I did just say TRIPLE FUDGE. You heard correctly.
But this has like, tons of bananas.
So it’s practically a health food.
Definitely a breakfast food.
Absolutely an eat-right-this-minute food.
Aren’t you glad you have me in your life to make decisions like that for you?
I am too.
Triple Fudge Banana Bread
makes one loaf (or about 3 mini loaves)
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large bananas, mashed (about 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/4 cup milk
4 ounces dark chocolate, melted
3/4 cup milk chocolate chips + 1/2 teaspoon flour
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a loaf pan (mine was 9×5) liberally with non-stick spray or grease with butter. In a bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking powder, then set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk egg and sugar together until smooth. Whisk in vanilla extract, then add bananas and milk and mix until combined. Add in dry ingredients slowing, mixing with a spoon until batter comes together. Add in melted butter and mix until incorporated, then stir in melt chocolate.
Toss chocolate chips with 1/2 teaspoon to coat, then fold into batter. Pour batter into loaf pan. Set pan on a baking sheet, then bake for 55-60 minutes, or until center is set and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove bread from over and sprinkle with additional chocolate chips if desired. Let cool completely (1-2 hours) before cutting.
If you’re also wondering if the cookies on your counter are a breakfast food, you are right. See? I have all the answers.
I’m Jessica and this is where I share my stuff. You will find a balance of healthy recipes, comfort food and indulgent desserts.
Jessica, I read a ton of food blogs. But hands down yours is my favorite. You could charge money for the amazing recipes and pictures. Thanks for inspiring me and making me laugh everyday! I wish you lived here by me (Colorado) and we could hang out! “Triple Fudge” has to be two of the prettiest words in the English language!
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Linda — June 22nd, 2012 @ 8:41 am
Michelle, I have to say i cant agree with you more.. Jessica is so entertaining. She as well is so creative with her recipes. When you think they cant get any better, they do! So heres to a lady i never met but, feel like we could be good friends if we ever given the chance. Thank you Jessica for inspireing us all with your wonderful food and your warm sweet personality! DONT CHANGE! :)
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Um…YUM. You need a cookbook, girl!
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Casey @ Pocket Full of Sunshine — December 9th, 2011 @ 11:50 am
I meant, you need to WRITE a cookbook. I realize that could have come off as “stop making up recipes and get a cookbook,” which is obviously not what I meant. Haha.
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I second everything that Michelle said. :-)
I sent this page to my mom during our googlechat conversation just now and this was her response: “Penny: OK saturday, work out, eat triple fudge banana bread, make jello shots and watch movies…after a nap….”
Thanks for sharing!!!
*Susan
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you are my hero.
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oh good…I needed something healthy in my life for once :)
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Yum, you had me at triple fudge! Throw bananas in there and I am totally drooling over this bread!
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haha yes! I’m glad that you post these recipes, they are all delicious and… well as you said “healthy” but it’s great to indulge once in a while
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I want a slice of this with coffee. Thanks. :)
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I bow down…you are coo-coo chocolate crazy! This is a good thing.
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Sound yummy! Would regular AP flour work?
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Jessica — December 9th, 2011 @ 2:10 pm
Yep!
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The only thing that makes bananas edible for me are hiding them inside some bread. And then adding chocolate. You are the smartest.
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This just looks SO good. I am now, as per usual while reading your blog, SO hungry…
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This. Looks. Amazing. How much to get it sent to my doorstep right now?
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Oh man it sounds uber rich! Haha, but I would love to try some~It looks super moist too. And you were already an amazing photographer!! But your pictures are getting prettier and prettier each post! :D
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Jessica — December 9th, 2011 @ 2:58 pm
Thank you so much girl!
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Oh my. I don’t think you can call that bread. Looks so decadent! I love the combination of chocolate and bananas. Bookmarking this for when, you know, I have a few bananas past their prime. :-)
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Hmmm…my husband loves banana bread, but not when it’s combined with chocolate. So if I make this, I can have it all to myself! {insert evil cackle here}. :-) thanks for the yummy recipe!
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I’m just curious as to why you coat the chocolate chips with flour before you add them to the batter. Does it make a difference?
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Jessica — December 9th, 2011 @ 2:58 pm
Yep – prevents them from sinking to the bottom!
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Add bacon to this and it would be PERFECT!
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This looks amazing! Thanks so much for sharing :)
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I may be missing this, but where in the directions does the 1/4 cup of milk come in?
I would assume, as in making regular banana bread, that it should read:
“then add bananas and MILK until combined” ???????
It is baking in the oven now.
I used 3 small loaf tins, I assume the baking time is slightly shorter when using them?
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Jessica — December 9th, 2011 @ 4:00 pm
Oops – yep so sorry about that. Just fixed it. Let me know how it turns out! I didn’t try the mini loaves but I would probably start with them at about 20-25 minutes then check.
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Galen — December 9th, 2011 @ 4:35 pm
The bread is done and has been taste tested.
Using 3 small loaf pans, I tested at 40 minutes..knife came out of center with batter on it.
At 50 minutes, tops were a bit dark, centers were cooked.
(Naturally ovens vary)
The small loaves were dense, but very chewy, like good brownies, and a definite banana/chocolate flavor, with the surprise of biting into a choc. chip.
Some may find the bread not sweet enough, I prefer to bake with less sugar as a rule, the amount of sugar in this was just right for me.
