Chocolate Bread is the BEST sweet to serve for breakfast or dessert! While the loaf is bread-like, it tastes soft and fluffy and resembles a decadent cake.
This post is all about how to make Easy Chocolate Bread.
Chocolate bread is perfectly delicious, and you can serve it for any occasion. If you’re hosting a brunch, it’s the ultimate breakfast treat, and slathering some cream cheese on top will complement the cocoa, the semi-sweet chips, and cakey-textured bread.
While the word bread is used to describe this recipe, make no mistake, this chocolate delicacy is tender, soft, and fluffy. It’s also so easy to make! There is no yeast, no kneading, or rising times involved. Just quickly add the ingredients to a mixing bowl and bake it in the oven for 40-50 minutes.
I promise your home will smell amazing, and you’ll have the most beautiful and delicious chocolate bread to serve to your family and friends. If you love chocolate chip cookies or brownie cookies, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll enjoy this gourmet treat as well. Let’s dive into the ingredients and step-by-step recipe so you can start making this tasty bread!
Easy Chocolate Bread
What Is Chocolate Bread?
This chocolate treat is bread-like on top, but its inside qualities resemble a moist chocolate loaf cake. Cut the bread into eight slices and enjoy a slightly crusty top with soft insides. This decadent quick bread recipe calls for no yeast and gets its rise from baking soda and baking powder.
Easy Chocolate Bread Ingredients:
- All-Purpose Flour, 1 and 1/2 cups.
- Cocoa Powder, 1/2 cup.
- Granulated Sugar, 3/4 cup.
- Brown Sugar, 1/2 cup.
- Baking Soda, 1/2 tsp.
- Baking Powder, 1 tsp.
- Salt, 1/2 tsp.
- Unsalted Butter, 1/2 cup, softened (1 stick).
- Eggs, 2, beaten.
- Buttermilk, 1 and 1/4 cup.
- Vanilla, 1 tsp.
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, 1 cup.
Equipment Needed For This Quick Bread Recipe:
- (2) 8 x 4 Loaf Pans – this recipe will fill two loaf pans, about 2/3 of the way full.
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer – you don’t have to use an electric mixer for this recipe if one’s not available to you. However, it is easier.
- Sharp Knife – for chopping nuts and cutting the baked bread into slices.
- Rubber Spatula – for transferring the batter into the loaf pans.
- Aluminum Foil – if the top of the bread starts to brown while it’s baking, place a piece of foil on top to prevent it from getting too brown.
How To Make Chocolate Bread, Step-By-Step
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2: Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
Step 3: Next, add the softened butter, buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs to the same bowl and mix. An electric mixer will ensure ingredients are mixed well, but you can incorporate the bread batter by hand with a spoon.
Step 4: Add the chopped pecans and semi-sweet chocolate chips to the bowl and mix.
Step 5: Grab the two loaf pans and spray the bottom and sides of the pans with non-stick cooking spray.
Step 6: Divide the chocolate bread batter between the two pans. Both pans should be approximately 2/3 of the way full.
Step 6: Place both pans in the oven and allow them to bake for 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees F. At the 40-minute mark, use a toothpick and stick it in the middle of the bread to see if it’s done. If the toothpick has no wet batter, the bread is finished baking.
Just a note: The baking time was closer to the 47-minute mark for me. Also, during the baking process, check to see if the top or sides of the bread are getting brown. If so, cover the top with a piece of foil.
Step 7: Allow the bread to sit in the pan for five minutes once it’s finished baking, then remove it from the loaf pan and let it cool on a wire rack for another 15 minutes. This step is crucial because if you don’t let it cool for at least 15 minutes, the bread will crumble apart when you cut it into slices.
*Serve the slices alone or with cream cheese.*
How Should I Store This Loaf Cake?
Once the bread has cooled completely, store the slices in a Ziplock bag or airtight container to ensure moisture. The less air the bread is exposed to means it will stay tasty and moist. If you still have bread slices leftover after four days, store them in the freezer (in an airtight container) for up to three months.
Variation Sweet Bread Recipes:
FAQs For This Easy Chocolate Bread Recipe
What is Japanese Chocolate Bread?
