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Indulge in the best chocolate chip banana bread ever. Discover the secret ingredients that make this recipe a must-try.

It’s the best banana bread I’ve ever made and tried before, although I’m biased.

Better Than Grandma’s Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

You read the title right. I put buttermilk in this chocolate chip banana bread.

Some call it a banana loaf, and others say it is banana bread, but it all tastes the same.

It’s so good that I couldn’t stop eating it and had to talk myself out of the kitchen. 

That’s only one of two secret ingredients I included in my chocolate chip banana bread.

The leftover slices became dessert for the rest of the week.

Making banana bread comes easily for both of us as our mums were great bakers.

My mum, however, didn’t add chocolate chips to her banana loaf.

She added chopped walnuts for texture, which I don’t mind, and sometimes pecans.

It was a real treat for me when Mrs. CBB first made her banana bread with chocolate chips.

My only problem with her banana bread recipe was that I wanted it to be very moist.

I never did get my mum’s secret banana loaf recipe; I only watched her make it.

If you’ve wanted to learn how to make banana bread, it’s a relatively simple process.

How To Freeze Bananas

We all have bananas that ripen too fast before we can eat them up, so adding them to baked foods is a great way to use them.

If you have ripe bananas and are wondering what to do, peel them and store them in a freezer bag or container in the freezer.

When you need a banana or two, remove them frozen and let them defrost on your counter.

Don’t store them in the freezer with the banana peel on, as it is difficult to remove, and you’ll find once the banana defrosts, it’s a liquid mess.

How To Make Homemade Buttermilk

I created my chocolate chip banana recipe in the CBB kitchen with leftover buttermilk.

If you want to purchase buttermilk at the grocery store, it will cost you a bit as it’s not cheap.

However, you can make buttermilk at home for far less with the following two ingredients.

• 1 cup of milk
• 1 tbsp of white vinegar

Mix both ingredients with a spoon and wait 10-15 minutes until it curdles.

You can also substitute lemon juice if you don’t have any white vinegar.

If you’ve made any pound cake or loaf cake, you know the flavors come together much better after a couple of days.

Although I ate a slice of the chocolate chip banana bread the first day, it wasn’t until the second day the flavors were perfect.

I added sour cream to the chocolate chip banana bread for moistness and a light texture.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread With English Custard

I enjoy English custard and smothered it on a thick slice of my chocolate chip banana bread.

You can warm up your chocolate chip banana bread, add some butter, or eat it as it comes.

I’ve made traditional English custard for my cookie custard trifle and a custard using evaporated milk for my Coconut Custard Tart recipe.

Traditional custard costs a bit more, although the custard with evaporated milk is budget-friendly.

How To Make Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

If you’d rather not make chocolate chip banana bread, you can switch up the recipe and make muffins instead.

Grease or line 12 large muffin cups in a muffin tin and fill them 3/4 of the way full with your batter.

I’ve often turned cakes into muffins to take them on the go or pack them in lunches. 

It is the same with using this chocolate chip banana bread batter in mini loaf pans; you can also do that by watching the cooking time.

Remember that the baking time will be less when you take a cake or loaf recipe and turn it into muffins.

Check the chocolate chip banana muffins at 30 minutes by inserting a toothpick.

If the toothpick comes out clean, you know the chocolate chip banana muffins or loaf are done.

Don’t let the chocolate on your toothpick fool you into believing it’s done; that’s just melted chocolate.

If you see batter on the toothpick, it’s not done baking.

Check again in 5-minute intervals.

How To Make Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Printable Recipe Below

• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Bake Time: 45 minutes -1 hour at 350 degrees (check as ovens vary around the world)
• Tools: Loaf pan: I used a 9.25 x 5.25-inch pan

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Ingredients

• 1 bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips or 2 cups
• 1 cup of salted butter softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour or cake flour
• 1 cup of white granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
•  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup of buttermilk
• 1/2 cup of 14% full-fat sour cream
• 1 tablespoon of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 3 ripe bananas mashed (I used 3 med-sized bananas)

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease your loaf pan lightly and dust with a bit of flour.
• Add your softened butter and sugar in a bowl or a stand mixer and mix for about 4 minutes.
• Add in your vanilla, eggs, bananas, buttermilk, and sour cream and combine (about 2 minutes).
• Add in your dry ingredients- flour, baking powder, baking soda- and combine.
• Add in your chocolate chips, and if you like walnuts, you can add some.
• Pour the batter into your greased and floured loaf pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes – 1 hour and test with a toothpick (do not over-bake).
• I let the banana bread rest until it’s cool, then invert it onto my serving platter. If it sticks a bit, run a butter knife along the perimeter of the loaf pan gently to release.
• Slice into 8 thick slices.

Printable Recipe Below

Discussion: What extras do you like to add to your chocolate chip banana bread?

Leave me your comments below.

Mr.CBB

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