I would not substitute white sugar for brown, I think the brown adds to the chewy texture.
I used white flour instead of WW flour.
This is a good breakfast bread, it would go great with a good tea!
Now, on to…Orange Cookies!!!!
This is a great site and I have already forwarded to friends.
Thank you.
Fruit total cancels out chocolate…I’m fairly certain thats right…
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Oh wow this looks amazing! You had me at triple fudge :) I will definitely be making this for breakfast & dessert and slather it with some nutella!!
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…. sigh …. woman!! why does it all have to look so good?! my pants are starting to dislike you.
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Holy cow. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner…I’ll take it!
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well there are bananas in here, bananas have potassium, so that means its healthy! sweeet! :P
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wow… very creative. who would have thought to add chocolate to banana bread? love the pictures. you had me at YES!
:-)
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Yup definitely a breakfast food. Great photos!
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This probably would have been good to have on hand to help cope with my pre-finals, stressed, need chocolate freak outs, but I’m betting it will be just as good now that they’re over!
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This looks like the perfect breakfast :)!
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where do you get the whole wheat pastry flour??? I have looked several places! Please don’t say trader joes :( lol.
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Jessica — December 10th, 2011 @ 10:31 am
I find it at my local grocery store – Trader Joe’s actually doesn’t have it. It is in the organic/health food section, mine has had it for years!
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So my baby love banana, bread, and chocolate. I am just going to tell him I made this up because he’d want you to adopt him asap lol. Oh and by baby, i mean he’s the youngest (2) so he’s totally cleared for massive chocolate consumption. :D
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Triple fudge? Now you’ve got my attention. I like to make a whole wheat banana bread and eat it for breakfast. Rachel says its not breakfast but I say since it’s a “bread” its ok as breakfast. I’m really going to get a look if I try to pass this off for breakfast – but who cares. It’s triple fudge! :)
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Jessica, no matter how many food blogs I read, yours is my favorite… hands down. You inspire me to challenge myself in the kitchen and make me laugh every.single.day. I only wish I can meet you in person someday! My number one christmas wish this year is for YOU to write a COOKBOOK. That would be the end of all things. Thanks for the amazing talent, skill, photographs, delicious recipes, etc etc etc.
xo,
Katie
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Gosh I love the way you take the standard desserts, then make them 100 times better, but also use whole wheat flour so I have no guilt!
You’re a miracle worker, I tell ya!
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Now THAT is banana bread!!!! Yummm!!!
I made one of your recipes the other day – the pumpkin fudge brownie things – so good!!!
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I also made your hot cocoa cookies for about the 100th time – LOVE LOVE LOVE them.
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I can feel my teeth rotting just a bit as I dream about taking a bite. In the very best way imaginable of course!
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I want this right now! Please send my way. :)
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oh goodness, I better make some of this healthy bread will all those bananas! ;)
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Love the triple fudge-ness…Hit em in triples.
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Yumm! This recipe looks AMAZING! Thanks for sharing :)
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I hope you know that you are loved!
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Looks great, but I don’t quite get what’s so ‘triple’ about the fudge?
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Jessica — December 13th, 2011 @ 4:37 pm
I called them triple fudge because they have dark cocoa powder, melted chocolate and chocolate chunks. Three kinds of chocolate.
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Justin — December 13th, 2011 @ 5:32 pm
Ah I see, so it’s triple (chocolate) fudge banana bread, even better!
I love your pictures, recipes and reading your witty comments!
I’ve just started a food blog (http://thejamdrop.wordpress.com/) and this has inspired me even more, check it out :)
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Thank you! My house could not smell more heavenly! These are baking in my oven as I type this. I used a mini-mini loaf pan? It holds eight 2.5×4.5 loaves. Perfect for my sweets swap this Sunday! My only concern is that my batter was no where near “pourable” consistancy. What am I doing wrong? I’m hoping to perfect this gem by Sunday…. the girls are counting on me!
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April — December 14th, 2011 @ 10:55 pm
They took 25 to 30 mins. Oh, and I added semi-sweet morsels to the tops before baking. Is that bad? Right, I didn’t think so.
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I think I love you.
No, I know it. I love you. <3
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I just made this and the batter was so amazingly delicious that I purposefully reserved about 1/4 cup to eat while I cleaned the kitchen.
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So sometimes, when things are slow at work, I “use my time wisely” by looking up recipes to try when I have my own kitchen.
And more often than not, I find myself at your website and get more and more excited by the second.
I almost cried with joy after reading this one.
I know what I’m making the very second I finish moving into the new place!
Or, more likely, as I’m moving and sorting and storing, these things will be baking so I’ll be surrounded by the smell of chocolate with chocolate on chocolate baking in my oven.
Ahh.. Paradise!
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I just made this, and waited only long enough for it to cool off slightly before cutting myself a huuuge piece! It turned out amazingly — thankyou for the recipe! I don’t know what whole wheat pastry flour is, so I just used regular whole wheat flour, and it’s still yummy. The triple-chocolate masks all the banana quite well ;) (not a huge fan of bananas in baked goods, but I needed to use up the ones that got mushy in my kitchen.) Thanks again for a ROCKING recipe.
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You are my hero. This bread is crazy delicious. I may or may not have made it into french toast this morning… Cue a sugar coma before 9 a.m. It was well worth it ;) Thanks again!
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