Ripe bananas, sweet chocolate chips, and crunchy walnuts will make this easy quick bread your new go-to banana bread recipe! This tasty banana bread takes less than 10 minutes to prep and only requires one bowl for easy cleanup!
We make a loaf of banana bread at least a few times a month, it's a super fast recipe that is easy enough for even my elementary-aged son to make. If you have ripe bananas you probably have all the ingredients you'll need already on hand!
Why I love this recipe
This recipe is so easy! You can whip it up in one bowl by hand, no electric mixer required, making clean up a breeze.
It's also perfectly sweet, the mashed bananas give it the perfect sweet flavor and the final texture of the bread is moist and fluffy.
Have extra ripe bananas? Try these chocolate chip banana bars, banana bread smoothie, or peanut butter oatmeal banana cookies!
Ingredients
- ripe bananas
- unsalted butter
- egg
- vanilla extract
- baking soda
- flour
- sugar
- salt
- chocolate chips
- chopped walnuts
Step by step
- Preheat the oven and prep a loaf pan with nonstick spray.
- Mash ripe bananas in a large bowl.
- Add melted butter and egg and stir to mix.
- Add vanilla, baking soda, flour, sugar, and salt to the banana mixture. Mix thoroughly.
- Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Pour batter in the prepared pan and bake for one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack 5 minutes before slicing.
Variations
- make these as banana muffins instead, baking time will be reduced
- use dark chocolate chips or peanut butter morsels
- substitute chopped pecans for the walnuts
Storage
Store the bread wrapped in plastic wrap at room temperature up to 5 days. To freeze the bread wrap it tightly in aluminum foil and then store in a freezer bag. You can freeze the entire loaf, half a loaf, or individual slices this way. The bread is best eaten within 3-4 months. Thaw frozen bread at room temperature.
If you try this recipe please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
Print
Chocolate Chip Walnut Banana Bread
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: bread
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Ripe bananas, sweet chocolate chips, and crunchy walnuts will make this easy quick bread your new go-to banana bread recipe!
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a loaf pan with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, thoroughly mash ripe bananas.
- Add melted butter and mix.
- Add egg and vanilla and stir to mix.
- Add baking soda, sugar, flour, and salt. Mix well.
- Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Pour batter in the prepared pan and bake one hour or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool on a wire rack 5 minutes before slicing.
Keywords: chocolate chip walnut banana bread
Doh says
I wanted a double batch so I doubled every thing but it was already on 2X. At 6 cups flour, 3 cups sugar, 4 eggs it was too dry to mix. I ended up putting 2 sticks of butter in and 1/2 cup of oil in order to get it to mix. I used 17 oz chocolate chips and 2 cups chopped walnuts. Waiting to see how the 3 large loafs turn out.
Doh says
I wanted a double batch so I doubled every thing but it was already on 2X. At 6 cups flour, 3 cups sugar, 4 eggs it was too dry to mix. I ended up putting 2 sticks of butter in and 1/2 cup of oil in order to get it to mix. I used 17 oz chocolate chips and 2 cups chopped walnuts. Waiting to see how the 3 large loads turn out.
Karyn says
when is the butter supposed to be added?
Beatriz says
Yea I also got through the whole recipe and then realized I never used the butter because it's not in the instructions! I had it all mixed together and ended up just throwing it in at the end... let's see how it turns out!
★★★★
Melissa Riker says
SOOO sorry, I fixed it! It should turn out fine no matter when you added it!