Healthy Chocolate Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup brown sugar with Stevia
- 4 oz unsweetened applesauce (1 individual serving)
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. espresso powder
- 2 Tbsp. vodka
- 1/2 cup Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp. reduced fat peanut butter, creamy
Instructions
- Put peanut butter into a zip-lock sandwich bag and immerse the baggie in a mug of hot water to soften the peanut butter. Let sit for 5 minutes.
- Mix bananas, brown sugar, applesauce, egg and vanilla together. Mix espresso powder into vodka until dissolved. Add to banana mixture.
- In a separate bowl, sift together all dry ingredients. Then slowly add to banana mixture. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
- Prepare a loaf pan by lining it with parchment paper and then spraying it with non-stick spray. Pour batter into loaf pan.
- Remove the peanut butter baggie from the hot water. Cut a very small hole in the edge of the baggie and then hold it like a piping bag. Make straight lines of peanut butter across the top of the loaf. Then run a knife through the peanut butter to create a decorative pattern.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40-55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes and then remove from pan. Let cool for another 20 minutes on a wire rack before cutting it.