• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • About
  • Contact
  • Podcasts
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet
  • Recipes
  • Cooking Classes
    • Gift Certificates
    • Testimonials
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • Start Here
  • Recipes
  • About
  • Contact
  • Podcasts
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
  • Cooking Classes
    • Gift Certificates
    • Testimonials
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
  • ×
    • Cinde wearing a white Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet apron; standing at the counter chopping tomatoes, peppers and cucumber.
      How To Cook A Meal For A Celiac
    • Food Allergy Survival Kits made with an eraser, a penny, a marble, a elastic, a paper clip and a small heart to match the saying on the printed card inside.
      Food Allergy Club at School
    • Someone holding a full sheet of pasta in front of the hand-cranked pasta machine.
      Homemade Gluten Free Pasta Dough
    • Gluten Free Chicken Pesto Pasta in a blue bowl
      Chicken Pesto Pasta
    • A card listing many edible flowers you can grow surrounded by fresh edible flowers from my garden.
      How to Use Edible Flowers in the Kitchen
    • If you went to the trouble of cutting brownies with perfect edges you get to eat all the leftover edge pieces. I say it's worth it every time!
      Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies
    • Gluten free recipes for Cinco De Mayo
      Cinco De Mayo Recipe Ideas
    • A metal rack with cheese buns and someone pulling one apart showing how stretchy they are.
      Brazilian Cheese Bread (Pão de Queijo)
    • A bottle of Balsamic Glaze vs Balsamic Vinegar surrounded by fresh tomatoes, basil, bocconcini and olive oil.
      Balsamic Glaze vs Balsamic Vinegar
    • Grilled Salmon with West Coast Dill Barbecue Sauce on top of cooked asparagus with a purple pansy garnish.
      Grilled Salmon with West Coast Dill Barbecue Sauce
    • Asparagus with Black Bean Butter Sauce
      Asparagus with Black Bean Butter Sauce
    • Dinner Club Thai Menu
      Dinner Club: A Thai Menu
    Home » Recipes » Baking

    Double Chocolate Banana Bread

    Published: Aug 6, 2021 · Modified: Sep 13, 2023 by Cinde LittleThis post may contain affiliate links4 Comments

    Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

    Double Chocolate Banana Bread is a unique recipe made with chickpea flour. This flour is high in protein, fibre and nutrients yet the banana bread has a chocolaty taste you'll love. It's prefect for lunch bags or as a sweet snack anytime.

    Contents show
    1 Food Allergy Awareness
    2 Cooking and Baking with Chickpea Flour
    3 PIN for later...
    4 Get The Tools
    5 More Recipes
    6 Double Chocolate Banana Bread
    6.1 Ingredients 1x2x3x
    6.1.1 DRY INGREDIENTS
    6.1.2 WET INGREDIENTS
    6.1.3 ADD-INS
    6.2 Instructions
    6.3 Notes

    The recipe was inspired by The Allergy-Friendly Kitchen’s summer cooking contest in 2018 held to raise awareness about food allergies. It was a joint initiative by Canadian racecar star Alex Tagliani and Food Allergy Canada. Food allergies, intolerances and celiac disease are misunderstood so many individuals and groups are always helping to raise awareness.

    Food Allergy Awareness

    Of course celiac disease is not an allergy but it requires a restricted diet. That is why you're part of the Food Allergy Community and can help increase awareness. Everyone needs safe food so in the spirit of raising awareness, here's a shout out to AllergicLiving.com. They are an excellent resource for up-to-date information on food allergies, celiac disease, recipes and related products and services. Follow them online or on social media to keep up with the ever changing world of food manufacturing.

    Cooking and Baking with Chickpea Flour

    What caught my eye with the original recipe was the use of chickpea flour and tapioca starch. At the time I was writing my year-long blog post series on 'How To Use Gluten Free Flour'. I created that series to learn more about the flours, starches and binders I had in my kitchen. All twenty-one of them!

    I had chickpea flour in my kitchen long before I heard of celiac disease. Yet I realized I only used it in two recipes; vegetable fritters and falafel balls. Over time I learned to make socca too but I had never used chickpea flour in sweet recipes. That's why I tried it and I was not disappointed.

    If you want to know more about chickpea flour check out my post titled, How To Use Chickpea Flour.

    PIN for later...

    Double Chocolate Banana Bread made with chickpea flour.

    Get The Tools

    Every kitchen needs a few tools. If you're set up for baking you don't need much more than a loaf pan and a cooling rack.

    Everyone on a gluten free diet needs fibre so if you love chocolate and bananas give this recipe a try. Better yet, teach your kids to make it. While you're at it teach them to individually wrap portions for their lunch and put them in the freezer.

    Let me know in the comments below if you tried this recipe and what you thought.

    Originally posted August 2018, updated August 2021.

    __________________________________________________________________________________________

    New here? Join our community and get your FREE resource, the tips I wish I knew when I started cooking gluten free.

    Yes, I need 29 Tips For Cooking with Gluten Free Flour.

