Woohooooo! ♥Banana Bread! ♥Banana Bread! ♥Banana Bread!! I love all versions of banana bread! Especially this easy Chocolate Chip-Strawberry-Banana Bread that uses one of our favorite staples, Bisquick! Plus, we added in your favorite trio of summer flavors including banana, strawberry and chocolate!
Mostly, I like making my banana bread with Bisquick. 🙂
'ChocolaTess' Trivia Time!! Ever wonder what Bisquick is? ---> Bisquick is a blend of flour, baking powder, salt and hydrogenated oil. By using Bisquick, that's 4 items less I don't have to add into the recipe, so I'm down with that, homey! 🙂
There are 3 Bisquick types:
Original, HeartSmart and now Gluten-free, which uses rice flour instead of regular flour. I used the Bisquick HeartSmart for this banana bread delight! I can't tell the difference between HeartSmart and the regular mix and it's the healthier option for us! But, feel free to use whichever fits your style of eating.
SSSSSHHHH....The world secret to the best banana bread recipe starts with the best bananas. Not so much a world secret to some, but new people being introduced to baking, it's relevant to know!
The riper the bananas get, the more the banana flavor develops. That's the starch converting to sugar. Using under-ripe bananas will result in a 'blah' bland flavor. Wait a few days for browned, speckled and overripe bananas to get the most bang out of your bananas for flavor and sweetness.
So, now let's cover the chocolate chips and strawberries. When I tell you it's good, 'it's good'! We all know that Banana & Chocolate go together like Chocolate & Peanut Butter, or Chocolate & Caramel, or Chocolate & Marshmallow....should I go on? Because I'm getting that vibe that chocolate goes with pretty much EVERYTHING! Hellooooo! 🙂
Hey wait...how about Chocolate & Strawberries, too? Absolutely, yes! The combination of the bananas, chocolate and strawberries is incredible. You need to try this!
If you like banana bread, try this Supreme Chocolate & Peanut Butter Banana Loaf, this RumChata Carrot Cake Banana Bread, this Country Pumpkin & Banana Cinnamon Bread or this Banana Cream Cheese Bread with Peanut Butter Streusel.
Need MORE QUICK BREAD TIPS? Go here! Let's make this delicious and easy-to-follow Banana Bread recipe with all the yums! Enjoy!
Chocolate Chip-Strawberry-Banana Bread {Bisquick}
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups ripe bananas or 3 large ripe bananas
- ¾ cup sugar of choice
- ¼ cup milk of choice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 large eggs
- 2 ⅔ Bisquick HeartSmart Baking mix or regular Bisquick
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips
- ½ cup strawberries - sliced fresh or frozen
- Optional: Walnuts or your favorite nuts
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350.
- Grease bottom of loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches.
- Mash bananas with a fork (I like my banana mixture pretty chunky!).
- Then add in sugar, oil, vanilla, vanilla almond milk and eggs in large bowl.
- Add Bisquick HeartSmart mix and stir until well incorporated, don't overmix.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and strawberry slices and pour mixture into pan.
- Add some strawberries and chocolate chips on top for decorative purposes. 🙂
- Bake 50 - 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes. Loosen sides of bread from pan and remove from the pan.
- Place bread on wire wrack.
- Cool completely, 2 hours or so, before slicing.
- Wrap tightly and store at room temp up to 3 days max or refrigerate up to 9 days.
Notes
Enjoy!!
Baking options: Bake 30-40 min. for 2 loaf recipe, 15-20 minutes for muffins or 50 -60 minutes for one full loaf recipe or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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