What kind of cream cheese should I use?

Both regular and low fat cream cheese work well in this recipe. I have not tested it with fat free cream cheese or non dairy cream cheeses. If you do, let me know how it went in the comments!

Can I freeze this banana bread?

This chocolate cream cheese banana bread freezes great! You can slice it before freezing or freeze the full loaf. Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, then again in aluminum foil or place it in the freezer bag. Thaw the banana bread overnight in the refrigerator before unwrapping and enjoying.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Banana Bread

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This easy chocolate cream cheese banana bread - with its big swirls of cream cheese - is the perfect excuse to have chocolate for breakfast.

Author: Katy McAvoy
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Yield: 1 loaf 1x
Category: Breakfast
Method: Oven
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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Bread:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla

Filling:

4 oz cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup flour

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Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine softened cream cheese, 1 egg, 3/4 cup flour, and brown sugar in a small bowl. Mixture will be thin. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine 1 egg, mashed bananas, oil and vanilla.

In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring until just combined. Batter will be thick.

Pour batter into a greased loaf pan.

Spoon cream cheese mixture on top of the batter.

Using a butter knife or small spatula, make a few big swirls in the bread to combine the cream cheese mixture with the batter. Don’t over swirl or the cream cheese will disappear into the batter.

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Enjoy!