Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Take classic banana bread up a notch and turn it into this amazing peanut butter chocolate chip banana bread recipe!

Banana bread is my favorite way to quickly use up bananas that are over ripe and freckly. Rather than choose my standard Buttermilk Banana Bread Recipe, this time I decided to try something new.

Peanut butter and chocolate chips are two of my favorite things – so why not combine them for an amazingly moist peanut butter chocolate chip banana bread? It’s a hit at our house!

How to Make Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

Ingredients you’ll need:

• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 3 mashed bananas (to equal 1 cup)

• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup salted butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chocolate chips

How to mix up chocolate chip banana bread with peanut butter:

Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a loaf pan by spraying it with cooking oil or lining it with parchment paper.

For the example shown in the pictures, I used an 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch metal pan lined with parchment paper. If you use a larger sized pan or mini loaf pans, just adjust the baking time accordingly.

I put together a quick video demonstrating the steps of mixing up this easy banana bread recipe:

Step 2: In a medium sized mixing bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set it aside.

Step 3: In a large sized mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the peanut butter and butter. Whisk or mix with a mixer until smooth and creamy. Add in the egg , sugar, and vanilla and mix to combine.

Step 4: Mash the bananas in a measuring cup until it comes to the 1 cup measurement.

Step 5: Add a scoop of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir to just combine, then add some of the bananas. Keep alternating and mixing until you end with the bananas. Mix just until combined. Then mix in the chocolate chips. I used both white and semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Step 6: Spread banana bread batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-65 minutes.

Check on the banana bread at the 40 minute mark. If the crust is starting to get too brown, tent the top with aluminum foil.

Bake until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean.

Let the bread cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing. If you want chocolate chips to decorate the top, just sprinkle some on after pulling it out of the oven. I used a combination of semi-sweet and white chocolate chips for these, but just sprinkled white on the top after baking.

Cool completely. Then slice and enjoy!

Other Quick Bread Recipes you might like to try:

• Strawberry Bread
• Cake Mix Pumpkin Bread
• Chocolate Zucchini Loaf
• Poppy Seed Bread

Other peanut butter and chocolate recipes that you may enjoy:

• The BEST EVER peanut butter chocolate chip cookie recipe
• Peanut butter fudge bars

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