Delicious Healthy Banana and Chocolate Chip Loaf - all natural ingredients and no compromising on taste.
Yummy Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf
Do you often end up with overripe bananas in your fruit bowl and wonder what to do with them? Make this delicious Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf - it's delicious.
I have to say it happens pretty often in this household. I like my bananas pretty unripe, where the skin is still a little green and they are just starting to go yellow and my kids are exactly the same. So once they end up all yellow, with an odd black spot, you can guarantee they will not be touched by any of us and then. I then have several banana's I need to find a recipe to use them in. So having a yummy healthy recipe on hand like this is a must.
The smell that fills the kitchen as this is baking is amazing and once out of the oven, I can never get the kids to wait for this to cool down before grabbing a slice. They love it.
What size loaf tin do I need for the Banana and Chocolate Chips Loaf?
I use a 8x4.5 inches loaf pan, it's one that is a perfect rectangle, which means that when it comes to slicing up the loaf is easy to get to perfect sized slices.
I always line the baking tray with parchment paper to ensure it is easy to remove once baked. Nothing worse than trying to remove a cake from the tin and discovering it is stuck. Which with baking that doesn't use a lot of fat will definitely happen.
Substitute for Chocolate Chips
I use milk chocolate chips or occasionally semi-sweet as these are what the kids prefer, they are not keen on dark chocolate. But if you want to use dark chocolate chips, then feel free to make the swap.
I do not recommend omitting the chocolate chips altogether as they add to the sweetness, and as we don't use a great amount of maple syrup, you will lose a lot of the sweetness if you omit those chocolate chips.
If you are not keen on chocolate then raisins (sultanas) are a great substitute, I would add in a pinch of cinnamon too if you like it to compliment the flavour.
Can I use Sweetener?
I use all-natural healthy ingredients in this recipe because it's one I make often for the whole family. This banana and chocolate chip loaf has no sweeteners, nothing artificial, and all ingredients you can identify and expect to see in a real cake. Which is important to me when it comes to recipes the kids are going to eat.
I also have to stop here and say, when I am going to use calories on a cake, I would much rather use a few more calories, for good natural ingredients where it tastes like real cake. I am not super keen on recipes that use half a dozen eggs and very little other ingredients, I've made them, eaten them, but I can honestly say it never really tastes like a real cake. There are a couple that is ok but for me, banana and chocolate chip loaf has to be the real thing or nothing at all.
Plus the maple syrup is a wet ingredient, so if you use sweetener you won't get the same bake or taste. For that reason, I don't recommend using sweetener, sometimes you just have to use the real ingredients.
If you don't have maple syrup, then honey is a good replacement.
Can you freeze the Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf?
If you don't want to be tempted to eat more than your should of this Banana and Chocolate Chips Loaf because seriously, this is darn good.
Then once sliced up into servings, freeze the other slices by popping them into a freezer bag or lidded tub with some squares of wax proof paper in between each slice.
The wax proof paper will stop the slices from sticking together, meaning it is easier to take out just one slice as you want it.
More Recipes for Overripe Bananas
I hate wasting food, and so I have quite a few banana recipes that are perfect for using up those overripe bananas:
- Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Mini Chocolate Banana Pancakes
- Banana Baked Oatmeal
- Healthy Banana Granola
- Banana Granola Yoghurt Parfait
- Mini Banana Raisin Loaf
- Baked Banana Doughnuts
- Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Granola Bars
- Toffee Banana Chocolate Weetabix Cake
or head on over to my Full Recipe Index with over 900 delicious Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly recipes all fully searchable by meal type, ingredients and smart points etc
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Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf
Delicious Healthy Banana and Chocolate Chip Loaf - all natural ingredients and no compromising on taste.
Ingredients
- 160g (5.6oz) of plain flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 180g (6.3oz) of ripe bananas
- 1 tbs of unsalted butter or coconut oil (melted)
- 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
- 30g of milk chocolate chips (or dairy free chocolate chips)
- 2 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180c or 350f (gas mark 4)
- Sieve flour, baking powder and soda into a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl mash the banana and then whisk in the melted butter (or coconut oil), maple syrup and vanilla essence and then gradually beat in the eggs.
- Fold in the dry ingredients and 20g of the chocolate chips
- aLine a loaf tin with some baking paper and pour in the mixture. Sprinkle on top the remaining 10g of chocolate chips.p
- Bake in the oven for approx 40 mins, until a wooden skewer inserted in the centre, comes out clean.
