The perfect special breakfast or even a sweet snack at the end of a long day is this homemade chocolate chip banana bread.

person holding chocolate chip banana bread in bread pan

In our house I’m always looking for ways to use up the food we buy to make sure we have as little waste as possible. Every now and then there will be a few bananas turning brown in the fruit basket, which gives me the perfect opportunity to make banana bread. We also enjoy banana muffins or cookies as other great options to use up those extra ripe bananas. For us, dark chocolate chips are the go to addition to delicious banana bread. A classic addition would be walnuts or pecans, as well.

Homemade Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Ingredients

Banana bread is one of those things that requires very few ingredients and most of them are household staples. You’ll need flour, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla/almond extract, butter, eggs, dark chocolate chips, and, of course, very ripe bananas. As well as, any other additional add-ins like nuts or dried fruit, that would make this homemade banana bread special for you and your family.

ripe bananas, stick of butter, 2 eggs, sugar, chocolate chips, flour, cinnamon, and vanilla extract on counter

Method

Simply add all of the ingredients to a bowl, except for the chocolate chips or any other add ins, and mix together until smooth. Fold in any add ins like chocolate chips, nuts, coconut flakes, peanut butter chips, etc. Be careful not to over mix at this point. Then simply pour into prepared dish and bake.

spoon mixing chocolate chips into banana bread batter

This easy homemade chocolate chip banana bread is best enjoyed fresh out the oven. Store any leftovers in an airtight container or by wrapping with plastic wrap or beeswax. You can always warm up a leftover slice before enjoying by popping it in the microwave for about 15 seconds. For a dessert option, it is delicious topped with some vanilla ice cream! I hope you love this recipe as much as we do!

person slicing homemade chocolate chip banana bread

slice of homemade chocolate chip banana bread

Print Recipe

Easy Homemade Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Perfect way to use up ripe bananas for a homemade bake for a special breakfast or even a yummy dessert.

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana, bread, breakfast, chocolate chip, Easy, homemade

Equipment

1 bread pan

Ingredients

2 very ripe bananas mashed
2 eggs
1 stick unsalted butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups AP flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp vanilla or almond extract *See notes

Add Ins

1 cup dark chocolate chips *minis

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Peel bananas and mash them with a fork in a small bowl. Crack both eggs into the same bowl then add extract and stir together.
In a medium bowl cream together softened butter and sugar until smooth.
Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt to butter and sugar mixture.
Mix in banana mixture to the rest of the ingredients in the medium bowl.
Gently fold in any add-ins to your banana bread batter.
Prepare bread loaf pan by greasing it or lining with parchment paper.
Pour batter into prepared dish.
Bake for 45-40 minutes or until golden brown.
Enjoy!

Notes

*Use whatever add ins make you and your family happy. My husband and I prefer the mini dark chocolate chips over using traditional nuts like pecans or walnuts. But you could use both chocolate and nuts! Or chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. Maybe try dried fruit, the options are endless!

*In the pictures I used regular dark chocolate chips because that is what I had on hand, but we do prefer to use mini dark chocolate chips as they tend to not sink to the bottom like the regular size ones tend to do.

*We prefer to use almond extract over vanilla extract in almost all baking recipes and this recipe is no different. But feel free to use one or the other, or a combination of both or get creative here too!