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Banana Bread with Chocolate Glaze

October 2, 2013

Oh hello there, perfect Banana Bread with Chocolate Glaze! Never had a slice of banana bread with chocolate glaze? You should! I think banana and chocolate go so well together. I love banana bread with chocolate chips or chocolate-dipped bananas or banana cupcakes with chocolate frosting. I don’t know what it is, but I love that sweet hit of chocolate to what can be not-so-sweet banana bread. I can’t believe it’s never crossed my mind to add a chocolate glaze to banana bread!

Banana Bread with Chocolate Glaze by So, How's It Taste? www.leah-claire.com

So, how’s it taste?

It’s fantastic! Exceeded my expectations so much! The banana bread smells heavenly baking in the oven. It’s pretty much your classic banana bread (minus the nuts) and would be awesome on its own. Very moist and not too sweet, just perfect. The glaze is nothing more than semisweet chocolate chips and half-and-half melted together. I added in a few dark chocolate chips just for fun. It’s not a large amount of glaze, just enough to give you a little sweet oomph with your slice.

Bonus! One slice comes in at 184 calories (not sure what regular banana bread is). And yes, the entire loaf is 16 slices, but 1/16th isn’t a teeny tiny piece. So indulge!

Yield: 16 servings

Banana Bread with Chocolate Glaze

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 2/3 cups mashed ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 large egg white
9 oz. unbleached all-purpose flour (about 2 cups)
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Cooking spray
2 1/2 tbsp. half-and-half
2 oz. semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F.

2. Combine sugar and butter in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add banana, milk, sour cream, and egg whites.

3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk. Add flour mixture to banana mixture; beat just until blended (do not overbeat). Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch metal loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350F for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool on rack.

4. Place half-and-half and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH for 1 minute or until chocolate melts, stirring every 20 seconds. Cool slightly; drizzle over bread.

per serving: 184 calories, 5.2g fat, 3g protein, 32.6g carbs, 1.3g fiber

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  • alexandra @ sweet betweens [blog] October 2, 2013 at 9:01 am

    Oh man, chocolate + banana are up there like chocolate + peanut butter or chocolate + mint for me. [can we say CHOCOHOLIC MUCH? :)] Looks fantastic, Leah!

    • Leah Short October 2, 2013 at 2:13 pm

      I’m right there with ya! I will eat chocolate with just about anything!

  • Linda | The urban Mrs October 2, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    184 cals only – SOLD! I love banana bread, especially with chocolate glaze. I think I’ll need another slice of this now.

  • Erin @ One Particular Kitchen October 3, 2013 at 8:52 am

    This has never occurred to me either! Ooh, i bet that would be good on pumpkin bread, too.

    • Leah Short October 3, 2013 at 10:44 am

      Heck yeah it would!

  • Lesley Eats October 6, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    I love putting chocolate chips in my banana bread, but it makes it that much more fattening. 🙂 It was interesting to see how my recipe compared to yours to get an idea of the calorie difference. Yours has 1/4 of the amount of butter mine does! Plus fewer eggs. I’m wondering if I could get away with reducing the butter in mine…

    • Leah Short October 6, 2013 at 5:03 pm

      Wow! I didn’t think to compare it and see the difference. You’d never know this one was in the low calorie category. Curious how yours would work. I loved this!