    Still haven't mastered gluten free cooking? Check out our online Cooking Classes.

    More Recipes

    Click on the text on the image(s) to go to the recipe/blog post.

    Vegetable Fritters
    Socca, a thin, unleavened pancake made from chickpea flour; cooked and ready to eat.
    Socca
    A platter of Falafel Balls with Tahini Sauce garnished with fresh parsley and lemon wedges.
    Falafel Balls
    A tray of slices of Double Chocolate Banana Bread with fresh raspberries and cherries.

    Double Chocolate Banana Bread

    Cinde Little
    This Double Chocolate Banana Bread made with chickpea flour is high in fibre and nutrients yet has that chocolatey taste you're looking for.
    Print Recipe Pin Recipe
    Course Baking
    Cuisine Canadian
    Servings 1 loaf

    Ingredients
      

    DRY INGREDIENTS

    • 1½ cups chickpea flour, sifted
    • ½ cup tapioca starch
    • ¼ cup cocoa powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon xanthan gum
    • ⅙ teaspoon salt

    WET INGREDIENTS

    • ¾ cup brown sugar
    • 3 over ripe bananas
    • ⅓ cup cooking oil
    • 1 cup milk (or milk substitute)
    • ½ tablespoon vanilla

    ADD-INS

    • 1 cup chocolate chips

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat oven to 350°F.
    • Prepare loaf pan by lightly brushing or spraying with oil.
    • In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients. Set aside.
    • Put bananas in the large bowl of a stand mixer and mash.
    • Add remaining wet ingredients and beat on medium-low speed until smooth.
    • Turn speed to low and add the flour mixture in stages. Beat just until everything is combined.
    • Fold in chocolate chips and pour batter into prepared pan.
    • Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes until top is lightly cracked and sides pull away from the dish.
    • Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack. Loosen sides and remove loaf from pan. Allow to cool completely before serving.

    Notes

    If making mini muffins, regular muffins or small loaves bake 20-25 minutes. Record the time it took in your oven so you can repeat the recipe correctly every time.
    Keyword Double Chocolate Banana Bread
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

    More Baking

    • A white tray with slices of Light Christmas Fruitcake surrounded by holiday greenery and berries.
      Light Christmas Fruitcake
    • A plate of gluten free cornbread covered in corn syrup
      Gluten Free Cornbread
    • A rack of Morning Glory Muffins fresh from the oven surrounded by carrots and apples.
      Morning Glory Muffins
    • A wire rack with 7 dinner rolls still together and one dinner roll broken open with a dish of butter., tasting soft dinner rolls
      Soft Dinner Rolls
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

      Leave a Reply Cancel reply

      Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

      Recipe Rating




    1. sandy

      December 03, 2022 at 1:58 pm

      I'm elated. Can't eat gluten (stay away from all grains), nor can I eat eggs. What a find this recipe is. Not sure beans are the bests food for me but so far seem to be tolerating this recipe. And it's absolutely delicious - rich brownie/fudgy texture.

      Reply
      • Cinde Little

        December 03, 2022 at 6:08 pm

        That's great news Sandy! It is a delicious recipe and I'm glad you found it. I haven't tried that recipe with the pseudo grains (buckwheat, quinoa or amaranth flours) but once you have a recipe that works, and you love, it's worth experimenting a bit. Take a look at the quinoa chocolate cake as well, it's made with cooked quinoa and no flour at all. Happy baking!

        Reply
    2. Janet Lord

      April 11, 2021 at 8:06 am

      OMG this is EXCELLENT, you would not even know it was gluten free. It kept well for over a week and it wasn't even refrigerated half the time as we were on the road. Don't need to try any other double chocolate banana bread recipes as this is definitely a MAKE AGAIN

      Reply
      • Cinde Little

        April 11, 2021 at 10:56 am

        Great Janet, that is so exciting! I was resistant to baking something sweet with chickpea flour but I was surprised how moist and delicious this banana bread is. Thanks for letting me know and happy baking!

        Reply

    Primary Sidebar

    Cinde Little, Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet

    Welcome! I’m Cinde, a foodie who loves teaching people to cook and have fun in the kitchen. I know you can learn to make the foods you miss and create a gluten free lifestyle you love.

    More about me →

    You might also like

    • A boule of Gluten Free Crusty Bread right from the oven.
      Homemade Crusty Bread
    • A stack of Chocolate Chip Cookies with teff flour.
      Chocolate Chip Cookies with Teff
    • Four bowls of gluten free flour for my EGFG flour blend; millet, sorghum, sweet rice flour and potato starch.
      EGFG Gluten Free Flour Blend
    • Three gluten free Banana Muffins resting on a turquoise tea towel waiting to be eaten warm.
      Banana Muffins

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • About Cinde
    • New to Gluten Free?
    • Contact

    Newsletter

    • Sign up here for updates and free resources

    Cooking Classes

    • Class Calendar
    • Gift Certificates

    As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Disclosure Policy

    Copyright © 2023 Everyday Gluten Free Gourmet