High Protein Chocolate Banana Bread
This High Protein Chocolate Banana Bread is the ultimate answer for those mornings when you want a decadent, cake-like breakfast that actually fuels your body. It manages to be incredibly rich and fudgy while remaining oil-free, sugar-free, and dairy-free.
Ingredients
- 3 Large overripe bananas mashed (approx. 1.5 cups)
- 2 Large eggs or flax eggs for vegan
- ½ cup Unsweetened apple sauce replaces oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups Oat flour or Almond flour
- ½ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Sea salt
- ½ cup Sugar-free dark chocolate chips plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9X5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Whisk in the eggs, apple sauce, and vanilla.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt directly into the wet ingredients.
- Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined. Fold in ½ cup of chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Sprinkle with extra chocolate chips.
- Bake for 45–50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean.
- Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.