It’s a smooth bread that resembles white sandwich bread, and some of its main ingredients include yeast, cocoa, and chocolate chips.
Is there a Chocolate French Bread recipe?
The most popular recipe is pain au chocolat, which means chocolate bread in French. This is actually a croissant with layers of chocolate.
How can I make triple chocolate bread?
Follow this recipe, but finish it off with a sprinkle of chocolate chips on top to make it a triple chocolate threat!.
Why doesn’t this bread recipe have yeast?
This recipe does not call for yeast because it relies on baking soda and baking powder for its rise.
How do you make “sweet bread” or is it “sweetbread”?
When you hear the term “sweet bread,” it means just that, bread recipes that taste sweet. However, another culinary term called “sweetbread” (one word) is organ meat from the thymus gland and pancreas that often comes from veal or lamb.
Step-by-step recipe instructions have already been given on how to make chocolate sweet bread. But to make “sweetbread,” the steps often involve soaking the meat, blanching it in boiling water, then finally grilling, braising, searing, breading, or frying the meat. You can read more about sweetbreads here.
This is obviously off-topic, but I thought it was important to clarify the two words since they share the same name but are two very different recipes.
What’s the secret of baking bread?
There are no “secrets,” but you must have patience and follow all of the steps, especially when it comes to following the recommended baking temperatures and times.
What is grape bread?
Grape bread consists of layers of dough with grapes, raisins, and sugar.
Is chocolate bread pudding similar to this bread recipe?
No. Bread pudding is served in a bowl just like pudding, where this bread is in the form of a loaf and served in slices.
Is this recipe healthy?
I would not say this chocolate bread recipe is unhealthy, but I wouldn’t categorize it as healthy either. Everything should be enjoyed in moderation, and always follow what is best for your particular health needs.
Easy Chocolate Bread
Equipment
- 2 8 x 4 Loaf Pans
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Mixing Bowl
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer – you don’t have to use an electric mixer for this recipe if one’s not available to you. However, it is easier.
- Sharp knife – for chopping nuts and cutting the baked bread into slices.
- Rubber Spatula - for transferring the batter into the loaf pans.
- Aluminum Foil - if the top of the bread starts to brown while it’s baking, place a piece of foil on top to prevent it from getting too brown.
- Cooling Rack
Ingredients
Ingredients For Easy Chocolate Bread
- 1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, softened (1 stick)
- 2 Eggs (beaten)
- 1 1/4 cup Buttermilk
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 cup Pecans (chopped)
- Non-stick Cooking Spray
Instructions
How To Make Chocolate Bread, Step-By-Step
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
- Next, add the softened butter, buttermilk, vanilla, and eggs to the same bowl and mix. An electric mixer will ensure ingredients are mixed well, but you can incorporate the bread batter by hand with a spoon.
- Add the chopped pecans and semi-sweet chocolate chips to the bowl and mix.
- Grab the two loaf pans and spray the bottom and sides of the pans with non-stick cooking spray.
- Divide the chocolate bread batter between the two pans. Both pans should be approximately 2/3 of the way full.
- Place both pans in the oven and allow them to bake for 40-50 minutes at 350 degrees F. At the 40-minute mark, use a toothpick and stick it in the middle of the bread to see if it’s done. If the toothpick has no wet batter on it then the bread is finished baking.Just a note: The baking time was closer to the 47-minute mark for me. Also, during the baking process, check to see if the top or sides of the bread are getting brown. If so, cover the top with a piece of foil.
- Allow the bread to sit in the pan for five minutes once it’s finished baking, then remove it from the loaf pan and let it cool on a wire rack for another 15 minutes. This step is crucial because if you don’t let it cool for at least 15 minutes, the bread will crumble apart when you cut it into slices.
- *Serve the slices alone or with cream cheese.*
Nutrition
Final Thoughts On Easy Chocolate Bread
I hope you enjoy this delicious and Easy Chocolate Bread Recipe! It’s perfect for breakfast, dessert, or if you’re in the mood for a sweet snack. Please share this recipe with your friends and family on social media so they, too, can enjoy chocolate bread!
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Made this for Brunch! Two thumbs up!
Thanks Joseph!