Chocolate Marble Banana Bread

With its delightful chocolate swirl throughout, Chocolate Marble Banana Bread is not only delicious, it's beautiful too. This two-tone creation is definitely a fun and flavorful take on this classic.

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Banana bread may just be our tween-aged daughter's favorite sweet treat. And she especially loves it when that banana bread has chocolate in it, like with her favorite chocolate chip banana bread.

But you know what? Chocolate Marble Banana Bread is an even more fun way than straight-up chocolate chips to put chocolate in your banana bread! Because with its twisty chocolate swirl throughout, marbled banana bread is not only delicious, it's beautiful too.

To make this two-tone creation, melted chocolate is stirred into a bit of the banana bread batter. The regular and chocolate batters are then alternately spooned into a loaf pan and swirled together to create a marbling effect.

Once baked, the swirl pattern of the batters is set, beautifully revealing itself when the loaf is sliced.

With its twisty chocolate swirl throughout, marbled banana bread is not only delicious, it's beautiful too.

What's to Love About This Recipe?

• Beautiful - Chocolate Marble Banana Bread's two-tone swirl makes for one beautiful loaf, indeed.
• Fun twist on a classic favorite - Its twisty chocolate swirl throughout makes this an extra-fun version of everyone's classic favorite banana bread.
• Flavorful - You get the delicious flavors of chocolate and straight-up banana bread in every bite.
• Easier to make than you think - While the beautiful marbling looks complicated, it's actually pretty easy to make. Simply swirl together regular and chocolate banana bread batters in a loaf pan to create the beautiful swirled marbled effect.

Chocolate Marble Banana Bread Ingredient Notes:

This Chocolate Marble Banana Bread uses our all-time favorite buttermilk banana bread recipe as its base. In addition to the baking basics of flour, brown sugar, eggs, etc., here are highlight notes on a few other ingredients you'll need to whip up a loaf:

• Overripe bananas - The key to flavorful banana bread is using very overripe bananas. The best bananas for making banana bread are those that have gone significantly past their prime, those that are covered with a large number of large-sized brown spots or gone even to the point of turning black. These very overripe bananas are sweeter and have a more pronounced banana flavor that then translates to a more pronounced banana flavor in the bread.

• Buttermilk - Brings tenderness and moistness to the banana bread, creating a really nice soft texture and crumb.

• Semi-sweet chocolate chips - Melted chocolate chips are stirred into a bit of the banana bread batter to make the batter that creates the bread's chocolate swirl. Other chopped semi-sweet chocolate could be substituted instead.

How to Make Chocolate Marble Banana Bread:

Making a loaf of swirled Chocolate Marble Banana Bread isn't as hard as it may look. It's truly just regular and chocolate banana bread batters swirled together in a loaf pan before baking. Then, once the loaf is baked, the swirl pattern of the batters is set, beautifully revealing itself when the loaf is sliced.

To make a loaf, start by mixing up a basic banana bread batter.

Then, spoon one cup of the batter into a separate small bowl and combine it with 1/2 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips that have been melted.

Stir the banana bread batter and chocolate together until they're well combined. -- This is the batter that will create the banana bread's chocolate swirl.

Pour half of the plain batter into a greased loaf pan. Then drop half of the chocolate batter by spoonfuls on top of the plain batter so it looks about like this:

Then use a butter knife to swirl the batters together to create a marbled effect.

When you get done swirling the two batters together, it should look about like this:

Add the remaining batters to the pan and repeat the swirling process. -- Adding only half the batters and swirling them together at a time helps ensure a good marbling effect happens throughout the entire loaf of banana bread instead of in just a few small sections.

Pop the pan in the oven and bake the bread for about an hour until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Cool the baked bread completely, then you're ready to slice in and reveal its fun two-toned swirl! With its delightful chocolate swirl throughout, Chocolate Marble Banana Bread is not only delicious, it's beautiful too.

Recipe FAQs:

• How do you make the chocolate swirl in marbled banana bread? - To make the chocolate swirl in chocolate marble banana bread, melted chocolate is stirred into a bit of the banana bread batter. The regular and chocolate batters are then alternately spooned into a loaf pan and swirled together to create the marbling effect. Once baked, the swirl pattern of the batters is set, revealing itself when the loaf is sliced.

• What kind of chocolate do you use to make the chocolate swirl in marbled banana bread? - Semi-sweet chocolate chips are the easiest type of chocolate to use to make the swirl in chocolate marble banana bread, as they melt easily and bring a nice, rich chocolate flavor. Milk chocolate chips or other chopped semi-sweet or milk chocolates that melt well could be substituted, if you'd like.

• How ripe do bananas need to be to make banana bread? - The short answer to how ripe do bananas need to be to make good banana bread is, the riper the better! The longer answer is that the best bananas for making banana bread are very overripe bananas that have gone significantly past their prime, -- those that are covered with a large number of large-sized brown spots or gone even to the point of turning black. These very overripe bananas are sweeter and have a more pronounced banana flavor that then translates to a more pronounced banana flavor in the bread.

Check out these other super tasty banana bread recipes:

• Chocolate Banana Bread
• Buttermilk Banana Bread
• Hummingbird Banana Bread
• Chai Spice Banana Bread
• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Pumpkin Banana Bread
• Cake Mix Banana Bread
• More breads and muffins

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Yield: 1 loaf

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Chocolate Marble Banana Bread

With its delightful chocolate swirl throughout, Chocolate Marble Banana Bread is not only delicious, it's beautiful too. This two-tone creation is definitely a fun and flavorful take on this classic.

Prep time: 25 MinCook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 25 M

Ingredients

• 3 very ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 c. mashed)
• 1/4 c. buttermilk
• 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
• 3/4 c. light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Place chocolate chips in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave chocolate chips for 30 seconds; stir. If not fully melted, continue to microwave in 15-second increments until melted, stirring in between. Set aside to cool slightly while you prepare the rest of the recipe.
2. In a small bowl, mash bananas with a fork. Mash in buttermilk; set aside.
3. Place softened butter in a large bowl. With an electric mixer, beat butter until smooth. Add brown sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Alternately add the flour mixture and mashed banana to the butter-brown sugar mixture, beating after each addition just until incorporated.
6. Add 1 cup of batter to melted chocolate; stir until well combined.
7. Grease a loaf pan. Pour half of plain batter into prepared pan. Drop half of chocolate batter by spoonfuls on top of plain batter. Use a butter knife to swirl the batters together to create a marbled effect.
8. Pour remaining half of plain batter into pan. Drop remaining half of chocolate batter by spoonfuls on top of plain batter. Again, use a butter knife to swirl the batters together.
9. Bake at 350℉ for 1 hour, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
10. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan and cool completely before slicing.

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