Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Marbled Banana Bread

This is going to be a pretty spooky post, so be wary. You might want to prepare yourselves accordingly.

The other night my sister Hannah and I saw a late movie. When we got home, I was walking through the downstairs, when all of a sudden... I saw a mouse run through the room!

A mouse! I've never seen a mouse in our house. My first instinct was to run upstairs and get Hannah, and grab my camera. So instead of setting traps or trying to kill it, I took a picture of the mouse under our couch.

Okay, okay. Then we got some traps and peanut butter and set them up. When we were doing that, the mouse got away! Now we have a mouse on the loose and it's SO creepy. It could be anywhere. It could be in our closets. It could be in our bed. Ohhhh. Ewwww. I don't like this at all.



Anyway, I went to see a scaaarrry vampire movie this weekend. It's called New Moon.
Have you heard of it? I kid! Of course you have.

I saw Twilight a year ago and hated it, so I wasn't sure if I wanted to see this one. I decided to go for it, so Hannah and I caught the 11:30 showing on Saturday night. That is late for a movie - especially when you have to sit through twenty minutes of previews. But then again, it's an excellent time because no one was there.



I was surprised how much I liked New Moon; it was much better than Twilight. The acting and effects were better, and you could tell they spent more time and money on this one. If you're a fan of the books, then you'll like this movie.

But here's the most valuable piece of information I obtained at the movies:
You don't have to be a kid to get the kiddie combo. You get a small popcorn, small drink, and FRUIT SNACKS for an incredibly low price! It's such a bargain.



Now I'm rambling so we better get to chatting about this Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Marbled Banana Bread. Man, it's really delicious. I will make this again and again. It's probably one of my favorite recipes I've ever created.

It's good for breakfast, snack, or dessert. It's a moist peanut butter banana bread, marbled with chocolate, peanut butter chips and chocolate chips.
I bet the mouse would LOVE it. :)

Chocolate-Peanut Butter-Marbled Banana Bread (Recipe by Me)
Printable Recipe

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon bakind powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup semi or dark chocolate chips
1/3 cup peanut butter chips
2 medium bananas, mashed
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-inch loaf pan.

In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; whisk in chocolate and peanut butter chips until combined. In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together banana and peanut butter until creamy, about 1 minute; beat in granulated sugar and brown sugar until creamy, about 1 minute. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and gradually beat in flour mixture, alternating with milk, until well combined - about 2 minutes.

Divide half of the batter into medium bowl; sift in cocoa powder, and beat until combined. Alternate spoonfuls of banana batter and chocolate batter into the pan. When all the batter is in the pan, swirl a knife sparingly through the batters to marble them. Sprinkle with additional chocolate and peanut butter chips, if desired.

Bake for 60-65 minutes or until bread pulls away from pan, is well risen, deep golden brown, and a toothpick inserted comes out with moist crumbs attached. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour; run a knife around outer edges and invert onto wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

Makes 6-8 servings