‘Everything goes as long as it has chocolate in it’ ! And that’s very true about any thing (baked or otherwise) that comes out of my kitchen. Hardly surprising is it? I think I won’t be terribly way off if I stated that ‘Chocolate makes the world go around’ 🙂 While we are on this topic – here are some delectable quotes on chocolate:
“What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.”― Katharine Hepburn
If there’s no chocolate in Heaven, I’m not going.”― Jane Seabrook, Furry Logic Laugh at Life
“The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and Shakespeare…neither knew chocolate.”― Sandra Boynton
Now that I have convinced everyone about the goodness of chocolate (not that I needed to try ‘hard’! ) , I present you with my ‘Chocolatey Banana Bread’ ! I cannot take credit for coming up with this idea – Julie from ‘Julie’s family kitchen’ sometime back baked a chocolatey banana loaf which was my inspiration! Thanks Julie!. The moment I saw that I wondered why I had never thought of it myself considering my thoughts on chocolate above and the fact that I bake banana bread relentlessly – yes! almost every weekend!.. (in fact I would be making it every single weekend if my husband did not end up sometimes stealing and eating my left over ripe bananas 🙁 ). So anyways, as far as adding chocolate – better late than never, right!? So basically I just decided to stick to my original banana nut recipe (I have it by heart now, gosh! baking it so often!) and just made some changes – replaced part of the flour with cocoa and then also replaced some part of the flour with whole wheat and finally also decided to add dates last minute which also helped to cut down on the sugar! See the amazing impact of chocolate ? – It even makes you think healthier ! 🙂 I also added chocolate chips to make it ‘double chocolatey’ and also walnuts which we all love in our banana bread.
So as you might have guessed by now, this chocolatey banana bread will replace the banana bread in my house now ….and I made an additional loaf this weekend so I can bring it over to Angie’s for Fiesta Friday party! Cheers to Chocolate! I think it pairs well with Angie’s Latin Lovers 🙂
Yumm… this looks divine I love chocolate and dates how could this not taste good?
yes this indeed is delicious and I make it quite often now! 🙂
I love the cocoa, banana and dates. I can’t wait to try it. We love banana bread more than any other quick bread around here, Indu. Beautiful recipe.
thanks Shanna!
Looks delish! And those step-by-step photos are awesome!
Thanks Nell. yes this one is a keeper in my house now! 🙂
Looks awesome, Indu. You are right you didn’t have to sell Chocolate and Bananas! I like the addition of dates. Must have made it so moist.
LOL I know I just wanted to talk about those lovable quotes 🙂 Yes dates made it really moist and lovely!
I have never tried adding dated to a banana bread. This sounds so interesting Indu :).
Yes Sonal the dates makes it so nice and moist plus it helps to cut down on the sugar -And we all loved it! 🙂
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Yeahhhh, Indira! You made it to Fiesta Friday 😀 And you brought what the FF gang loves the best – chocolate! I love the quotes that you included – I plan to write them down and put them on my fridge! Your chocolatey loaf isn’t going to last very long here, so I am going to get a piece ASAP before it all disappears! I’m so glad you are here!
thanks Julianna for the warm welcome! You are indeed the perfect hostess.! LOL on the quotes – yes that’s a great idea – I need to frame these and put it in my kitchen somewhere too! 🙂
Indu, it really looks so moist, delicious and chocolatey 🙂
thanks Linda. yes it really comes out nice and moist each time. Adding dates and choc chips also made it extra moist and gooey 🙂
Oh yum, Indu! I concur with the idea that chocolate makes the world go round. I love banana bread—I grew up on it in fact! Now, I’ll have to work your recipe into the mix and try out this great combo of chocolate and bananas!
I am glad you agree with me Ngan! And love the fact that you grew up on banana bread – that’s what my kids are going to say too 🙂 Yes do try adding chocolate to make your banana bread perfect! 🙂
Picking a favourite recipe and then making it even better is a real talent. The result does look like a winner. Thanks for bringing it to Fiesta Friday and sharing it with us.
thanks so much Hilda! And you are very welcome! Happy Fiesta Friday! 🙂
Yummy, bread can’t get more healthy and delish!
thanks Apsara. Yes delicious and healthy is indeed possible right? 🙂
Mmmm this looks so tasty!
thanks Jess. Yes it was indeed delicious!
Dates are so yummy in baked goods, aren’t they? I love the moisture and texture they add!
yes Patty they were indeed moist and perfect 🙂
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Looks great, I’m delighted that I have inspired you. ?
thanks so much Julie once again. I love all your recipes because they are so practical! 🙂
Oh Indu, this sounds delicious! I think I need to throw my banana bread recipe out and replace it with this one. I love dates in baked goods, then you add chocolate too?!?! I wish I could smell it now 🙂 (Love your chocolate quotes too.)
ha ha Nancy. You don’t need to discard your recipe – just add chocolate to it ! 🙂 🙂
The cake looks so moist and tasty! Loved all the quotes, though I don’t need convincing! 🙂
Ha Ha. I know! Here goes another one that I just saw : “Which monster does not like chocolate?” 🙂
Indu, what a wonderful bread to bring to the party. Double the chocolate too 🙂
thanks Judi! 🙂