Chocolate. Bananas. Cocoa. Easy. Delicious.

Pair up this recipe with a mug of our Deuce Coupe coffee for a wonderful treat.

We found this recipe at Smitten Kitchen, a great source for recipes that always turn out well.

Here's the ingredient list:

• 3 big & very ripe bananas (to make a heaping cup when mashed)

• 1/2 cup butter

• 3/4 cup brown sugar

• 1 large egg

• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 cup all-purpose flour

• 1/2 cup cocoa powder

• 2 tablespoons very fine grind coffee

• 1 cup (about 6 ounces or 170 grams) semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chunks or chips

Sound good? Have everything on hand? 

Make it:

This is a typical quick bread recipe and mixes up very quickly. 

• Heat oven to 350F

• Mash bananas and mix in wet ingredients

  • melted butter

  • brown sugar (yes, technically it's not a wet ingredient but does get added here)

  • egg

  • vanilla

• In a separate bowl, mix together sifted dry ingredients - everything left except the chocolate chips

• Stir dry into wet (don't overmix!) then stir in chocolate chips

• Pour into a buttered & floured loaf pan

• Bake about 60 minutes until done

• Enjoy!

Here's a link to Smitten Kitchen's recipe with more detailed instructions.

Helpful tips:

• Make it muffins! Bake for about 20 minutes with regular sized muffin tins filled about 2/3 full.

• The recipe calls for Dutch Process cocoa powder. Here is a good explanation from Serious Eats of the two different types of cocoa - natural and dutched. Here in Toronto, my cocoa options weren't labelled either but my double chocolate banana bread turned out delicious every time I've made it so I wouldn't stress about it and use whatever you have on hand.

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