We love vegan banana bread, like my easy 3-Ingredient Banana Bread, Oatmeal Banana Bread, or 4-Ingredient Banana Bread, but my kids love even more when it’s loaded in chocolate! So I had to come up with a rich, chocolate-based banana bread recipe. I shared recently my chocolate zucchini bread that was very similar in texture but didn’t include peanut butter, and since zucchini are not available all year-round, I needed to have a recipe that we (and you!) can make any season. Peanut butter is a great plant-based protein that is also flavorsome when combined with banana and chocolate. So let’s see how to make this vegan chocolate banana bread with peanut butter.

Ingredients and Substitutions

All you need to make this simple chocolate bread are:

Ripe Bananas – Use ripe bananas with black spots on their skins. These are the best banana to make banana recipes of any kind because they are so much more sweet and flavorsome. Coconut Sugar – or any crystal sweetener you love, including white sugar or brown sugar. I personally like the flavor of coconut sugar in this chocolate bread. It has a nice earthy caramel-like flavor. Light Olive Oil or any oil you have at home, including canola oil or coconut oil. Peanut Butter – use natural peanut butter with no added oil and no added sugar for the best results. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – I prefer using unsweetened cocoa to make it easier to balance the sweetness. Unsweetened Almond Milk or any non-dairy milk you love. Coconut milk will give the bread a coconutty taste, but soy, cashew, or oat milk are perfect. All-Purpose Flour – This recipe works with any gluten-free flour blend containing gums. Baking Powder and Baking Soda – This is key to giving the bread a light texture. Ground Cinnamon – For flavor. Vanilla Extract – vanilla brings out the chocolate flavors.

How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread

This is the easiest chocolate bread ever. Let me share with you my tips to make it moist, chocolatey, and so good! It’s in fact the chocolate version of my vegan banana bread.

Serving

I love to decorate this chocolate bread with a drizzle of fresh peanut butter, melted dark chocolate, and extra chocolate chips. You can serve the slice of bread plain or with extra toppings like:

Almond butter or Peanut butter Banana slices Crushed peanuts With a scoop of Avocado Ice Cream Sliced with Vegan Whipped Cream

Storage

This bread can be stored for a few days at room temperature but lasts longer if stored in the fridge in an airtight container. Slice just before serving to preserve the bread’s moist texture.

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