Ummm. Okay. I am kind of in love with making banana bread. I am also a fan of eating it, but that’s another story…
I have a favorite basic recipe, but I really enjoy trying out new ones that incorporate something a little different.
Welcome Marbled Chocolate Banana Bread – a recipe I came across in Cooking Light (Cooking Light means it’s healthy, right?).
A generous chocolate swirl adds just the the thing to tasty banana bread. It complements the banana flavor and it looks so pretty, it makes the perfect gift!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. In a larger bowl, beat sugar and butter until blended. Add banana, egg, yogurt. Add flour mixture and beat at a low speed.
Place your chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on high for 1 min. Add to 1 cup of the batter and stir until well combined.
Spoon plain and chocolate batter alternately into a loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Swirl batters together with a knife.
For larger loafs, bake for one hour 15 min. For smaller gift sized loafs bake for 40 min or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
Delicious.
In my heart of hearts, I just knew this one was going to be a winner. As a girl, I remember my dad ordering chocolate-banana shakes whenever we went out for a treat. They were his favorite. The mixture of flavors. Sigh. My childhood.
Twitter: skinnymamanish
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Perfect timing! I have three bananas on the counter that are turning brown. I guess we’ll just have to make this for our hostess this weekend
Thanks!! (PS, I’ll let you know how it is with whole wheat flour, granulated fructose instead of sugar and EVOO instead of butter) to lighten it up just a bit more 
Nisha,
I actually almost always use whole wheat myself…it works great. You will have to let me know about the fructose and EVOO. I am really interested.
Tauni
I love making banana bread too, and this looks awesome! The recipe doesn’t say, but from the photo it looks like you used 2 eggs in place of the 1/2 cup egg substitute. Is that right?
Kara, yes I did use two eggs this time. Although, I have to be honest I like it better with the egg substitute.
That marbling looks so lovely. I think it’s great that your banana bread has twice as much to love about it. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog and I’d love it if you’d come by and link your bread up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/07/sweets-for-saturday-25.html
Lisa,
Thanks so very much for your sweet comment. I wish I would have made it over to your site to enter what looks like a wildly popular link up! Unfortunately, I was out of town and didn’t get a chance to participate this go round.
xoxo
Tauni
Twitter: chrissy217
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Yummers! I just got back from the store with the ingredients.
I am so glad that you enjoyed baking this bread Chrissy. I really love it – to eat and to gift!
xoxo