- Allow to cool and then slice and serve.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 9 Serving Size 1 SLICE (when sliced into 9 slices)Amount Per Serving Calories 137Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 2.6gCholesterol 42.4mgSodium 178.3mgCarbohydrates 22.9gFiber 1gSugar 7.2gProtein 3.7g
Jacqueline Green says
hi there are the bananas mashed?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
yes they are mashed 🙂
Helen England says
Would this be freezable? 10 slices sitting there would just be too tempting!
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Yes it is freezeable in slices 🙂
Eve says
Hi thank u for recipes without sweeteners! I too am cautious with them and my daughter! Why is the banana syned?
lily says
I just made this and it looked great on top; left it to cool, cut it and it was like banana chocolate pudding! Oh well, still nice.
Ryland Wattsy says
Made this as per recipe and it turned out like banana pudding, very gooey inside and I actually left it in the oven for a further 15 mins trying to cook it, maybe my 3 small bananas where a bit big? (it deflated after 15 mins out of oven also)
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
I am not sure why yours turned out that way, it could possibly be thst the bananas were larger than mine, but I wouldn't of thought that would make too much difference to the bake
Katherine Côté says
The instructions say to add the egg but there is no egg listed in the ingredients! One egg or two? I'm guessing one....
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
The egg is listed in the ingredients, not sure why you are not seeing it.
Becky says
Mine looked nothing like the photos above and was mushy inside as others have mentioned, not sure why. I had to give the chocolate chips a miss but followed everything else. Tasted nice though!
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
I am not sure why the recipe hasn't worked for some. Only thing I can think of is that the size of bananas were different some impacted the mixture or needed to be baked for a little longer (a skewer entered into the middle should come out clean)
Lisa says
. Used gluten free self raising flour and honey instead of maple syrup. Needs bit for honey, great though, yummy warm or cold
Mandy says
Hi, just wondering why the bananas are 13.5 syns? Is that because they are cooked?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Mandy - yes it is indeed because they are cooked - only fruit in it's raw natural form is free. Hope that helps
Steve Andrews says
No maple syrup so I’ve improvised using half and half golden syrup and runny honey. Delicious 🙂
Berenice says
Thanks - had a lovely banana loaf and I totally agree about the egg-full SW cakes which to me are just souffles, not cakes. The banana loaf was devoured enthusiastically by my family so no photos I'm afraid!
Denise Bretherton says
I tweaked it a bit used almond flour and caco nibbs to reduce carbs and gluten also used 1 cal coconut oil and Algarve organic syrup, taste devine. Just unsure of the calories now. But still loverly.
Lydia says
I’ve made this cake this afternoon, it turned out lovely. Looks like the picture, 40min perfect cooking time. My friends really enjoyed it.
My bananas weren’t very ripe so it wasn’t overly sweet but the choc chips made up for that.
Will be making again. Thanks for sharing
Aditi says
I made this recipe today for my son who is dairy and refined sugar free. He absolutely loved it!
Thanks
Teresa Critchlow says
I have made this for our taster in group tomorrow morning and i'm sure it will go down a treat.
Christina Smith says
I made this today with raisins instead of choc chips and it was lovely! None left to freeze as the kids ate it all!
Tuth says
Can you use golden syrup instead of maple? As I’ve got no maple in.
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
yep that should be fine.
Tara says
Is it 6 Syns per cake or slice?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
per slice 🙂
Rach says
Superb! Thank you
Kelly says
Can i use oat flour? Can i replace the banana with applesauce?
Emily says
Hiya. How many slice do you cut this into to make it 6 syns a slice?
Also i have no chocolate chips so can i just miss them out
Thankyou
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
9 slices, yield is servings on a recipe. Enjoy!!
Zoe says
Can I make this as muffins instead?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
You can give it a try. I always only ever make a loaf with this recipe.
Fiona Archibald says
Yummy banana loaf, thanks for the recipe! Had a piece with my coffee as my treat. I will post my photo on Instagram and tag you to share it.
Kat says
I made this last night. If I was a little more patient I would have waited to have overripe bands instead of just ready ones but weighed everything to the letter. 35 mins in my ninja Foodi after preheating, just one word. PHENOMENAL. Thank you. My first ever successful baking experience.
chris says
Are you sure the Calories are correct seems super low per slice all other recipes I found is between 200 and 400 a slice?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
Yes the calories are correct as per the ingredients used. 400 calories a slice is quite excessive and is likely not a low calorie recipe like this one.