This rich, fudgy, and chocolatey Vegan Banana Bread is secretly made with healthy and gluten-free ingredients.

This Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread is the perfect way to satisfy your sweet tooth. Plus, it is totally acceptable to eat for breakfast! After a lot of recipe testing, I am so excited to be sharing this Perfect Chocolate Banana Bread recipe!

If you are familiar with my blog, you know that I am obsessed with utilizing healthy ingredients in vegan baking to ensure that I can splurge on desserts completely guilt-free! This Chocolate Banana Bread recipe is no exception.

Why this recipe works

This recipe is gluten-free, vegan, and refined sugar-free thanks to a wholesome ingredient list. Let’s break it down, shall we?

Oat flour: One cup of oat flour is my favorite gluten-free flour alternative. It can easily be made by placing (gluten-free) oats in your blender blending until flour consistency is reached.

Almond flour: Since almond flour obtains a high-fat content, half of a cup of this ingredient helps create a rich and fudgy banana bread. Similarly to oat flour, if you do not have almond flour, you can blend almonds in your blender or food processor until you have reached flour consistency.

Cocoa Powder: Three tablespoons of cocoa powder adds the perfect amount of chocolate flavor.

Mashed banana: This recipe calls for two mashed bananas which equal a little more than half of a cup. Banana also helps add sweetness and a moist texture.

Maple syrup: Three tablespoons of maple syrup help add a natural source of sweetness.

Coconut Oil: Two tablespoons of coconut oil work alongside the almond flour to help give this banana bread a moist and fudgy texture.

Flax egg: This recipe calls for one flax egg to help give this banana bread structure. Flax eggs are a simple and easy vegan egg replacement to help create the perfect texture in baked goods. Although, if you do not have flax seeds on hand, you can still make wonderful banana bread without it. I have tested this recipe with and without flax egg many times, and it turns out delicious either way.

If you have never made a flax egg before, it’s simple! Just combine one tablespoon of ground flax seeds with 2.5 tablespoons of water and stir. Allow this mixture to sit for 5-10 minutes until the consistency has thickened, and voilà! You now have a vegan egg replacement.

If you love banana bread, check out my recipe for The Best Vegan Banana Bread, Vegan Blueberry Banana Muffins, and Double Chocolate Banana Muffins.

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Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread

Course Dessert, Snack

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon ground flax seeds
• 2.5 tablespoons water
• 1 ¼ cups oat flour
• ½ cup almond flour
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 mashed bananas about ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil melted
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• ¼ cup almond milk or dairy-free milk of choice
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup of vegan chocolate chips plus more for topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 5.75-inch x 3-inch bread pan with coconut oil (you may use a larger pan, but the bread will come out thinner).
• Make your flax egg: Combine the ground flax seeds with the 2.5 tablespoons of water, stir thoroughly, and allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Combine all of the dry ingredients in a medium bowl (oat flour, almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt). Stir or whisk until evenly combined. Add in the rest of the wet ingredients along with your flax egg and stir until well combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips. Add batter to prepared pan and top with desired amount of chocolate chips.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes (less time if using a larger pan) or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing from pan. Enjoy!

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This healthy and amazing Banana Bread recipe has become one of the most popular recipes that I have shared on my Instagram, and I am so excited to finally be publishing it here.

There’s nothing better than a warm slice of banana bread fresh out of the oven, and this recipe is made with 100% wholesome ingredients that you can feel good about. If you love banana bread I promise you will love this guilt-free recipe, and so will everyone else who tries it.

Why this recipe works

Vegan banana bread recipes often call for egg replacements like flax seeds or other substitutes that you may not have on hand, but this recipe sticks to the basics.

Banana happens to be one of my favorite egg replacements when making vegan desserts, which is why this recipe calls for three whole overripe bananas. Another benefit of incorporating banana into a recipe is that it acts as a natural sweetener. This is why this recipe only calls for 1/3 of a cup of maple syrup.

I decided to use coconut oil as the fat source in this banana bread because using coconut oil in cakes or breads will always ensure that they turn out moist and obtain a tender crumb.

A combination of oat flour and whole wheat flour ensure that this vegan banana bread is healthier than traditional banana bread recipes, and they give this bread an extra special flavor that I love!

Of course, I had to incorporate chocolate chips because…well who doesn’t love chocolate? Chocolate chips also help to give this banana bread another element of sweetness that is just perfect.

Pro tip:

Pro tip: if your bananas are ripe, but not overripe yet, pop them in the oven at 350 degrees until the peels turn completely black. Then remove them from the oven and allow time to cool before slicing off the peel with a knife – now you have perfectly soft and sweet bananas! Magical.

If you love banana, be sure to check out some of my favorite banana forward recipes: Blueberry Banana Muffins, Healthy Banana Oat Cookies, Blueberry Banana Baked Donuts, and my Peanut Butter Swirl Banana Nice Cream. This Banana Bread is easy to make, but even easier to eat. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Happy Baking!

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Vegan Banana Bread

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 1 cup of oat flour made by blending 1 cup of oats in the blender until four consistency
• ¾ cups of whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp of salt
• ½ tsp of cinnamon
• 1 1/3 cups of mashed banana about 3 overripe OR baked bananas
• 1/3 cup of coconut oil melted
• 1/3 cup of maple syrup plus 3-4 more tablespoons depending on desired sweetness
• ¼ cup of almond milk slightly warm so it does not solidify the coconut oil
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 1/3-1/2 cup of chocolate chips I like to add more to the top – vegan if desired

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 and grease bread pan with coconut oil.
• Combine the first 6 dry ingredients together in a medium bowl and whisk until combined.
• Combine the mashed banana, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, almond milk, and vanilla in a small bowl and stir to combine. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and gently fold in to combine.
• Add in desired amount of chocolate chips and fold in to combine.
• Pour batter into prepared bread pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and the top springs back when touched.
• Cool bread before removing from pan and slicing. Enjoy!

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