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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:
Peanut Butter Protein Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chunk Rye Banana Bread
5 Minute Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread Mug Cake
Baked Chocolate Fudge Glazed Doughnuts
Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts with Cinnamon Maple Glaze
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!
Chocolate Chunk Greek Yogurt Banana Bread
Servings: 1 loaf
Calories Per Serving: 495 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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Ingredients
- 4 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 1/4 cup mashed)
- 1/2 cup plain whole milk Greek Yogurt
- 1/4 cup salted butter or coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chunks
Cinnamon Butter
- 1 stick salted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease a 9×5 inch bread pan.2. In a bowl, stir together the mashed bananas, yogurt, butter/coconut oil, maple/honey, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chunks/chips. 3. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the center is just set. Remove and let cool for 15 minutes before cutting, or just eat it warm with a smear of cinnamon butter. Enjoy!4. To make the cinnamon butter. In a bowl, beat together all ingredients. Serve with the warm bread.
Notes
1 loaf = approximately 8 slices
This post was originally published on January 3, 2025
Just made this using gluten free flour and it was DIVINE! Highly recommend 😊
Hi Hanna,
Happy New Year!🥳 Thanks so much for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear it turned out well for you! xx
How many grams is one stick of butter? Im from the UK and the metric button didn’t change the weight for the butter and unsure of the weight. Can’t wait to try this recipe!
Hi there,
There is 113 grams in 1 stick of butter. Please let me know if you have any other questions, I hope you love this recipe! xT
I just mixed the butter in without melting it 🙁 shoot
Hi Linda,
It should be okay. Thanks for giving this recipe a try, I hope you love it! xx
This was delicious!! So easy to make and the perfect warm, cozy treat to fight the post holiday blues. I love that the recipe uses Greek yogurt (sneak in some protein!) and not a ton of butter. Will definitely make again. Happy New Year! 🥳
Thanks so much, Courtney:) I’m so glad this recipe turned out well for you, I appreciate you making it! Happy New Year! xT
Absolutely delicious! Thank you,
Hi Linda,
Happy New Year!🥳 Thanks so much for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear it turned out well for you! xx
Is it possible to make this diary free with a sub for the Greek yogurt?
Hi Erin,
You bet, just use a dairy free yogurt. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xx
This was enjoyed by my family, and so easy to make. I baked it in an 8×8 pan instead of a loaf for about 40 min. Will def make again!
Hey there,
Happy New Year!🥳 Thanks so much for trying this recipe and sharing your feedback, love to hear it turned out well for you! xx
Question – can I sub nonfat greek yogurt instead of the full fat?
Yes
Hi there,
Yes, that would be just fine for you to do. I hope you love this recipe! xx
This was such a treat for my Saturday morning breakfast. It is so moist and delicious. My 5 year old who supposedly does not like bananas or banana flavor devoured THREE slices. I used olive oil in place of butter or coconut oil. It took about 65 minutes to bake through in a Pyrex bread pan.
Love to hear this, Kelsey! Thank you so much for giving this banana bread a try, I’m so glad it was enjoyed by your family! xT
If I have no sugar added Greek yogurt,do need to adjust anything?
Hi Monique,
Nope, I also use no sugar added:) Please let me know if you have any other questions, I hope you love this recipe! xx
Stop harping on her personal life!
This page is for RECIPE related questions and Comments! Yhall are annoying and noisy!
Tiegan cant wait to try!!!
Linda, she shares a lot of things that aren’t food related as she’s mentioned she wants to pivot to lifestyle also. She has shared numerous times that she was so excited to go to Austria with her family. If she is wanting to pivot to lifestyle content also, naturally it would make sense to share things about her life, like her trip to Austria. It is bizarre that she talked about it for weeks, and then radio silence. It makes logical sense for people to ask questions! Hope this helps! 🙂
4 bananas is not 1/4 cup ripe mashed bananas
Hi Wendy,
Right, it’s about 1 1/4 cup mashed bananas. Please let me know if you have any other questions:) xx
These look so good! Going to make it this weekend!
Also can’t wait to hear about your trip to Austria! I am loving your lifestyle content and know that a trip is probably such a dream come true! You are so lucky you get to travel with family and that you all are so close! I hope to travel one day when I can save up enough 🙂
Thanks, Nancy! I hope you love this recipe! Let me know how it turns out for you:) xT
She didn’t go to Austria but she’ll never come out and admit it. She hypes up family trips all the time but never goes.
If I were to make muffins, would I bake at same temp? And for how long? Happy new year!
Easy to switch to muffins; I do it often. Baking them at 350 might take about 25-30 minutes (depending on your oven), but start checking them early with the clean toothpick test. For muffins, you can raise the oven temp to 375 for a shorter baking time. Again, ovens vary so start checking early.
Hi Jennifer,
Totally, muffins would work well! I would bake at 350F for 20-22 minutes. I hope you love this recipe! xT
Why didn’t you go to Austria?
Todd, Austria is so 2024. She is never going to explain why she chose to stay home alone in her big old barn instead of joining her family in Europe. She hyped it up for weeks before Christmas, but ditched the trip to be alone. She’s never gonna tell us why because how do you explain that?
She could try being direct, honest and vulnerable. It’s the most special approach. Hope that helps!
Honestly, she needs a better PR team. Or person. I’ve worked with execs all over Silicon Valley and my advice is never to ignore or hide. Now, depending on what happened which could be very personal or tragic or medical or anything, I would still counsel to make a statement.