Double Chocolate Banana Bread

We had some bananas that were not being eaten because they were a bit too ripe. As a joke, my wife said you could make some banana bread out of those as she was walking out the door. When she returned she found something better.

I found a couple recipes, but was missing vanilla that day, so a little ingredient improv came up with this recipe. I started with this as a base recipe.

Simply Recipes Banana Bread

and modified it to this:

Ingredients:

3 ripe bananas
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup chocolate syrup

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Put the bananas in the mixer and mix them until mushy.
Put the rest of the ingredients in and mix until a nice batter has formed

Put batter in a small (4x8) bread pan and bake for 1 hour (actually more like 1:10)

Make sure to let it cool for a bit before removing from your pan as it can be gooey in the middle if you got a clump of banana.

I've also tried this with some chocolate chips too, but put in too many and the whole thing fell apart. It was still tasty, but it was a mess! Next time I'm gonna try it with 1/4 cup choc chips and see if that works a little better.

Generally speaking, in our house of 9, this loaf of banana bread doesn't last long.