Bananas here, bananas there, bananas AND chocolate everywhere...now tell me honestly what could be a better combination than lovely sweet bananas with some dark chocolate?? Today I am sharing Clean chocolate banana bread recipe and it's blooming delicious!
This clean chocolate banana bread is the ultimate treat, breakfast on the go, quick snack or little "me" moment with a nice green cuppa. Please I beg you not to eat it all in one go and keep some for the next day...the flavours settle and mix making it taste even better the next day! I have made this bread 3 times, the first time with rye flour and it just wasn't good enough and ended in the bin, the second attempt was a mixture of buckwheat and oat flour and it turned out great, but didn't raise enough and the texture was poor. So my final flour was spelt flour and that is it!
Moist, chocolatey, not too sweet and pumped with loads of great fiber, healthy fats and protein. If you don't have chia seeds, you can use flax seeds instead. As for milk I used my current favourite Rice and coconut milk from Provamel - the first organic plant-based milk ever in the chiller! You have to try it, it is so delicious!
Here's the Clean chocolate banana bread recipe
Recipe
Clean chocolate banana bread
Chocolate banana bread recipe from Hedi Hearts. Don't throw away your spotty bananas, turn them into clean chocolate banana bread.
Ingredients
- 3 medium spotty bananas
- 1 cup spelt flour
- ½ cup cacao or cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup melted coconut oil
- ¼ cup milk (I used Provamel coconut and rice milk)
- 1 chia egg (1 tablespoon chia seeds + 3 tablespoon water)
- ½ cup cocoa nibs (or you could use dark chocolate sugar, but watch the sugar)
- pinch of salt
- Optional
- Couple of tablespoons of liquid sweetener if you prefer something a bit more sweet (honey, maple syrup or date syrup)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease your banana bread tin
- Mix together flour, cacao, baking powder, and salt.
- Make the chia egg and let it settle for 10 minutes
- In another other bowl whisk together mashed bananas, coconut oil, milk and sweetener if using.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined. Fold in the chia egg and then the nibs
- Pour mixture in the tin, pop in the oven and bake for around 1 hour or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
- Let it cool down completely before taking out of the tin
As always please, if you make this recipe share it with me either on my Facebook,Twitter or Instagram. I would love to see it! Hashtag #HediHearts
Much love,
Hedi
Much love,
Hedi
Karina
Hi Hedi just noticed while baking...should pinch sugar in ingredients be salt and when to add the coconut milk in the method? It's in the oven anyway. Luv trying out your new stuff tks so much xx
Hedi Hearts
Hello lovely, yes and yes. Not sure, but it was showing the draft version of the recipe..all fixed now! Thank you for letting me know xxxxxxx
Katie
Is spelt flour gluten free, or is there a gluten free alternative I could use?
Hedi Hearts
Hello Katie, spelt flour is not gluten free. You could try buckwheat flour but you would probably need to adjust the baking time to slightly longer Hedi xxx
Nicole
Hi Hedi, could I use almond flour at all?
Hedi Hearts
Hello Nicole, I think this could work, but have never tried myself. Let me know! Hedi xxx
Emily
Hey! I would like to use an egg instead of chia egg. Is one egg enough to replace the chia egg? Thanks xx
Hedi Hearts
Yes it is Emmily xxx
Grainne
Just made this, and it tastes as good as it smells! Delicious! Thanks for the recipe
Hedi Hearts
awww thank you so much for a lovely comment Grainne. This bread is my family favourite. I make it minimum twice a month! Hedi xxx
Andrea Little
Could I use Coconut flour?
Hedi Hearts
Hi Andrea, no, dont use coconut flour, it requires much more moisture because it is so dense. You could try almond flour. Hedi xxx
Suzanne
I made this it was yummy but didn't rise as much as yours ?
Hedi Hearts
Oh no, what a shame, did you leave it too long in the oven? Hedi xxx
Gemma
Can I leave the cocoa nibbs out
Hedi Hearts
Yes you can, or for a naughty version use chocolate chips. Hedi xxx
Sooze
Hi Heidi!!
Are cacao nibs essential! I have everything else!
Hedi Hearts
You can skip them or use dark chocolate chips instead 🙂 Hedi xxx
Clar Ball
Hi Hedi
I've just made it for the second time. Can I freeze it?
Hedi Hearts
Yes, you can lovely xx
Niamh Molloy
Is using Almond milk an option Hedi?
Leanne
Where can I buy the spelt flour
Hedi Hearts
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and all health shops. Hedi x x x
Conni
This sounds so good! Not used to baking at such a low temperature. Is this 180 Fahrenheit?
Hedi Hearts
Hello Conni, no, it's 180 degrees celsius. Hedi x x x