The Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Looking for a vegan chocolate chip banana bread? This delicious recipe is a crowd pleaser that features a few healthy baking swaps. 

Whenever I’ve got a bunch of ripe bananas sitting in my fruit basket, the first thing I think of is always… BANANA BREAD TIME!

Today’s recipe has been my go-to vegan chocolate chip banana bread for years now. Everyone in my house loves it, and it’s a crowd pleaser for guests as well. The recipe puts a spin on the more traditional banana bread recipes in several ways.

My Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This banana bread leaves out the refined sugar, eggs, and dairy and adds in a few healthy ingredient swaps: For one, we use whole wheat flour instead of less nutritious white flour – which helps to give the banana bread a nice little dose of fiber. Instead of loading the recipe up with refined sugar, the bread is sweetened with pure maple syrup and chocolate chips. I prefer to use either mini chocolate chips or chocolate chunks from Enjoy Life Foods.

While most banana bread recipes call for eggs, a stick of butter, and sometimes sour cream, we leave out all of the usual animal-based baking ingredients, and instead use heart-healthy avocado oil to give the bread its moist, buttery texture. The recipe also calls for mixing almond milk with apple cider vinegar to help make the banana bread rise.

To make this banana bread, all you need is a few minutes of hands-on time, then pop your loaf in the oven and wait for the magic to happen. I mean really, is there a better smell than homemade banana bread baking in the oven?

The Recipe

The Best Healthy, Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Course Dessert, Snack

Servings 10

Calories 300 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1/4 cup almond milk
• 1 TSP apple cider vinegar
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 TBSP cinnamon
• 1/2 TSP fine sea salt
• 1 TSP baking soda
• 1/2 cup avocado oil
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
• 2 TSP vanilla extract
• 4 ripe bananas
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips (I use mini ones)

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine the almond milk and apple cider vinegar in a small bowl. Stir briefly and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, cinnamon, sea salt and baking soda.
• In another mixing bowl, whisk together the avocado oil, maple syrup and vanilla.
• Mash the bananas, and add them to the wet ingredient bowl.
• Pour the milk mixture into the wet ingredient bowl, stirring everything together.
• Combine the wet and dry mixtures together and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 55-65 minutes, or until the banana bread passes the toothpick test. I usually set my timer for 55 minutes, and then if it seems like it needs a bit longer, bake for another 5 minutes.
• Allow the banana bread to slightly cool, then transfer the loaf to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
• Cut into slices and enjoy. Store banana bread in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 300kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gFiber: 4gSugar: 19g

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Check out more of my delicious recipes:

• Healthy Strawberry Oat Banana Bread
• The Best Ever Vegan Pumpkin Bread 
• Apple Pie Banana Bread
• Vegan Peach Brown Sugar Banana Bread

Tell me.. What’s your favorite way to use up ripe bananas?

I also am a big fan of freezing them to use for smoothies and banana nice cream.