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    Home » Recipes » Breads » Quick Breads

    Chunky Monkey Banana Bread

    Published by Melissa on May 22, 2012 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 39 Comments

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    A moist, delicious banana bread loaded with chocolate chunks and nuts. Perfect for breakfast or an afternoon or late night snack.

    We make a lot of banana bread/banana muffins at our house and I’m always looking for fun ways to change it up. I had a bag of Scharffenberger chocolate chunks I’d been wanting to bake with and when I decided to add them to banana bread, Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream came to mind.

    A piece of bread on a plate, with Banana bread

    Their popular banana ice cream is loaded with chocolate chunks and walnuts, but my favorite nut is almonds, so I switched it up and used toasted sliced almonds. I thought about using macadamia nuts for an extra tropical flair, but didn’t want to make a trip to the store. Maybe I’ll try that next time.

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    I made 4 mini loaves. I love making the mini loaves because they cook in half the time and are easy to share. Not that any of these loaves were shared. They were all gobbled up by the next day.

    I have to admit that I haven’t ever eaten Chunky Monkey ice cream. Something I think I should remedy soon. Are you a Chunky Monkey fan?

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    Chunky Monkey Banana Bread

    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time1 hr 5 mins
    Total Time1 hr 20 mins
    Course: Quick Breads
    Servings: 1 loaf or 4 mini loaves
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup sugar
    • ¼ cup butter melted
    • ½ cup sour cream I used low fat
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 cup coarsely smashed chunky very ripe banana (about 3 small)
    • 1 6 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chunks
    • ½ cup sliced almonds toasted and cooled

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350º
    • In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
    • Combine sugar, melted butter, sour cream, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl; beat until well blended. Stir in bananas. Add flour mixture to banana mixture, stirring just until moistened. Mix in chocolate chunks and nuts.
    • Spoon batter into an 8 ½ x 4 ½ x 3-inch loaf pan coated with baking spray with flour. Bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
    • Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack before cutting.

    Notes

    *I made 4 mini loaves. Bake mini loaves for 30 minutes or muffins for 18 minutes.

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    1. Sophie

      July 30, 2012 at 11:18 pm

      Awesome recipe,
      I love banana bread 🙂
      Here’s anther recipe you might like.
      http://www.wascene.com/food-drink/delicious-banana-bread-recipe/
      Thanks for sharing,
      Soph

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    2. Deborah

      May 29, 2012 at 8:20 am

      I just discovered a whole bunch of almonds in my freezer – this would be perfect!!

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    3. Asmita

      May 25, 2012 at 7:09 pm

      These mini loaves look delicious.

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    4. Javelin Warrior

      May 24, 2012 at 10:36 pm

      Every Friday, I share my favorite food finds in a series called Food Fetish Friday. I love this post so much I’m featuring it as part of the roundup (with a link-back and attribution) and I hope you have no objections. It’s a pleasure following your creations…

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    5. bakingaddict

      May 24, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      Love baking with bananas and I love Ben & Jerry’s chunky monkey too – brilliant idea to incorporate that into your bake. I have a few bananas ripening so may give this a go!

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    6. Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels

      May 24, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      I looovee Chunky Monkey ice cream, it’s one of my favorites! Love that you made a banana bread version of the ice cream. 🙂

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    7. Baker Street

      May 24, 2012 at 10:42 am

      Chocolate and banana are so hard to say no to! Nuts just makes it complete. I love that you made mini loafs. They look so pretty. Great recipe, Barb. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂

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    8. Cathy at Wives with Knives

      May 24, 2012 at 8:44 am

      You bet, I definitely am a chunky monkey fan. Love that you used chocolate chunks.

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    9. Susan

      May 24, 2012 at 7:50 am

      I have never had Chunky Monday ice cream either. We have such wonderful, locally-made frozen custard here that we always buy their freshly made flavors. I would totally love banana bread with nuts and chocolate, though!

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    10. Baking Serendipity

      May 23, 2012 at 9:16 pm

      I love Chunky Monkey ice cream, but never thought to incorporate its flavor into banana bread! This is genius 🙂 Excited to have found your blog!

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    11. megan

      May 23, 2012 at 3:05 pm

      I’ve never had Chunky Monkey Ice cream either. Maybe we should take some to the condo in July and remendy it together. hehe The bread looks terrific and makes me want to run to the store to get bananas. Maybe I should get some macadamia nuts too. Hmmm, sounds so good!!!

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    12. Rocky Mountain Woman

      May 23, 2012 at 2:09 pm

      I’ve never had chunky monkey ice cream, but I might have to try it along with this bread! Lovely flavor combinations…

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    13. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      May 23, 2012 at 6:48 am

      You can’t never go wrong with the combo of chocolate and banana! Yummy!

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    14. Emily

      May 23, 2012 at 1:05 am

      wow. it looks awesome! Have a wonderful time dear Barbara!

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    15. Heidi @foodiecrush

      May 22, 2012 at 10:46 pm

      OMG delish! Maybe Kelley and I can share a slice, so she doesn’t have to eat it all herself. Gorg! And thanks for the link!!

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    16. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

      May 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm

      This would make me chunky monkey but I wouldn’t care!

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    17. baker-in-disguise

      May 22, 2012 at 9:41 pm

      you just cant go wrong with a banana bread.. it is always my go-to bread for some quick-fix baking!! and yours looks fantastic!!

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    18. Lori @ RecipeGirl

      May 22, 2012 at 9:12 pm

      Awesome banana bread flavor! Thanks for linking to RecipeBoy’s recipe! We loved that one.

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