Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Name: Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 14
Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat flour; 3/4 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp salt; 3 ripe bananas; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/3 cup coconut oil; 2 eggs; 1/3 cup low-fat plain yogurt; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 cup mini dark chocolate chips

By Judy Capodanno

Updated 3/11/2025

Dietitian Reviewed: Jane Schwartz, RDN, CLT

Approved for These Diets:

Heart Healthy | Vegetarian

What to do with overripe bananas? Make a healthy chocolate chip banana bread! Don't throw away ripe bananas. Use this easy banana bread recipe to make a heart healthy snack or a low calorie dessert. It's only 200 calories a slice. And every slice of this delightfully soft chocolate chip banana bread is loaded with sweet, moist flavor and creamy, melt-in your mouth chocolate nuggets. Whole-wheat flour, yogurt, dark chocolate, and ripe bananas make the moistest bread.

Total Time

90 minutes

Servings

Calories

202

How to Make a Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Tip: Use ripe, soft bananas to make the best banana bread recipe. Because they are sweeter, ripe or brown bananas make a more moist banana bread.

Tip: Instead of milk or heavy cream, this healthy banana bread recipe uses low-fat Greek yogurt. Yogurt makes a more moist banana bread with less saturated fat for a low cholesterol recipe.

Tip: Mix in the flour slowly. You may want to use less than 2 cups if the batter is getting too thick. Too much flour can make the bread dry.

Tip: Don't beat up the batter. Stir the batter gently and slowly. Heavy mixing makes a dense bread.

Is Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Healthy?

Yes, chocolate chip banana bread is healthy, and you can make it healthier by using whole wheat flour instead of high-gluten white flour. Perfect as a healthy breakfast recipe, this heart-healthy recipe for banana bread is low sodium and low in saturated fat. Serve banana bread as a healthy dessert to people following a heart-healthy diet. Make sure to use mini dark chocolate chips. Dark chocolate chips with antioxidants are healthier than milk chocolate chips.

Helpful How-To Video

How to Make Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly coat a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Line the pan with parchment paper.
Step 2

In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
Step 3

In a mixer, mix bananas until mashed well.
Step 4

Add the sugar, oil and eggs and cream well. Add the yogurt and vanilla and mix to combine.
Step 5

Gradually add the flour mixture to the banana mixture until combined well.
Step 6

Fold in the chocolate chips.
Step 7

Pour batter into loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:

1 slice (about 3/4 inch)

202

Calories

Fat

Cholesterol

185

Sodium

Carbs

Sat. Fat

Fiber

Protein

Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

How to Make a Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Is Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Healthy?

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How to Make Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

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