Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread (Egg, Dairy, & Nut Free)

This egg free Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread (also dairy free, vegan, and nut free) can’t make it’s mind up on whether it’s breakfast or dessert. My suggestion? Eat it for both, or anywhere in between!

It’s comprised of a sweet and moist banana bread base marbled with a rich chocolate swirl, and topped with chocolate chips. All right, so it might fall a little more under the dessert category, but chocolate chips have been known to find their way into breakfast items before (chocolate chip pancakes come to mind), so why not here?

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I already had my favorite banana muffin recipe, and another great chocolate banana bread recipe, but wanted something that married the two. What if you want one… but also the other? Enter this Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread.

Egg free, dairy free, vegan, and nut free as is, this bread can also easily be made Top 8 Free with a few substitutions.

This Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread is:

• Egg Free
• Dairy Free (with DF chocolate chips)
• Peanut Free
• Tree Nut Free
• Soy Free (use canola oil, or sub applesauce for oil)
• Gluten Free (sub GF flour)
• Fish and Shellfish Free
• Vegan

This recipe also makes wonderful muffins or mini muffins!

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Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread (Egg, Dairy, & Nut Free)

This egg free Chocolate Swirl Banana Bread (also dairy free, vegan, and nut free) can't make it's mind up on whether it's breakfast or dessert. It's comprised of a sweet and moist banana bread base marbled with a rich chocolate swirl, and topped with chocolate chips.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Author: Lisa Ngo, Safely Delish

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil (may sub canola oil, or additional applesauce)
• 1 ½ Tbsp water

Banana Bread Dry Ingredients

• 1 cup + 2 Tbsp all purpose flour (gluten free flour also works!)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Chocolate Swirl Dry Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 Tbsp flour
• Pinch of salt

Optional

• Chocolate Chips

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350F and spray 9x5 loaf pan or muffin tins with cooking oil.
• Mash two ripe bananas in a large bowl. Add all remaining wet ingredients and stir to mix. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture in medium bowl (this will be used for the chocolate swirl mix).
• Whisk together all Banana Bread Dry Ingredients, then add to wet ingredients. Stir until combined.
• For the Chocolate Swirl, add all Chocolate Swirl Dry Ingredients to the reserved wet mix and stir to combine.
• Pour 1/2 to 2/3 (doesn’t need to be perfect!) of the Banana Bread Batter into loaf pan or muffin tins. Spoon Chocolate Swirl mix on top, then add remaining Banana Bread Batter. Swirl together with a knife. Optional: Pour chocolate chips top before baking (the amount is up to you!).
• For bread, bake 45-55 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

  For muffins, bake approximately 15 minutes.

  For mini muffins, bake approximately 12 minutes.