Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread (Printable version)

Moist banana bread swirled with creamy peanut butter and rich chocolate, perfect for breakfast or snack time.

# What you'll need:

01 - 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

02 - 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

03 - 1 teaspoon baking soda

04 - 1/2 teaspoon salt

05 - 3 large ripe bananas, mashed

06 - 2/3 cup granulated sugar

07 - 1/3 cup neutral oil

08 - 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, plus extra for swirling

09 - 2 large eggs

10 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

11 - 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.

02 - In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt until well blended.

03 - In a large bowl, combine mashed bananas, sugar, oil, peanut butter, eggs, and vanilla. Beat until smooth and creamy.

04 - Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Fold gently until just combined; avoid overmixing to prevent dense texture.

05 - Fold in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed throughout the batter.

06 - Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Dollop extra peanut butter on top and swirl gently with a knife to create marbled pattern.

07 - Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs.

08 - Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

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The peanut butter swirl creates pockets of creamy richness in every single slice
Its the perfect excuse to use up those overripe bananas youve been ignoring

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Overripe bananas with black skins are actually ideal, theyre sweeter and mash more easily
The toothpick test is tricky, a few moist crumbs are perfect but wet batter means more time

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Room temperature ingredients blend more smoothly and prevent the batter from separating
Let the peanut butter sit on the counter for 5 minutes before swirling, it spreads more easily