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Peanut Butter Banana Bread – moist, tender banana bread made with creamy peanut butter. Full of peanut butter cups and Nutella swirl!

Peanut Butter Banana Bread - moist, tender banana bread made with creamy peanut butter. Full of peanut butter cups and Nutella swirl!

If your house is anything like mine, you are still knee deep in Halloween candy.  I let my son have one piece of candy in his lunch, and then if he is lucky he can have another piece after dinner.  Needless to say, it lasts a really long time around here. Usually every Halloween I have to go through and dump out what was left from last year. It is kind of sad.

Peanut Butter Banana Bread - moist, tender banana bread made with creamy peanut butter. Full of peanut butter cups and Nutella swirl!

This peanut butter banana bread is perfect for those leftover Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.  If you haven’t stashed them away for yourself, that is.  Or maybe that is just me 🙂  The bread also uses up those browning bananas you have on the counter or stashed in your freezer.  See, I am here to help! And because it is me, and I don’t know when to stop I added a layer of Nutella on top.  Jean made this Nutella Banana Bread, and I just couldn’t get it out of my mind.

Peanut butter banana bread does not require peanut butter cups. You could leave them out or use chocolate chips if that is what you have round. They just make it extra special!

Peanut Butter Banana Bread - moist, tender banana bread made with creamy peanut butter. Full of peanut butter cups and Nutella swirl!

I am not usually a big fan of plain banana bread.  There is just too much banana flavor.  I realize that doesn’t make much sense.  I like bananas, but only every once in awhile.  So when I saw this recipe that added peanut butter to the batter I was exited to give it a try.  There is still a hint of banana in the background, but the peanut butter really shines through.  And then every once in awhile you get a bite with a peanut butter cup, and you are in heaven!


Yield: 10

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Peanut Butter Banana Bread with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and a Nutella Swirl!

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 medium over ripe bananas, , mashed
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 8 oz bag of Reese’s Mini cups, (or 1 cup chopped Peanut Butter Cups)
  • 1/4 cup Nutella

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray an 8x4 inch loaf pan liberally with non stick spray.
  2. Whisk together your flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl mix together bananas, peanut butter, canola oil, egg, sugar and brown sugar. Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture, and stir until just combined. Be careful not to over mix. Fold in the peanut butter cups.
  3. Spread the batter into your prepared pan. Drop spoonfuls of Nutella across the top, and swirl into the batter. Bake for 55-65 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Remove and place on a wire rack to cool. After 20 minutes, you can remove from pan, and place directly on the wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

Adapted from Cookies and Cups

Nutrition Information

Yield

10

Serving Size

10 Servings
Amount Per ServingCalories 435 Total Fat 21g Saturated Fat 6g Trans Fat 0g Unsaturated Fat 14g Cholesterol 20mg Sodium 406mg Carbohydrates 56g Net Carbohydrates 0g Fiber 3g Sugar 33g Sugar Alcohols 0g Protein 8g
Nutrition Disclaimer: All information presented on this site is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information shared on dinnersdishesanddesserts.com should only be used as a general guideline.
© Erin S
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert Recipes

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  10. Ramona says

    I do the same thing with my kids… one in the lunch box and one with dinner if they eat all their veggies. 🙂 I love using up the candy… it’s just too tempting sitting around for me. 🙂 This banana bread look wonderful.

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  14. Pretend Chef says

    Great flavor combo! I’d have to buy some peanut butter cups since the neighborhood my son trick-or-treated in didn’t give any out. Not even one. I need to make a loaf of this soon.

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  23. Jean says

    I just got a pingback on this post–how odd since it’s from a couple of months ago. Anyway, love what you’ve done with the banana bread. I love peanut butter cups–would have never thought to add them to banana bread but this is brilliant, especially with the peanut butter.

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    • Erin says

      I am going through and changing the recipe format on all my old recipes. Apparently lots of people will be getting pingbacks over the next month!

      Reply

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