This Pumpkin Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips is quick to make and so delicious! The ultimate chilly-weather treat!
With its tender texture, pumpkin flavor, and punches of chocolate and walnut – this banana bread recipe is a keeper!
The ripened bananas that had inhabited my fruit bowl for far too long kept catching my eye. So before it got too late – I got to baking.
As I gathered my ingredients – Chels, from behind her laptop at the kitchen table, asked if I had ever added pumpkin to my banana bread. I had not! I’ve made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, but never a quick bread. Wow! What have I been waiting for? This – with its pumpkin puree, warm spices, walnuts, and chocolate chips, is a recipe I know I’ll make again and again!
Made in one bowl, baked in a loaf pan, and cooled on a rack – not only is this pumpkin banana bread quick and easy, but clean up is a breeze!
ingredients
- all-purpose flour
- sugar
- baking soda
- pumpkin spice
- melted butter
- vanilla
- eggs
- pumpkin puree (canned or fresh: I used canned)
- ripe bananas
- chopped walnuts
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
Oh man – warm bread with a pat of butter? You know what I’m talking about!
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Spray a 9×5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and sugar until incorporated.
- Add vanilla, melted butter, eggs, pumpkin puree, and mashed bananas. Stir until combined.
- Add finely chopped walnuts and chocolate chips. Stir again.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and top with additional walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Bake for 50 minutes or until browned and toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Cool on cooling rack.
This quick bread was as simple as taking my tried-and-true banana bread recipe and embellishing it with fall flavors!
With just a little bit of pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice – we have ourselves a dessert that is extra moist and perfect for these cool autumn nights.
Buon Appetito!
MORE FALL FAVORITES:
Pumpkin Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
Description
This Pumpkin Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips is quick to make and so delicious! The ultimate fall favorite!
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. pumpkin spice
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup melted butter
2 eggs, whisked
1/2 cup canned pumpkin puree
3/4 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 small bananas)
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts (plus more rough chopped for the top)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (plus more for topping)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Spray a 9×5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and sugar until incorporated.
Add vanilla, melted butter, eggs, pumpkin puree, and mashed bananas. Stir until combined.
Add finely chopped walnuts and chocolate chips. Stir again.
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and top with additional walnuts and chocolate chips.
Bake for 50 minutes or until browned and toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Cool on cooling rack.
Notes
Enjoy with butter.
Love, love love the embellishment, Annie! And with all that banana and pumpkin, super moist… I’m drooling 😀
A hefty slice with a cup of black coffee…heaven! Thanks, Traci!!
I’m getting excited about all of the pumpkin possibilities! What a clever idea to combine pumpkin with banana bread…and topping is something else! Yum!
Yep – we are excited for that snap of cold and pumpkin everything! That topping is something else! Thanks, Katherine!
Can’t wait to bake a loaf Annie. I’m always so excited when pumpkin season rolls around. I bet this loaf disappears quick at our house!
As much as we love summer – there is just something about fall that lights us up! Enjoy!!
I bet this smells absolutely incredible when it is baking! It sounds so delicious 🙂 I must try it!
It sure does! Enjoy, my friend!
I am so ready for pumpkin! Love this one with the banana and chocolate, too. And of course, butter is a must 🙂
‘Tis the season!! I couldn’t resist! Thanks, Jennifer!
I had just planned to make a pumpkin banana bread this weekend and then I see this deliciousness! Talk about timing! Looks super moist and delish, my friend…and your suggestion of serving with butter? Right up my alley. Love it! Have a wonderful upcoming weekend 🙂 XO
Butter on warm bread? Done!! I think you’ll really enjoy it! Thanks, Dawn!! XO