🍌🍫 Chocolate Chip Banana Mini Loaves
These soft, moist banana mini loaves are packed with sweet ripe bananas and melty chocolate chips. They’re perfect for breakfast, dessert, or an afternoon snack, and they’re incredibly easy to make!
📝 Ingredients
- 🍌 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 🥚 2 large eggs
- 🥛 ½ cup (120 ml) milk
- 🧈 ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, melted (or ½ cup vegetable oil)
- 🍚 ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- 🌿 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 🌾 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour
- 🥄 1 tsp baking powder
- 🥄 ½ tsp baking soda
- 🧂 ½ tsp salt
- 🍫 1 cup (170 g) chocolate chips, plus extra for topping
👩🍳 Instructions
- 🔥 Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a mini loaf pan or line it with paper liners.
- 🍌 In a large bowl, mash the bananas until mostly smooth.
- 🥚 Whisk in the eggs, melted butter, milk, vanilla, and sugar until well combined.
- 🌾 In another bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- 🥣 Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- 🍫 Fold in the chocolate chips.
- 🥄 Divide the batter evenly among the mini loaf cavities, filling each about ¾ full.
- ✨ Sprinkle a few extra chocolate chips on top.
- 🔥 Bake for 22–28 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- ❄️ Let the loaves cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
💡 Tips
- 🍌 The riper the bananas, the sweeter and more flavorful the loaves.
- 🥜 Add chopped walnuts or pecans for extra crunch.
- 🍫 Use dark, milk, or semi-sweet chocolate chips depending on your preference.
- 📦 Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
🍽️ Serving Suggestions
Enjoy these banana chocolate chip mini loaves warm with:
- 🧈 Butter
- 🍯 Honey
- 🥜 Peanut butter
- ☕ A hot cup of coffee or tea
Enjoy your homemade Chocolate Chip Banana Mini Loaves! 🍌🍫🧁