Vegan Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This vegan almond butter chocolate chip banana bread is thick, sweet, full of rich almond butter and melty chocolate chips! Made with 6 healthy ingredients, gluten free, and banana sweetened.

Happy first recipe of the new year! I realized I’ve kind of made it a tradition to start the new year here on the blog with banana bread, and obviously I’m going to keep that delicious trend going. Banana bread is actually my favorite treat to bake, because it’s so simple to throw together, with just a few ingredients, and the flavor and gooey, dreamy texture never fails.

Last year it was a classic banana bread full of dark chocolate chips, and this year we’re focusing on almond butter.

This vegan almond butter chocolate chip banana bread has four of my most favorite foods: oats, bananas, almond butter, and chocolate. It might seem like a lot going on at first, but trust, the flavors are all so lovely together.

Ingredients for vegan almond butter chocolate chip banana bread

• Rolled oats: you’ll blend the oats to flour consistency, which will hold the banana bread together. Because it’s the only grain in the recipe, the oat flour will give the bread quite a dense, rich texture – it’s not light like a cake, but hearty and satisfying.
• Banana: as always with banana baked goods, make sure your bananas are super ripe and spotty. They’re the only sweetener in this recipe, so they need to be really ripe for optimal banana flavor and sweetness.
• Ground flaxseed: you’ll make flax eggs by putting the ground flax in a bowl with water in the fridge for 20 minutes, until it gels up a bit. This helps hold the banana bread together and provides some great nutrition, too.
• Almond butter: almond butter provides healthy fats and adds richness. Make sure to get unsweetened, oil-free almond butter, the only ingredients should be almonds and maybe a bit of salt.
• Nondairy milk: a bit of milk brings the batter together. I use unsweetened almond milk for neutral flavor, but any nondairy milk should work.
• Vegan chocolate chips: I love PASCHA unsweetened chips, but use whatever chocolate chips you like. You could also chop up a dark chocolate bar.

Tips for making vegan almond butter chocolate chip banana bread

• Measure the rolled oats before blending into flour. I always list the amount of oats used BEFORE they’re blended for flour. So in this case, you’ll measure out 2 cups of whole, rolled oats, then put those 2 cups into your blender to make flour.
• Use a nonstick or parchment-lined pan. Make sure to use a nonstick or parchment-lined pan so that the bread doesn’t stick after baking.
• Let it cool completely. Let the banana bread cool for at least 15 minutes before flipping it out of the pan, then let it sit and cool completely before slicing. It is pretty soft and gooey as is, but will firm up during the cooling process, and if you slice it too early, it may be a gooey mess.

This vegan almond butter chocolate chip banana bread is seriously everything I’ve ever wanted in a loaf of banana bread. Sweet, thick, and SO gooey and rich from the bananas and almond butter, it’s officially my favorite banana bread I’ve ever baked.

Xo,

Sara