Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread

This easy gluten free Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread with a Cinnamon Crumble Topping is incredibly moist, tender, healthy, and has no refined sugar. The BEST Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe!

Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread

Turning heads with this Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread! This easy gluten free chocolate banana bread is incredibly moist, and tender. A chocolate lovers dream come true! You can enjoy this chocolate banana bread for a delicious simple breakfast, snack, or treat. We decided to go a healthier approach with this recipe and use coconut sugar instead of the conventional way. I have been working out more with weights and trying to cut back on my sugar intake. And well as you can imagine being a food blogger and trying to dial in a diet is tricky business. So this allows me to somewhat have my cake and eat it to sort of speak haha! I know you can appreciate that 😉

Dairy Free Banana Bread

Not only is this recipe gluten free but it’s also a dairy free banana bread recipe as well. We try to do dairy free in 80% or more of our recipes. In this gluten free chocolate banana bread recipe we used grapeseed oil instead of butter. You will notice that grapeseed oil is a recipe staple for us. It’s very neutral in flavor and makes the most tender baked goods. Truly a recipe winner!

Cinnamon Crumble Topping

This healthy moist banana bread is topped with a delicious Cinnamon Crumble Topping using nothing but gluten free flour, cinnamon, dairy free butter, and coconut sugar. The crumble is not too overpowering, it’s light, fluffy, with a slight crisp. Better yet, it’s healthy with no refined sugars and doesn’t sacrifice on flavor. It adds a nice little tasty touch to this delicious Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe.

Ingredients To Make Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe

• 1 cup Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbsp. cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup + 2 tbsp. coconut sugar ( I used Wholesome Brand )
• 1 cage free egg
• 2 large mashed bananas ( very ripe )
• 1/3 cup grapeseed oil
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cashew milk ( I use Silk brand ) available at Walmart and Natural Grocers

How To Make Chocolate Banana Bread

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Line and grease a bread pan with parchment paper

Cinnamon Crumble Topping ( make first )

1. In a medium bowl mix coconut sugar, flour, and cinnamon until thoroughly combined.
2. Now add in your cold butter. Using a fork work it through the sugar mix until it’s a fine crumbly texture. Set aside.

Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread

1. In a large bowl add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Mix together until combined.
2. Add coconut sugar and mix again. ( Make sure to break up sugar clumps before measuring. )
3. Make a well in the center of the flour mix and add the egg, vanilla, grapeseed oil, cashew milk, and mashed bananas… mix all together until fully combined and it becomes a batter consistency.
4. Pour batter into your prepared bread pan.
5. Gently sprinkle cinnamon crumble on top of the bread and place in the oven.
6. Bake for 50 minutes.
7. Check with a toothpick when done
8. Let cool a couple hours before slicing.

Tips For Making the BEST Gluten Free Chocolate Banana Bread

• When measuring your flour make sure your not scooping directly from the bag. This can cause inaccurate measurements and your recipe may not turn out. Use a spoon to scoop the flour from the bag to the measuring cup and level it off with the back end of a knife.
• Make sure to break up coconut sugar clumps before measuring.
• Make sure your Cashew Milk is Unsweetened. I use this brand.
• DON’T let your batter sit for too long. Pour into the pan as soon as possible and bake.

Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread

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• Author: Natalie
• Total Time: 70 minutes
• Yield: 12 slices 1x

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The BEST Chocolate Banana Bread! Incredibly rich, moist, tender, and brimming with flavor. Topped with a dangerously delicious Cinnamon Crumble Topping. A healthy banana bread with no refined sugar and is very easy to make!

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Ingredients

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Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread

• 1 cup Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tbsp. cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup + 2 tbsp. coconut sugar ( I used Wholesome Brand ) Make sure to break up sugar clumps before measuring.
• 1 cage free egg
• 2 large mashed bananas ( very ripe )
• 1/3 cup grapeseed oil
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cashew milk ( I use Silk brand ) available at Walmart and Natural Grocers

Cinnamon Crumble Topping

1. 1/2 cup coconut sugar
2. 1/2 cup Bobs Red Mill gluten free 1 to 1 flour
3. 1 tsp. cinnamon
4. 4 tbsp. cold dairy free butter. ( I used Melts butter brand )

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Line a 9×5 ( 2 1/2 inch depth ) bread pan with parchment paper

Cinnamon Crumble Topping ( make first )

1. In a medium bowl mix coconut sugar, flour, and cinnamon until thoroughly combined.
2. Now add in your cold butter. Using a fork work it through the sugar mix until it’s a fine crumbly texture. Set aside.

Chocolate Cinnamon Banana Bread

1. In a large bowl add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Mix together until combined.
2. Add coconut sugar and mix again. ( Make sure to break up sugar clumps before measuring. )
3. Make a well in the center of the flour mix and add egg, vanilla, grapeseed oil, cashew milk, and mashed bananas… mix and combine all together until fully combined and it becomes like batter consistency.
4. Pour batter into your prepared bread pan.
5. Gently sprinkle cinnamon crumble on top of the bread and place in the oven.
6. Bake for 50 minutes.
7. Check with a toothpick when done
8. Let cool a couple hours.
9. Enjoy 🙂

• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 50 minutes
• Category: desserts
• Method: baked

This is such a wonderful easy Chocolate Banana Bread! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

So grab those overly ripened bananas sitting on your counter and get to baking!

Love, Natalie

❤️

Check out all of our gluten free desserts here

MORE GLUTEN-FREE DESSERT RECIPES TO TRY:

• Banana Oat Muffins With Vegan Option
• Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Bars
• Gluten-Free Chocolate Surprise Cupcakes

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