Banana Blondies with Chocolate Chips

These banana blondies with chocolate chips are deliciously soft, moist and chewy.  You need just a few ingredients to make these easy bars. It takes almost 30 minutes from preparing to baking!

Today I share my banana blondies that are adapted from my apple blondies and cranberry white chocolate blondies.

If you love my simple banana bread or chocolate chip banana bread, it won’t be surprising that you’ll love these banana chocolate chip blondies.

You can make these banana blondies plain but adding just a little mini chocolate chips adds a lot.  I use just ¼ cup of chocolate chips for my banana blondies that are baked in 8 inch (20 cm) pan.

You need just a few ingredients and your chewy blondies will be ready.  If you bake longer, you should know that they’ll still be delicious but no longer chewy.  I’ll give the necessary tips under the step by step instructions and in the recipe card when to remove them from the oven.

Ingredients you’ll need

You can find the exact quantities at the bottom of my post, in the recipe card.

• Banana-I use 1 large or 2 small ripe bananas.  It is equal to half cup of mashed banana.
• All purpose flour– It gives structure to the blondies.
• Salt-I use salt to balance the sweetness and to bring the flavors out.  
• Butter-I use melted butter for moisture.
• Sugar–I use both dark brown sugar and granulated sugar.   Dark brown sugar is for the chewiness.  I prefer dark brown sugar instead of light brown sugar due to its distinct flavor that adds a lot to these blondies. I use a little bit granulated sugar so all the dark brown sugar is not overwhelmingly strong. Brown sugar is a must ingredient in blondies.
• Vanilla– I use pure vanilla extract.  This is the second must ingredient in blondies.
• Egg-I use just 1 large egg to give structure.
• Chocolate chips– I use just enough mini chocolate chips that go so well with bananas.  

Before going to the instructions I want to talk about the pan I use.

Glass baking dish vs metal pan

Until now I always baked blondies in a glass baking dish but while baking these banana blondies, the center part didn’t bake completely so I used a metal pan and it baked evenly.  

Baking time gets shorter with metal pans.  When I baked these blondies in a glass dish, it took around 25-28 minutes but it took only 21 minutes in a metal pan.  So if you’ll use a glass dish, you should bake longer.  But as I mentioned above I prefer metal pan for these banana blondies for even baking.

Step by step instructions

First I melt the butter halfway in a small pan and remove from the oven and stir.  This way the butter cools fast and doesn’t cook the egg in the coming stage.

Then I stir the flour and salt in a medium pan with a whisk.  I set aside the bowl.

Next I mix the brown sugar, granulated sugar and melted butter in a large bowl until  combined.

I mix in the egg and then the vanilla extract.

It’s time to add the bananas.  Using a fork, I mash them on a plate/ in a bowl.

I mix in the mashed bananas to the wet mixture. Next I add the flour and stir with a spatula. Finally I add the chocolate chips and stir with a spatula.

I pour the mixture into greased and parchment paper lined metal pan.

While I am testing recipes, I always crumple the parchment paper and press it to the pan. This way, it takes the shape of a pan.

But until now when I posted a recipe, I always cut the paper and lined into the pan for a cleaner look and neat sides but this time I want to share the crumble version for a more practical alternative.

You should make sure that you press to the bottom and the sides nicely so it sticks well.

It takes almost 21 minutes to bake this recipe but baking time may change from oven to oven. You’ll know that you should check the oven when the top looks shiny. I make a toothpick test; some few moist crumbs are fine.

I let it cool at least 30 minutes before cutting into pieces. Actually I love it while it is warm so I don’t pass the 30 minute mark.

I hope you enjoy these banana blondies recipe and make them often!

Recipes with Bananas

• Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
• Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies
• One Bowl Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
• Peanut Butter Banana Oat Balls
• Banana Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

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