Chocolate, Walnut Banana Bread. This Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread is so delicious, moist and tender with a chocolatey and nutty flavor and wonderful aroma. Either as breakfast, dessert or mid-day snack, it will make you feel cozy and heartwarming. Walnuts star in this easy-to-make Banana Walnut Bread recipe from Food Network Kitchen.

My daughter-in-law made this banana bread for me. This is my all time favorite version and I have tried many over the years. The chocolate put the bread positively off the charts. You can cook Chocolate, Walnut Banana Bread using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate, Walnut Banana Bread

Prepare 2 cups of all purpose flour.
Prepare 1 cup of sugar.
It's 1/3 cup of Cocoa powder.
You need 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder.
You need 2 of over ripe bananas, mashed.
Prepare 1 cup of oil.
Prepare 1/2 cup of sour cream (or plain full fat yoghurt.
You need 2 of eggs (beaten/whisked).
You need 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
It's 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts.

I have made this several times and it always comes. Dear banana bread lovers, putting chocolate chips in your banana bread is like having your bananas and chocolate go on a date. I just made a few changes. I used coconut oil, coconut palm sugar and added dark chocolate chips and walnuts.

Chocolate, Walnut Banana Bread instructions

Pre-heat the oven at 175 Degrees Celsius. Prepare the bread tin by oiling, dusting with flour and lining it with baking paper..
Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking powder, salt and cinnamon..
Into the mashed bananas, add sugar,the oil and eggs, sour cream, and vanilla extract, whisk together until combined..
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl, combine well and fold in the walnuts..
Pour the batter into the prepared bread tin and bake for 60-70 minutes depending on your oven..
Check at 55 minutes, insert a wooden skewer or knife, if it comes out dry, your banana bread is done. Leave it to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning it onto a cooling rack..
Once cool yet a bit warm, slice it up and serve slightly warm..
Allow it to cool down completely before storing the left overs if any😋 in an air tight container..

OMG it was heaven in my mouth. It's time to use up those frozen bananas and make the BEST banana bread ever. You could also add raisins, chopped dried fruit or slices of bananas. This delicious chocolate walnut banana bread is a yummy way to use very ripe bananas that would otherwise go to waste. I love me some banana bread in the mornings with my coffee.