Vegan chocolate chip banana bread - a vegan version of everyone's favourite bake. Easy to make using storecupboard ingredients, packed with chocolate chips and topped with a blueberry glaze; this banana bread is seriously good!
Banana bread has to be my all-time favourite bake. My mum used to make it regularly when I was growing up and now I make it whenever there are blackened bananas in the fruit bowl (either that or they go into a smoothie).
I have been trying to eat plant based most of the time recently so I wanted to make a vegan version of banana bread. The good news is that it is really easy to do and it is indistinguishable from the regular kind!
The bananas do an excellent job of holding the vegan chocolate chip banana bread together; you don't even need to use an egg replacer.
Which made me wonder why you even need to use eggs in the first place...I seriously would not have been able to tell the difference either texture or taste-wise between this banana bread and a non-vegan version.
Sunflower oil, almond milk and brown sugar help to keep it moist; and I used part buckwheat (or wholemeal) flour to make it just a touch more wholesome.
I added dark chocolate chips because banana and chocolate are so good together; but you can omit them if you prefer; or use chopped nuts and/or raisins in their place.
I finished the loaf off with a blueberry glaze and some banana chips, simply to make it look more photogenic. This is totally optional and it doesn't really need it flavour-wise; but I do like the purple and yellow together.
This vegan chocolate chip banana bread is so incredibly more-ish; it only lasted two days in my house and I already feel the need to bake another loaf!
More Vegan Banana Recipes:
- Fluffy vegan banana pancakes
- Banana porridge with blueberry compote
- Vegan chocolate banana bread
- Vegan banana bread cinnamon rolls
- Vegan chunky monkey ice cream
- Vegan biscoff banana bread
- Chocolate peanut butter banana breakfast smoothie
- Vegan Banana nut muffins
- Vegan roasted banana ice cream
- Vegan banana cake with peanut butter chocolate frosting
- Nutella swirled banana yeast bread
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Vegan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients
Banana Bread:
- 3 medium very ripe bananas (about 330g peeled weight) mashed
- 100 ml (scant ½ cup) sunflower oil
- 60 ml (¼ cup) plant milk (I used almond)
- ½ tsp cider vinegar
- 150 g (¾ cup + 2 Tbsp) light brown soft sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200 g (1 + ⅔ cup) plain (all-purpose) flour
- 75 g (⅔ cup) buckwheat/wholemeal flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- 100 g (3.5 oz) vegan dark chocolate chips
Blueberry Glaze (optional):
- 4 heaped Tbsp icing (powdered) sugar
- ½ Tbsp freeze dried blueberry powder
- 1-2 Tbsp plant milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Grease an approx 11.5 x 21.5 cm / 4.5 x 8.5 in loaf tin and line with a strip of baking parchment.
- Whisk together the mashed bananas, sunflower oil, milk, vinegar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, buckwheat/wholemeal flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and salt.
- Tip the dry ingredients into the wet and fold together until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and spread level. Bake for about 60 minutes until firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Loosely cover the top with tin foil halfway through baking if it starts to brown too much.
- Leave the banana bread to cool in the tin for 20 minutes then carefully turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- If you are making the blueberry glaze then sift the icing sugar into a small bowl and stir in the freeze dried blueberry powder. Gradually stir in enough milk to make a thick but pourable glaze. Drizzle the glaze over the top of the cooled loaf and top with some banana chips. Store in an airtight container.
Sally
I still make banana bread so I must give your recipe a go Hsnnah
Rose
I was looking for a new banana bread recipe to try and had some chocolate I wanted to use up so this was perfect! I didn't have wholemeal flour so I replaced it with almond meal, I added an extra banana and didn't put any sugar in. I am so excited to see how it turns out as it's just in the oven now. It turned out delicious and it gets 5 stars from my boyfriend too!
Lisa
Delicious recipe, I made this with only plain flour and with out the blueberry glaze. Never know it was vegan tasted so good.
Tessa
Have made this recipe several times now with rave reviews from vegans and non-vegans alike. Especially enjoy it heated and served with some soya ice cream. Thank you for sharing it!
Chloe
Super fluffy and soft!! Made my kitchen smell amazing.... I'm so reliant on your recipes for easy, simple ingredient bakes!!! Thanks so much for making vegan baking so easy and accessible 🙂
Kat
Baked this today, with walnut instead of chocolate chips and no glaze. Delicious! Moist but neither stodgy nor crumbling, very difficult to achieve without eggs. The buckwheat gave it a very interesting, flowery aroma. Another keeper from your site, thank you!
Joanne Laing
This is our favourite cake and gets made at least once a month. I replace the topping with cinnamon sugar. Rave reviews when I’ve take one into the office. If you haven’t already tried it then give it a go.
Alex
Love this recipe. I've only ever made it with plain flour as I never have any buckwheat available, but it always turns out delicious.
I also skipped the blueberry glaze to make it easier to transport into work, and it was a huge hit!
I'm planning on making a loaf today, but because we're poorly at home I won't be able to share it with anyone.
Does this recipe freeze well?
Hannah
Hi Alex, I'm so glad you enjoy it! Yes it freezes well 🙂