Chocolate Lovers Banana Bread

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate...As you can see people at my job love chocolate.  This is a banana bread that is loaded with chocolate And I must say is really, really good.

adapted from here

Ingredients

1½ cups flour
½ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ cup butter
¼ cup brown sugar
½ cup white sugar
2 eggs
4 small bananas, mashed (approx. 1⅓ cups)
½ cup dark  chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped walnuts for pecans

Topping
¼ cup half  &  half
2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
1 teaspoon butter
½ teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons  dark chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease & flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder in a large bowl. Set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugars together until fluffy. Stir in eggs and bananas. Add banana mixture and chocolate chips to flour mixture. Stir just until combined.
4. Bake 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Topping

1. Heat half & half and brown sugar over medium heat until brown sugar has dissolved and tiny bubbles start to form on the edges. Stir in vanilla and butter until melted and turn off heat. Add chocolate chips and do not stir, let sit 2-3 minutes.
2. Whisk chocolate chips until smooth. Cool completely and drizzle over bread.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful week and Always Remember to Find the Time to Do ALL the things YOU L♥ve.
Donna