to make sure…..do you make the brownie mix first with instructions on the box? Thanks sounds delicious.
Echo says
I put it in a plastic bread bag or a resealable plastic bag. Thank you for asking!
mary says
How do you cover the bread after slicing and enjoying, if there is leftovers?
Liz says
Yum – thank you. Have a good week!