Banana Chocolate Chip Brownies
"Tastes like a chocolate-dipped banana! From "The Brownie Experience"."
photo by kzbhansen
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
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1 cake
- Serves:
- 20
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup butter
- 3⁄4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 1⁄2 cups chocolate chips (divided)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 small very ripe banana, mashed
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts
- powdered sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 325°F Butter a 9 inch square pan.
- In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda and salt; set aide.
- In a small saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Bring to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly. Immediately remove from heat and stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Blend in vanilla. Transfer mixture to a large mixing bowl and cool slightly. With wire whisk, beat in eggs one at a time. Blend in mashed banana, then flour mixture. Fold in remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips and walnuts. Spread in pan.
- Bake about 45 minutes.
- Cool completely in pan.
- Lightly sift powdered sugar over top before cutting into bars.
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Reviews
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Tasted great! They were more cake like rather than fishy though. Glad I used extra banana or I think it may have been dry. I used a 13x9 pan and followed the recipe but took everything 1 1/2 times to make up for the add'l pan space. Used 3 medium organic bananas. Took them out about 10 minutes early.
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I did not care for these at all. I undercooked the brownies by 5 minutes as anmother reviewer suggested, to make them a bit more fudgier, but they weren't fudgey at all. At first bite they were good, but a few hours later, thet became dry, and the next day they were really dry and crumbly. Also, the taste of the banana hardly came through. Perhaps 2 bananas added, would of made the browines more moist and the taste of the banana would of came through. Sorry, but I was disappointed with this recipe, but I'm glad to see others enjoyed the brownies! -
these are great! Followed the recipe exactly - but use a "heavy hand" with chocolate chips - so it was a heaping cup full at first and then stir in a heaping 1/2 cup. I like to undercook my brownies to make them fudgier - so I took them out after 40 minutes at 325 degrees - perfect! -
I made a few substitutions and they still turned out really well.<br/><br/>Instead of butter I used extra virgin coconut oil.<br/><br/>Instead of brown sugar, I used about 1/3 cup coconut sugar and 1/3 cup honey. (They could have been a tiny bit sweeter though.)<br/><br/>Instead of flour and melted chocolate, I used just under 1/2 cup cocoa powder and filled the rest of the measuring cup up to 3/4 with ground almonds.<br/><br/>I added a handful of crushed walnuts and chocolate chips.<br/><br/>I baked them in a pan slightly larger than what the recipe specified, but they were so light and fluffy that they came out perfectly anyhow. I think they only took about 25 minutes at 350.<br/><br/>Thank you for this wonderful recipe, I will definitely make it again! -
The end results were very delicious, although I had a few unexpected twists along the way. First, I must have heated the butter, sugar, and chocolate chips too quickly, because rather than getting a smooth mixture, I got a lumpy mixture full of rock hard sugar crystals. I almost threw the whole thing out, but decided to keep going since I had done so much. I though perhaps the baking process would soften and break down the crystals (which it did). Second, this was somewhere between brownies and cake. It was a little fluffier than expected, but still good. All in all, I will probably keep this recipe to make again.
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Tweaks
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I made a few substitutions and they still turned out really well.<br/><br/>Instead of butter I used extra virgin coconut oil.<br/><br/>Instead of brown sugar, I used about 1/3 cup coconut sugar and 1/3 cup honey. (They could have been a tiny bit sweeter though.)<br/><br/>Instead of flour and melted chocolate, I used just under 1/2 cup cocoa powder and filled the rest of the measuring cup up to 3/4 with ground almonds.<br/><br/>I added a handful of crushed walnuts and chocolate chips.<br/><br/>I baked them in a pan slightly larger than what the recipe specified, but they were so light and fluffy that they came out perfectly anyhow. I think they only took about 25 minutes at 350.<br/><br/>Thank you for this wonderful recipe, I will definitely make it again!
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Canadian girl that loves to cook for herself and for everyone around her!! I always enjoyed cooking but more so since I started taking better care of myself by eating healthier food (I am a Weight Watchers Lifetime member!). I still love my chocolate though!
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