I’m a banana bread freak- which is kind of funny because I don’t really like bananas.  I always buy them for the people in my house and, on occasion, I’ll eat a banana but I don’t really love it.  I have to be pretty hungry to resort to eating a banana all by itself, which is why I always have the perfect bananas for baking all kinds of banana bread. I have a ton of banana bread recipes that I’ve mastered over the years but my absolute favorite of all time has to be this Double Chocolate Banana Bread recipe.  It’s moist and fudgy with a bonus ganache topping that makes it seem like a decadent dessert. This easy Double Chocolate Banana Bread recipe is definitely one thing you need to have in your kitchen arsenal for when those bananas start to go south on you.  And with summer right around the corner speeding up the banana ripening time, you’re going to need all the banana bread recipes to handle the overload.  Or am I the only one with the abundance of bananas on their counter?

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

This easy Banana Bread recipe is based off my basic banana bread recipe with the addition of two ingredients which lend to it’s extra chocolate-y flavor. The extra ripe bananas and greek yogurt add moisture ensuring that you don’t end up with dry, dense banana bread which is not good eats.

Here’s how you make Double Chocolate Banana Bread:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the sugar and butter beating at medium speed until fluffy.

 On low-speed, add the banana, milk, Greek yogurt and eggs mixing until combined.

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, dark cocoa powder, espresso powder and salt.

Keeping the mixer on low-speed and slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Beat just until blended.

Pour the batter into a 9×5 inch metal loaf pan coated with cooking spray and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Cool the bread in the pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack.  Remove the bread from the pan and let it cool on the rack.

Because this is a pretty basic Chocolate Banana Bread recipe, you can mix in your favorite additions to put your own spin on this easy recipe, here are a few of my favorite additions:

Walnuts Peanut Butter Chips Chocolate Chunks or Chocolate Chips Toffee Chips Peanuts Dried Cherries Chopped Almonds

Be sure to use your imagination because the options are limitless when it comes to spicing up this banana bread.

If you’re looking for even more amazing Banana Bread recipes, be sure to try these favorites:

Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread Triple Chocolate Banana Bread The BEST Banana Bread Blueberry Banana Bread with Cinnamon Streusel Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Banana Bread