Despite that I only buy a small bunch of bananas at a time, I still don't always use them all by the time they get "too ripe" to eat. So this morning I made a loaf of oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread. It's a great way to use up near death (ha) bananas and it's so delicious. I like to add walnuts to my oatmeal banana bread but I know not everyone is a fan, so feel free to omit them.
This bread freezes well too, you can slice it before hand and just pull a slice out of oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread when you want it. MMMM. I'll be honest though, you might want to make two loaves if you plan to freeze any!
Sure, banana bread is fine by itself but banana bread with chocolate chips? Or better yet banana bread with walnuts AND chocolate chips? Total yum!
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon cinnamon
3 teaspoon canola oil
3 large eggs, beaten
3 large bananas, ripe and mashed
1 cup uncooked old fashioned oats
½-3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Easy directions for oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a loaf pan and set aside.
Now, I use a (affiliate) KitchenAid Stand Mixer, but you can do this by hand too. Combine your bananas, eggs and oil in your mixing bowl.
In a large bowl, stir together dry ingredients (except the walnuts and chocolate chips). Slowly add the dry mixture to your wet mixture.
Once combined add the walnuts and chocolate chips. Mix until just blended then pour into your prepared pan.
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the pan. Then, let your oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread sit on cooling rack for another 10 minutes before slicing.
THE BEST oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread!
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 teaspoon canola oil
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 3 large bananas ripe and mashed
- 1 cup uncooked old fashioned oats
- ½-3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped walnuts optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a loaf pan and set aside.
- Now, I use a (affiliate) KitchenAid Stand Mixer, but you can do this by hand too. Combine your bananas, eggs and oil in your mixing bowl.
- In a large bowl, stir together dry ingredients (except the walnuts and chocolate chips). Slowly add the dry mixture to your wet mixture.
- Once combined add the walnuts and chocolate chips. Mix until just blended then pour into your prepared pan.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the pan. Then, let your oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread sit on cooling rack for another 10 minutes before slicing.
This is my favorite oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread recipe! In fact, it's the most popular recipe on my site! I hope you enjoy it.
If you love oatmeal banana bread, make sure you try our banana bread cookies.
Carla
1/2 cup chic chips
worked better for us
1 cup fine also but I felt
it overwhelmed the main
attractions: Oats /bananas
Thanks for sharing it's delicious with morning tea
Natalie A
I have never had oatmeal banana bread before. This sounds delicious. I love oatmeal, chocolate chips, and bananas, so I think I will love this recipe! You really can't go wrong with those ingredients!
beth shepherd
I will def by trying this!
Antoinette M
I love banana bread. This would be a great recipe to try.
Margaret Porter
Going to try this over the weekend
Alexis Grandys
Very good!! I added shredded coconut to the recipe and was amazing.
Kerri Jablonski
I am going to have to try that! Yum!
Nicholas Balandiat
I love this kind of quick bread. Sounds really delicious.
David Hollingsworth
This does look really delicious!
cyndi br
this looks good. simple and easy to make
Jennifer R
I think my kids would love this oatmeal chocolate chip banana bread. It looks like a great snack bread.
Sara Tarver
This looks delicious!
Sarah L
That looks delicious. I'd eat that!
EMMA L HORTON
THIS LOOKS GOOD AND I THINK I WILL TRY IT SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
Thomas Gibson
This looks like an award winning recipe. I can't wait to try!
Eileen Boyce
This sounds yummy and I want to try.
Maureen
I had frozen bananas and they are now in the fridge thawing. I was wondering what recipe to make and this sounds wonderful. I think this is it.
Riah
Sounds absolutely delicious!
David Hollingsworth
This looks like a really delectable and delicious dessert.
shelly peterson
I love banana bread. I wood love to try this with chocolate chips.
Maureen
I have bananas in the freezer and I wanted to know what I was going to make with them. Saw this recipe and I am going to thaw them and use them in this recipe. WOW what a good one.
Thank you
Patty
All the good things in one delicious bread. I gotta go buy some bananas
Tracie Cooper
OMG, this banana bread looks amazing! I would love to make this for my family!
Tracie Cooper
I would love to make this with my sweet niece K! I would be the best aunt ever!
Tracie Cooper
I would love to make a loaf for my mom!
Leianna
My 4 year old & I just finished baking this bread-- delicious! We used whole wheat flour & added in some peanut butter chips too, to make it heartier. Now I can justify eating several slices & calling it breakfast! ???? Thanks for the great, easy recipe!
Danielle
Does using all whole wheat flour change anything? I am making this today and would love to use whole wheat flour instead of white!
Kerri Jablonski
I haven't tried it with whole wheat flour, so I'm not entirely sure. You'll have to let us know!
Jamie
Tried this recipe yesterday and it came out so great! The bread disappeared in 2 hours! Next time though I would put 1/2 or 3/4 cup chocolate chips instead I think 1 cup was a little too much.
Great recipe!
Kerri Jablonski
Thanks, my kids like it super chocolately, but recently I've made it with less and it does make it less "gooey" I've updated the recipe. 🙂
EMMA L HORTON
I LOVE BANANA BREAD....THANKS
Kelly
The oats give help give the bread a light, sponge yet strong texture as well as adding an extra layer of nutty flavor as well as pleasant texture. This is my favorite banana bread recipe and I’ve made it twice in mini loaf pans (bake time 25-30 minutes).
Sarah L
Great combination of flavors in this.
David Hollingsworth
This looks absolute delicious and filling.
Lynda Fisher
Could this also be made as muffins?
Mya Murphy
I can totally understand why this would be a favorite.. A lot of amazing flavors together..
Sarah L
I'd eat that!
Vee rivers
How would I do this in a bread maker?
Kerri Jablonski
I have not tested this in the bread maker, since it's a quick bread. That's a good question though, I'll have to test it!
Natasha
This is our go to recipe! Best banana bread we have had.
Kerri Jablonski
I'm so glad you like it!!
Diana de Beer
I am wondering if it is 3 teaspoons oil or 3 tablespoons?
Kerri Jablonski
Hi Diana, tsp is teaspoons, so for this recipe you'd use 3 teaspoons of oil. Enjoy your banana bread!
Chris
My kids are weird about texture. So, even though my husband and I loved it, the boys weren’t crazy about the whole oats in the bread. So, I decided to grind up the oats in the food processor and turn it into a flour. I used the same measurements that the recipe calls for but with oat flour instead of regular oats. And it’s still soooooo good. And the kids can’t get enough of it!