Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Banana Bread

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 4 Bananas, ripe

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Condiments

  • 3/4 cup Smucker's natural peanut butter

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 box Cake mix, yellow
  • 1/3 cup Chocolate chips, mini
  • 2 cups Powdered sugar

• Dairy

  • 2 tbsp Milk

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 box yellow cake mix (or 2 gluten free yellow cake mixes)
• 2 eggs
• 4 ripe bananas
• 3/4 cup Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter, divided
• 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips, divided
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2-4 tbls milk (soy, almond, regular, etc)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 2 loaf pans with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
• Smash bananas in a large bowl. Add cake mix, eggs, and 1/2 cup peanut butter to bananas and mix well by hand. Gently fold in 1/4 cup chocolate chips. Divide batter equally into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 F for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, remove bread from pans and let cool completely on a wire rack.
• While bread is cooling, prepare frosting. In a microwave safe bowl, add 1/4 cup peanut butter and heat for 20-30 seconds (it helps it mix better with the sugar). Add sugar and 2 tbls of milk to the peanut butter and stir until smooth. If needed, add additional milk just until the frosting is smooth and thin enough to spread on the bread. Use an offset spatula to spread on bread and top with remaining chocolate chips. Let frosting set up before serving.
• Note: I use bananas that are too ripe to eat, so I throw them in the freezer until I have enough for this recipe. Just thaw them and then mash them up.*