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.
For this Chocolate Banana Bread, our favorite brownie mix to use is the Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Mix. It has three kinds of chocolate chips — milk, semi-sweet, and dark. The more chocolate, the better (in my opinion)!
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).
Ingredients
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 20-ounce 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.
Liz says
September 14, 2015 at 8:43 pmYum – thank you. Have a good week!
mary says
September 30, 2015 at 12:58 pmHow do you cover the bread after slicing and enjoying, if there is leftovers?
Echo says
October 5, 2015 at 9:07 amI put it in a plastic bread bag or a resealable plastic bag. Thank you for asking!
Tammy says
January 15, 2017 at 4:05 pmI just want to make sure…..do you make the brownie mix first with instructions on the box? Thanks sounds delicious.
Alex says
November 2, 2018 at 7:42 pm120oz is one bag of brownie mix?? Or do you put all 4 bags???
Favorite Family Recipes says
November 3, 2018 at 5:08 pmThe 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!