This Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bread is a family favorite. It’s a quick bread that’s moist and tender, rich and delicious and loaded with chocolate chips. It’s the perfect solution to any chocolate craving.
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Ellie, recently left the following comment on this recipe:
BEST THING EVER!!!!! It’s like a chocolate cake, a brownie, and a chocolate muffin had a baby! It’s fudgy, moist and decadent without being too sweet at all! I’ll definitely be making this again IMMEDIATELY!
I couldn’t have described this bread better. Her comment was just the push I needed to update the recipe with some new pictures and share it again with my readers.
If you’re a chocolate lover, you’ll love this moist, delicious chocolate quick bread. It’s an updated version of the Triple Chocolate Cherry Quick Bread I made in February.
I eliminated the cherries because I was making it for a bake sale, and I thought it would sell better. Some people don’t like dried fruit in their breads. My oldest son was disappointed it didn’t have the cherries, but that didn’t stop him from gobbling up half a mini loaf. I’ll probably add a cup of coarsely chopped cherries next time.
Making Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bread
This recipe uses cocoa instead of melted chocolate which I think adds a deeper chocolate flavor. I also added a little bit of red food coloring so that the rich chocolate flavor would pop in a photo. (A tip I read online somewhere since chocolate quick breads tend to look grey in pictures.) Feel free to omit the food coloring if you’d like.
I rarely sift flour any more, but I always sift cocoa using a mesh strainer. Cocoa usually has little lumps that don’t easily dissolve during mixing. So it’s a good idea to get in the habit of sifting cocoa.
You can bake this Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bread Quick bread in two standard size loaf pans, but I prefer to use mini loaf pans. They’re the perfect size for a bake sale, a gift for a neighbor or friend, or just to tuck in the freezer for a quick treat another day.
This quick bread uses a creaming method for mixing, so it’s more cake like. If you’d like to get more information about baking quick breads, The Prepared Pantry has a nice All About Baking: Quick Breads page with great information.
Quick breads are always a hit at my house. If your family loves quick breads too, this one is a must try.
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Bread
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups applesauce
- ⅛ teaspoon red gel food coloring optional
- 1 ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray two medium (9 x 5) loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray, or four/five mini loaf pans (5 ¾ x 3 ¼ x 2 ¼.)
- In a medium bowl, mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer cream the butter and the sugar until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add the vanilla and applesauce and mix until well combined. Add the dry ingredients stirring until just combined.
- Coat the chocolate chips with 2 tablespoons flour and stir into batter. Spoon batter into prepared pans. Don’t fill more than ⅔ full. Bake side-by-side for about one hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. (Bake 35-40 minutes for the mini loaves.)
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Faith
This is such a lovely bread, Barbara! The chocolate lattice on top is adorable!
teresa
mmmm, so chocolatey! i want!
Cristie
It was a beautiful bread, just stunning. I have it booked marked and it goes to the top of the list.
Lynn
Yum yum yum, Barbara! Thanks so much for sharing this, as you could tell from my last post that my chocolate tea bread fell all to pieces 😮 I love that there's applesauce in this one, making it a bit more healthy. Yeah, Barbara!
Gulmohar
Toothsome !!! it looks so pretty with that criss cross choco icing on top..have a great week end Barbara !
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
That looks nice and squidgy, I like the criss cross icing on top.
Nutmeg Nanny
I love chocolate and I would love this bread 🙂
Asha @ FSK
OH OH!! That is one decadent loaf!! gimme a slice!
Bonnie
This is what bread should look like. It is lovely. I love the two-colored glazes. I need a break from "healthy" bread to just plain yummy breads.
Katy ~
I'm going to visit family in the next couple of weeks. This would make a perfect takealong! Thanks!
April
All of these breads look so good!!! This will be on my bookmarked list…well…along with the snickerdoodle bread too.
Cool Lassi(e)
What a decorated moist and scrumptious cake! You certainly know how to bake, Barbara!
petite nyonya
What a rich looking quick bread. Looks really good!
Shabs..
Oh, thsi looks sinfully rich….Will it be ok if i reduce the butter by half?!I have a THINkING THAT ANYTHING MORE THAN 1/2 CUP BUTTER is too much for a cake, how silly!.and i try to reduce them immensely…SO it tend to bake more buttery cakes only fo rget togethers where evry one gets a share:)
Mamatkamal
This bread sounds delicious! It looks like a cake, so soft, so yummy!
Cheers
Ninette
Hey Barbara,
I've not been blogging as much — too busy at work. You changed your site. Very clean and nice!
Jessica @ How Sweet
I love the topping! So pretty! Mmmm just sounds delicious.
Meena
Ohmygosh, I am sooo glad you r posting all these chocolatey recipes recently…for a choc fanatic like me, it is heaven on a laptop screen:)
Olive
I love how moist and soft it looks, it's like a cake..yum!
..Thanks for the tip on how to make the ganache shiny! 🙂
Sue Sparks
You're killing me with all these quick breads lately:) This bread looks beautiful and delicious!