Chocolate Banana Bread

Submitted by Heather

I can't believe I've never tried a recipe like this before.  Usually I'm trying to get chocolate into everything.  I guess I never wanted to "ruin" a chocolate loaf cake by adding bananas to it.  But let me tell you, this was no ruin!   The first thing I thought of when I tasted it was a chocolate banana milkshake.  I love them and haven't allowed myself to eat one in a very long time.
I do suggest you tell those who will be eating this, that it's Chocolate BANANA bread.  My husband took a bite and was immediately asking if something was wrong with my chocolate cake.  Once I told him that it was banana bread, he thought it was great (right, honey?).  Actually, my son brought some in his school lunch and shared it with a classmate who demanded that Josh go home and get him the recipe that day so that his mom could make it. 

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

1 1/4 cups mashed bananas (about 3)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 cup cocoa (I prefer dutch process)

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1. Heat oven to 350. Spray bottom of 8×4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

2. Beat sugar, eggs, and oil in large bowl at medium speed until combined. Beat in banana and vanilla at low speed. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; beat into banana mixture at low speed just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

3 Spoon batter into pan. Bake 60-70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.


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