Description
If you love rich chocolate flavor paired with creamy peanut butter, this banana loaf delivers big. It’s ultra-moist, deeply chocolatey, and packed with melty chocolate chips in every slice.
Ingredients
Scale
For the topping and swirl
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
For the batter
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed until smooth
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (measure, then sift)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- Prep the pan and oven
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving some overhang for easy removal. Lightly grease and dust with flour. Set aside.
- Mix the dry ingredients
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda. Make sure everything is evenly blended. Set aside.
- Combine the banana mixture
- In another bowl, mash the bananas thoroughly. Stir in the sour cream, oil, vanilla extract, and peanut butter until smooth and creamy.
- Cream butter and sugar
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Bring it together
- Stir the banana mixture into the butter mixture until fully combined.
- Add half of the dry ingredients and mix gently. Add the remaining dry ingredients and stir just until incorporated. Do not overmix.
- Add chocolate chips
- Fold in most of the chocolate chips, saving a small handful for the top.
- Layer and swirl
- Pour about two-thirds of the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Spoon small dollops of peanut butter over the surface. Carefully spread the remaining batter on top, covering the peanut butter layer.
- Sprinkle the reserved chocolate chips over the top.
- Bake
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Baking times may vary slightly depending on your oven.
- Cool and serve
- Let the loaf rest in the pan for several minutes. Run a knife around the edges to loosen, then lift out using the parchment overhang. Cool on a wire rack before slicing.
- Slice thick, serve, and enjoy every rich, chocolate-packed bite.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Desserts
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 407 kcal
- Sugar: 29 g
- Sodium: 225 mg
- Fat: 23 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Carbohydrates: 46 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 46 mg