I’ve been on a banana bread kick lately, trying some recipes that appeal to me because they have some unexpected twist, some intriguing component. Like this one that pairs a regular, well-behaved banana bread formula with toffee and chocolate. Banana, toffee, and chocolate. A trilogy not to be messed with. I found the recipe during a session of Pinterest surfing, saved it to my cooking board and now that it’s been tried and thoroughly enjoyed, I share it with you! Am I nice or am I nice? You decide.
CHOCOLATE TOFFEE BANANA BREAD
(recipe from The Weary Chef)
3 ripe bananas
2 eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1½ cup all-purpose flour
1½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup butterscotch chips
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas. Stir in eggs, oil, and brown sugar until smooth.
Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt, and stir just until dry ingredients are incorporated. Stir in toffee and chocolate chips until mixed in evenly.
Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake 45-55 minutes, checking at 45 minutes. Bread is done when edges are brown and toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry.
Carefully remove loaf from pan to cool on a wire rack before cutting.
ENJOY!
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Comments: I think that nothing perfumes the kitchen more intensely than a banana bread baking in the oven. They say that to increase the chances of selling a home, one should bake cinnamon rolls or an apple pie right before showing it, but I suspect that banana bread would work even better. The smell is intoxicatingly delicious…
The original recipe from Andi’s site called for chocolate covered toffee bars chopped in pieces, but I went with a 50:50 mixture of butterscotch and chocolate chunks from Trader Joe’s. The butterscotch chips were barely noticeable in the crumb of the banana bread, but their flavor… definitely there. This was a very moist and tender banana loaf, well-received by our colleagues from the department. I am sure it will please all the banana bread lovers out there, so give it a try, even if your house is not in the market…
😉
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I’ve never been too fond of chocolate and banana but banana and toffee would get me dancing. I want to make this one. All I need are bananas. 🙂
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Tofee can do that to people… it does to me 😉
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looks delicious!! ❤ please visit my blog: https://enjoybypaula.wordpress.com ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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Thanks for the invite… 😉
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Yum! I’ve never tried banana and toffee before! I have to give this a try 🙂
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It’s a nice combination… toffee anything!
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I love banana bread! Your twist on the classic sounds great.
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I also love banana bread, it’s the perfect treat to bring to work and share with the grad students…
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Chocolate, banana, and toffee? Oh my. Brilliant!
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I agree… cannot take credit for it, but maybe some of the brilliance rubs on me? (fingers crossed)
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Reblogged this on Chef Ceaser.
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thanks for reblogging…
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Perfect combo. I will have to try this.
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Worked well, the banana bread disappeared fast, I can tell you that! 😉
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Well you know we like banana bread! I actually don’t think I’ve made it since our bake off though. While I’m not a chocolate fan, the kids would love, love this one!
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I am sure the kids will love this one – I have another variation to blog about but that might take a while – I will divulge that it contains mascarpone cheese 😉
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I’m definitely intrigued! 🙂
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Oh my!! Yes please – that sounds ridiculously amazing.
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So true! Ridiculously amazing is just perfect!
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I have bananas rarely (not a fan of eating them straight and banana bread … meh) but this sounds like an interesting combination of flavours to try at least once. 🙂
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We go through a lot of bananas at home, but I always hide the very ripe ones to make treats like this
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This sounds DELICIOUS!
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Indeed it was! Hope you give this recipe a try…
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Ooo this is such a great idea. Would have never thought to combine toffee and banana, but now that you mention it is such a great combo! Will have to try this one 🙂 Pinning!
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Thanks for the pin! I love it!
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Exactly what I’m looking for. I have all the ingredients, lots of ripe bananas!
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Awesome! I hope you enjoy it if you do try it…
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Any banana bread that has butterscotch chips AND chocolate chips has to be a good thing!
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Agree with you 100%!
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I have so overripe bananas and I was thinking about making some banana bread. Well, my friend, you provided the perfect recipe!
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Splurge on the toffee bits, will you? 😉
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Nothing like the smell of banana bread baking in the oven! I had no idea that toffee is made from hardened butterscotch (I had to look that up – LOL) ~ have no trouble imagining just how tasty this loaf is… your office mates must love you Sally 😀
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Kelly, I am not sure about the love sometimes… Every once in a while I can be pretty tough on the grad students. But at least I hope they know that it is with their best interest in mind. And that I will always have some sweetness saved for them 😉
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