Sour Cream Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is an easy and healthier way to get your chocolate fix! Great for dessert or an extra special breakfast!
Sour Cream Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is a somewhat-healthy dessert in our house. This chocolatey banana bread is not a fresh fruit salad by any means, but it is a great option for dessert or an extra special breakfast.
I found a recipe I liked, but wanted to make it healthier by using whole wheat flour and extra bananas. I prefer extra dark cocoa in this recipe, but you are of course free to use whichever kind you prefer. Just make sure that it is unsweetened cocoa powder. My daughter will not touch banana bread if it has nuts in it, so we decided to skip the pecan or walnut pieces, but feel free to add 1/4 a cup to 1/2 a cup of nuts to the recipe.
Here’s some of our other Amazing Breads that we have here at Who Needs a Cape?
Sour Cream Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Adapted from [Savory Sweet Life|http://savorysweetlife.com/2009/06/rich-and-moist-sour-cream-chocolate-chocolate-chip-banana-bread-recipe/]
Ingredients
- 1 stick softened salted butter
- ½ c sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 large ripened bananas mashed
- 1 t vanilla
- 1 c whole wheat flour
- 1 t baking soda
- 2 T extra dark cocoa powder
- ½ c sour cream
- 1 c dark chocolate chips (mini will work as well, but I prefer regular sized ones in this recipe)
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350℉
- Grease a 9×5 loaf pan, or 2 mini pans with non-stick spray.
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Stir in the egg, mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla until well blended.
- Add baking soda, cocoa, and whole wheat flour.
- Mix everything until well incorporated.
- Add chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into loaf pan(s) and bake for 45 minutes for a loaf pan or 30 minutes for a mini loaf pan until a tooth pick inserted in the center come out clean.
- Remove from oven and let it cool ten minutes before removing from the pan.
This sounds so yummy! Can’t wait to try your recipe.
OMG this looks just so fudgey and dense! Yummmm! Beautiful job on this!
Yes, yes please!! YUM!!!
Love this for the weekend breakfast and snacks. Pinned/shared.
Thanks
Sour cream in this bread sounds perfect! Love the combinations of chocolate and banana as well!
Wow, this sounds really yummy. Chocolate and bananas – doesn’t get much better.
Bev
We have a recipe similar to this except not Chocolate. I didn’t think it could get any better…but I’m pretty sure it just did! Thanks for sharing
That looks so moist and delicious!
Wow I bet that has a nice rich flavor!
I absolutely love the healthier substitutes in here. So perfect!
Can’t wait to try this out! And I’m in agreement with your daughter — I can’t stand nuts in my banana bread either. Chocolate chips sound like a much better substitute.
This looks soooo good!! Thanks for the recipe!
Yum this sounds delicious! Can’t wait to try it!
Bravo! This is my new favorite breakfast bread. Not too sweet but very fudgy.
Absolutely love it!
Glad you are enjoying Dana!
I definitely did something wrong because this turned out to be a gooey mess. I cooked it for about an hour and a half and the insides were still mush. I had substituted margarine for the butter, otherwise I followed the instructions completely. Could this be the cause?
I personally feel that margarine doesn’t bake the same. sorry it didn’t turn out!
Is it ok to use all purpose flour?
Yes certainly!
Sounds delicious! What is the cook time if I make these into muffins instead of bread? Banana bread never turns out well for me – always too gushy in the middle.