Chocolate Banana Bread
No oven required—this mug-baked chocolate banana bread cooks in the microwave in under 5 minutes. Rich, fudgy, and ready to eat straight from the mug.
- Total time
- 7 min
- Servings
- 1
- Calories
- 315
- Protein
- 6g
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Ingredients
- 1 whole banana, ripe
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 whole egg
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
Instructions
- 1
Peel banana and slice into a microwave-safe mug. Mash with a fork until mostly smooth.
- 2
Add flour, cocoa powder, sugar, egg, and melted butter. Stir until just combined; batter will be thick.
- 3
Microwave on high for 90 seconds. Check with a toothpick—it should come out with moist crumbs, not wet.
- 4
Let cool 1 minute. Eat from the mug with a spoon, or turn out onto a plate.
Tools you’ll need
- microwave-safe mug (12 oz or larger)
- fork
- spoon
- toothpick
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