This Chocolate Cookies and Cream Banana Bread is a pretty decadent way to start out the day. But we are not complaining.
You would think I would have learned by now that my family is pretty much over that yellow fruit. Yet, every single time I go to the grocery store, I pick up another bunch of green bananas. I still enjoy crunching on the tasty fruit in the afternoon.
And yes, I do mean crunching because I only eat them when they are still green and crunch like an apple. I’m strange like that. After they turn yellow, I won’t touch them with a ten-foot pole.
So unless my hubby eats them for his breakfast, those bananas sit there until they are a nice shade of brown and black. Then I’m all about finding ways to bake with them. These banana nut cinnamon rolls always get my kids to eat those bananas, so I should make those more often. But since I am done baking up a cheesecake storm around here, I have plenty of open packages of cookies and crackers that need to be used up.
Yes, I could just pack them in school lunches, but what fun is that?!?!?! So, the other day those ripe bananas had a date with the open package of Oreo cookies in my kitchen. I took this chocolate mocha chip banana bread and gave it a fun twist. Eating cookies for breakfast just got acceptable, peeps!
You should have seen the look on our kid’s faces when they came home from school and saw this beauty sitting on the counter! Forget waiting for breakfast because everyone wanted to dive in right away.
I mean chocolate banana bread filled with cookie chunks AND topped with a creamy frosting & more cookies? You can see why we all had to have some right away.
I do suggest a big glass of milk or coffee to go along side the bread. It’s rich and delicious! I am pretty excited that there is another bunch of bananas on my counter. Since they are still yellow, I’ll be impatiently waiting for them to ripen, so I can make more chocolate cookies and cream banana bread!
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Recipe
Chocolate Cookies and Cream Banana Bread
Enjoy this cookies and cream banana bread any time of the day!
Ingredients
For the Bread
- ½ cup Butter, Softened
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 cup Ripe Banana, Mashed
- ½ cup Sour Cream
- 1 tablespoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ cup Unsweetened Dark Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 ½ cups Oreo Cookie Chunks
For the Frosting
- ¼ cup Butter, Softened
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Milk
- 1 Oreo cookie, Crushed
Instructions
- Beat the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the eggs, banana, sour cream, and vanilla and beat again.
- Stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add to the butter mixture until everything has been mixed in. Do not over mix the batter. Stir in the cookie chunks gently.
- Spread the batter in a greased 9x5 bread pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
- Remove from the oven and let cool 15 minutes in the pan, and then flip out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- For the Frosting: Beat the butter and sugar until creamy. Add the milk and beat until smooth. Spread on top of the cooled bread. Top with the cookie crumbs.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 545Total Fat: 24gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 500mgCarbohydrates: 77gFiber: 3gSugar: 47gProtein: 7g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
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Solange TESSIER roy
Bonjour je trouve incroyable,tous les sorted de pains aux bananes, je fait beaucoup de tes recettes et il sont extraordinaires, Jaime's beaucoup faire des biscuit aux bananes et chocolat ,recette de ma grandmere, on trouve de plus en plus des recettes avec banane un fruit facile a trouver merci pour les recettes. Solange bonne journee
Jocelyn
Merci beaucoup! Le pain aux bananes est l'un de mes préférés. J’aime le fait qu’il puisse être utilisé de tant de façons différentes. Faites-moi savoir si vous avez des questions sur l'une de nos recettes. Apprécier!
Tash
I've made this vread a few times. I use 3/4 of sugar since the cookies are already sweet plus I add some salt to the icing sugar. This bread is a home run
Shannon
I made this yesterday, and it turned out picture perfect! I brought slices to work as a thank you for some co-workers, and though they are not in my department, I believe this bread made me one of their favorite co-workers. 🙂 I didn't use ALL the frosting, so I put it on some leftover, unfrosted cinnamon rolls I also had, and it tasted wonderful on those, too!
Jocelyn
That's awesome! Way to butter up those co-workers and get the best worker award for sure! Love it! And great to know this frosting is good on cinnamon rolls too 🙂
Andrea
This was a great recipe! The icing on top was a nice touch. I would definitely make this again.
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting
OKAY now this might be the best banana bread ever!
Jocelyn
Well, I won't argue with you there 😉
Cakespy
Bananas make it health food - breakfast approved! Awesome, Jocelyn!
Jocelyn
Hahaha! Yes, bananas are health food, so this bread is definitely worthy of breakfast! 😉
Aimee @ ShugarySweets
I love that this is breakfast 🙂 I want to live at your house!
Jocelyn
Girl, you know I wished you lived close to me!!!! How much fun (and trouble) would we have!!!!
Mir
You and my dad are the same way! He also loves his underripe bananas. I cannot. And he likes his toast burned. 🙂
This banana bread I can get behind, though. It's amazing!
Jocelyn
Give your dad a high five for me! Green banana lovers unite!!! LOL! Although I can't do burnt toast...
Malinda @Countryside Cravings
This has to be the most epic banana bread ever!!!!! I only eat bananas when they are green too!
Jocelyn
High five to a fellow green banana lover!!! I'm usually alone on that one, so I get excited when I find someone else who likes them green too!!!!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction
What a great way to switch up banana bread! I'd love a slice with a mug of coffee!
Marci
Could you make this without the bananas? How would I change the recipe? It looks amazing!! 🙂
Jocelyn
I'm afraid this particular bread needs the bananas in it. I would suggest googling chocolate bread and adding the cookies and frosting to that. I hope that helps!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout
Wow, this banana bread is really next level! Loving how deliciously chocolatey it is- and that frosting is to die for 🙂
Roxana
What a great combo! I'd save bananas for this too!
Jocelyn
Thank you so much! It's well worth saving those bananas for!
Lauren @ Oh Hey! I Like That!
This looks amazing! I'm definitely pinning this for later!
Jocelyn
I hope you enjoy it when you make it 🙂