Chocolate Banana Bread {With Cake Mix}

Quick and easy chocolate banana bread recipe with cake mix, homemade with simple ingredients. Soft, moist and loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts.

Even if you are a novice baker, you can make today's recipe. It's great as a dessert, snack, breakfast or even brunch. It never fails and tastes delicious and kids can help too. This is just as great as my Christmas Gingerbread. It's also a great way to use up ripe bananas that are about to go bad. Check out these Ripe Banana Recipes for more inspiration.

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• Key ingredients
• How to make easy chocolate banana bread recipe with cake mix?
• Variations
• Tips and techniques for cake mix bread
• Storage
• More banana desserts
• Recipe

Key ingredients

• Bananas- Make sure they are super ripe and mashed.
• Oil- Must be neutral tasting like canola, vegetable or corn.
• Eggs- Should be large and at room temperature.
• Cake mix- Use chocolate flavor or Devil's food cake.
• Chocolate chips- I like to use semisweet.
• Walnuts- Should be toasted and roughly chopped.

How to make easy chocolate banana bread recipe with cake mix?

1. Mix wet ingredients in large bowl- This includes mashed bananas, oil and eggs.
2. Add dry ingredients- This includes cake mix and chocolate chips.
3. Pour batter- In two greased and floured loaf pans.
4. Sprinkle- Mini chocolate chips and walnuts on top.
5. Bake- Until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Variations

• For a classic version, use yellow cake mix instead of chocolate cake and omit chocolate chips altogether. Check out this Easy Banana Bread (With Cake Mix).
• Transform this recipe into muffins- Pour batter in greased/floured muffin pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 18-20 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
• Omit walnuts and drizzle melted peanut butter on top and toss crushed roasted peanuts.
• For a spiced Fall version, try this Pumpkin Banana Bread (With Cake Mix).
• Try other nuts and seeds like pecans, cashews, almonds, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds.
• For a dose of triple chocolate, use chocolate cake mix, chocolate chips and top off with chocolate ganache or a drizzle of chocolate glaze.
• For a different flavor profile, stir in butterscotch chips or white chocolate chips instead of chocolate chips.

Tips and techniques for cake mix bread

• Chocolate cake mix or Devil's Food cake mix both work well. The brand of cake mix does not matter.
• Use semisweet or milk chocolate chips rather than dark chocolate chips because dark chocolate is very strong and overpowers all other flavors.
• Don't replace oil with butter because butter makes this bread too dense.
• Make sure to use the ripest bananas you can find because they add a lot of moisture and sweetness.
• You can either use 1 large loaf pan or 2 smaller loaf pans.
• Don't remove the loaves from the pan until they fully cool down or else they will crumble and fall apart.
• You can even freeze this to enjoy later. Once the loaves fully cool down, wrap them tightly in saran wrap and put them in sealed freezer bags for up to 1 month. Let them thaw at room temperature for 30-40 minutes and then cut slices with a sharp knife.
• Toppings are optional and can be omitted.

Storage

• Refrigerate- In a sealed container for up to 3 days.
• Freeze- In a sealed container or freezer bag for up to 1 month. Thaw in fridge overnight and enjoy.
• Room temperature- This can stay out in a covered container for 1 day.
• Make ahead- This can easily be made 1-2 days in advance,

More banana desserts

• Easy Banana Crumble (Crisp)
• Chocolate Banana Popsicles
• Healthy Chocolate Banana Ice Cream
• Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Banana Almond Biscotti
• Banana Chocolate Chip Cake

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