A perked up version of everyone’s favourite quick bread – studded with chunks of dark chocolate and spiked with instant espresso powder resulting in a robustly-flavoured banana bread that has renewed our appreciation for the humble homemade snack. Made with 100% whole wheat flour and gently sweetened, you might even call it wholesome.
Years ago, when the kids were small(er), it seemed like the only thing that was more endless than the supply of forgotten bananas was the need for healthy-ish, grab-and-go snacks. Baking banana bread was a weekly occurrence in our house until the kids inevitably grew up and we grew tired of the same snack. Half-eaten loaves would end up as ignored as the sad bananas that made them, so we switched to using up our extra bananas in smoothies and never looked back.
Until recently, that is.
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