Public Service Announcement for Banana/Chocolate Lovers

I'm taking a break from my football fare to share with you this very important culinary breakthrough.  You'll be glad you stopped by today!

I made banana bread the other day from my favorite red & white Better Homes & Gardens cookbook.  This would have been uneventful and not blogworthy had I not had an epiphany right there in the kitchen.  You see, I remembered while I was mixing together the ingredients, that I had this in the pantry...

Do you see what it is??  That would be Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter.  And I was making banana bread. Seriously, what could be more perfect??!?  They're made for each other!!  That just made me mix even faster.  Because I wanted it to bake.  And I wanted it to cool a little.  So I could slather it with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter. And then I could eat it.  A lot of it.  So I mixed the batter.

Baked it.

Sliced it.

And covered it with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter.  While the bread was still warm.  Yes, you see it oozing all over the bread right there.  That is just how it looked.  On my plate.

Oh. my. word.

If you like bananas/chocolate/peanut butter anything, you must. try. this!!!!

So, if you'd like to make the banana bread, you'll need:

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 1 cup mashed bananas (3 medium, just beginning to turn dark)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

1.  Grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of the 8x4x2 inch loaf pan; set aside.  Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and 1/8 tsp salt.  Make a well in center of dry mixture, set aside.
2.  In another bowl combine the egg, bananas, sugar, cooking oil.  Add egg mixture all at once to flour mixture and stir until just moistened.  Fold in nuts (if desired).
3.  Spoon batter into loaf pan and bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean.  Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.  Remove loaf from pan, cool on rack.

Slice.  Then slather with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter.  

One more look for good measure.

Can you believe my husband refused to try this?!?

I think he missed out.  Don't you???

Because it was amazingly yummy.  Like, seriously, amazingly yummy.

Cowtown Peeps, you can find this glorious DCPB at Super Target.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!  I'm off to eat some more banana bread!