Chocolate Chunk Greek Yogurt Banana Bread.

Chocolate Chunk Greek Yogurt Banana Bread. The easiest and best banana bread! All made in one bowl with bananas, yogurt, maple or honey, whole wheat flour, and a mix of dark chocolate chunks and chips! Slice this sweet bread warm and enjoy as is or with whipped vanilla cinnamon butter. Each slice of banana bread has pockets of melted chocolate and sweet, salty butter melted into every inch of this tender loaf. You’re going to make this on repeat.

It might be a new year, but some things never change. And that’s OK! When January comes around, I always crave banana bread. It’s not even that it’s so delicious, which, of course, it is, but I love the act of making banana bread on a snowy day at home.

This time after Christmas can always feel a little sad, but baking something warm, cozy, and delicious helps make these dark winter days feel special too!

I share a new banana bread recipe at least once a year. My maple banana bread is probably the one I make most often, but what’s so shocking is that after a quick scroll through all my banana bread recipes I realized I’ve never made banana bread with Greek yogurt!

We’re all looking to get in more protein, and Greek Yogurt is packed with it! It’s also a wonderful ingredient to bake and cook with. I often use it as a high-protein, nutrient-packed swap for sour cream and no one knows the difference!

My brother Red and his girlfriend Hailey have been in town the past week. I love cooking for them. Red is not someone who’s big on sweets, but he tried a slice of this banana bread and loved it so much he asked if I’d make another loaf for him to take out snowmobiling.

Okay, here are the details

Ingredients 

• brown bananas – they must be brown. I think it’s so important when baking banana bread
• whole milk plain Greek yogurt
• salted butter or coconut oil – I prefer butter
• maple or honey – I love both, use your favorite
• eggs
• whole wheat flour – you can use all-purpose or a gluten-free blend too
• baking soda
• ground cinnamon
• salt
• semi-sweet or dark chocolate chunks, chips, or a mix

Ingredients for the Cinnamon Butter

• salted butter
• maple
• cinnamon
• vanilla extract
• flaky sea salt

Special Tools

Zero! You just need a mixing bowl, a spatula, and a loaf pan.

Steps

Step 1: mash the bananas

Use very ripe bananas, practically black bananas, and very soft. If they’re just too black to eat, they’re perfect for banana bread.

Mash up the bananas using a fork or a potato masher. Get them really mashed.

Step 2: add the wet ingredients

Now mix the mashed bananas with a little yogurt, melted butter or coconut oil, pure maple syrup or honey, a couple of large eggs, and a splash of vanilla.

Try to use room-temperature ingredients.

Step 3: mix in the dry

Add the whole wheat flour, a pinch of cinnamon, baking soda, and a dash of salt. The cinnamon is that unexpected ingredient that might seem a bit off, but it’s actually what makes the banana bread batter really good. It’s subtle enough that you can’t really tell it’s there, but it adds a special touch.

Chop up some chocolate and mix it in! My secret is using dark chocolate bars mixed with 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Step 4: baking

Pour the batter into a loaf pan and bake for close to 1 hour.

It’s a long time, but be patient.

Step 5: the butter

Just one stick of salted butter whipped with maple, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt.

Some might skip this step, which is fine, but the bread is better with the butter. I’m begging you all to MAKE THE BUTTER at least once. It’s so delicious.

The bread with the butter slathered on is very tender, very banana-y, sweetened lightly with maple, and full of yumminess.

A warm slice of chocolate banana bread with salty butter is what makes a winter day a GREAT day. Enjoy it!

Looking for other sweet winter recipes? Here are a few ideas: 

Iced Lemon Loaf

Peanut Butter Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chunk Rye Banana Bread

5 Minute Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread Mug Cake

Maple Glazed Doughnuts

Baked Chocolate Fudge Glazed Doughnuts

Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts with Cinnamon Maple Glaze

Vanilla Chai Old Fashioned

Chai Espresso Martini

Lastly, if you make this Chocolate Chunk Greek Yogurt Banana Bread, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And, of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!