Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Banana Bread : Egg-Free, Dairy-Free

This easy, allergy-friendly Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Banana Bread is the perfect treat to satisfy your pumpkin and chocolate cravings!

Falling for fall.

I can’t deny it. Fall is my favorite time of year. The leaves are turning beautiful golds and oranges, the mornings and evenings are crisp and cool, and pumpkin everything abounds. It’s love.

Even down here in the perpetually sunny south, fall is still my favorite time of year. It might be 90F outside, but I can dream about it getting cooler. Somewhere….

Comforting carbs.

To go along with my love of fall, is my love of warm, comforting breakfasts. Muffins, donuts, pancakes, scones, coffee cakes, hot cereals, and my personal favorite: banana breads.

There may be a few other people in my house that share my banana bread-love, and I’m always happy to indulge them with a warm, delicious loaf.

A few of my favorite comforting breakfasts are…

Breakfast… or dessert?

Not only are banana breads delicious enough to be served for dessert, they’re easy enough to whip up for a healthy fall breakfast! ‘Cause everyone knows bananas are a breakfast food, right? And everyone also knows that pumpkin is a healthy squash.

So it would only follow that a pumpkin banana bread would be healthy too, right? Right. Well, healthy without the addition of chocolate chips you might be thinking. But wait, I can make it healthy – I just use my honey-sweetened, dairy-free homemade chocolate chunks! Win, win, my friends!

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Banana Bread

This Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Banana Bread is a beautiful cross between a healthy breakfast bread and a decadent fall dessert. Full of fruits and spices, it’s the perfect thing to wake up to, or to enjoy as a “yay, the kids are in bed (finally)” treat with your significant other. 😉

Either way, you know you wanna try some…

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Banana Bread

Free from gluten, eggs, dairy, and refined sugar.

Ingredients

1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup tapioca flour
1 teaspoon guar gum
1 teaspoon cinnamon (I use a ton of cinnamon, so this is a bulk link!)
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking powder (I like to make my own.)
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 medium-sized, ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup applesauce
1/4 cup honey
1 cup dairy-free chocolate chips (or my homemade version for refined sugar-free, too!)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan.

Whisk dry ingredients together. (You can probably sub a gluten-free flour blend for the flours and guar gum, though I haven’t tried it yet.)

In a large bowl, mash bananas. Add in pumpkin, applesauce, and honey until well mixed.

Stir in dry ingredients and chocolate chips.

Pour and gently smooth into prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.

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24 Comments

Lela on October 7, 2015 at 9:36 pm

Oh my goodness Raia, this bread looks like it could be my new obsession. All kinds of goodness are baked together! Thank you so much for sharing at Inspiration Thursday!

Raia on October 8, 2015 at 10:37 am
Glad to share, Lela! I hope you enjoy the bread if you get a chance to make it! 🙂
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Emily @ Recipes to Nourish on October 8, 2015 at 2:22 pm

This sounds so good! I can’t wait to make this for me … I mean for my family.

Raia on October 8, 2015 at 3:46 pm
Haha! I understand. 😉 Thanks, Emily!
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GiGi Eats on October 8, 2015 at 8:42 pm

I doubt that loaf lasts very long in the kitchen! 😉

Raia on October 8, 2015 at 9:57 pm
Haha! True. It was gone before it was cooled completely. 😉
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Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine on October 9, 2015 at 7:26 am

This is absolutely perfect!!!! The best pumpkin bread 😉

Raia on October 9, 2015 at 9:32 am
Haha! Thanks, Rebecca! 😉
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Marla on October 9, 2015 at 12:26 pm

Hi Raia,

Wow this sounds so tasty, healthy, and looks delicious. Thanks for sharing on Real Food Fridays. Pinned & twitted.

Raia on October 11, 2015 at 3:27 pm
Glad to share, Marla! Thanks so much for stopping by. 🙂
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Kaila (GF Life 24/7) on October 11, 2015 at 11:17 am

It was so great to find your blog through Gluten Free Fridays at Vegetarian Mama! I love chocolate chip banana bread, so I can only imagine that the pumpkin makes it even better this time of year! I especially like your idea of doing the pumpkin purée yourself. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you’re enjoying a beautiful weekend!

Raia on October 11, 2015 at 3:29 pm
Thanks so much for stopping by, Kaila! I hope you enjoy the bread if you get a chance to try it. 😉
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Miz Helen on October 11, 2015 at 6:52 pm

Your Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Banana Bread look wonderful! Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen

Raia on October 12, 2015 at 4:10 pm
Thanks, Helen! It is pretty delicious… 😉
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Heather on October 15, 2015 at 10:22 am

Ooh yummy! I think I’ll make this twice 🙂 One for my husband, as is, & one for me with all pumpkin (allergic to banana) – looks delish!

Stopping by from Making Memories Monday!

Raia on October 15, 2015 at 10:49 am
I hope you both like it, Heather! I’m sure it would be just as delicious with all pumpkin. 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
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CJ Huang on October 16, 2015 at 7:15 am

Yum! Even more chocolate chip pumpkin goodness! I think this bread looks even yummier than the bars you shared last week – so much yumminess going on around here. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and sharing this recipe on Five Friday Finds! I’m looking forward checking out your recipe this week. 🙂

Raia on October 16, 2015 at 9:50 am
Haha! Thanks, CJ! I think I do like it better than the bars, even though those are pretty delicious. 😉
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Cathy on October 17, 2015 at 9:57 pm

This is the best of both my favorites all in one! I love banana and pumpkin bread, and together they would be unstoppable! 🙂 So happy that you shared this on MMM! 🙂
Cathy

Raia on October 17, 2015 at 10:03 pm
Haha! They are definitely unstoppable together! 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by, Cathy!
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Danielle @ Poor and Gluten Free on October 19, 2015 at 2:52 pm

Ooh, I love the combo of pumpkin, banana, and applesauce! Super healthy and delicious looking. Thanks for sharing this on WNWNW, I’m pinning and sharing 🙂

Raia on October 19, 2015 at 3:15 pm
Thanks, Danielle!
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Ashley on October 19, 2015 at 2:54 pm

Thank you for linking your recipe up to last week’s Tasty Tuesday! I have pinned your recipe to the Creative K Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board. I hope you’ll join us again this week.