Tuesday 24 July 2012

White & Milk Choc Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Banana Bread


My second batch of banana bread in a few weeks....it wasn't planned but a bunch of black bananas sitting in the kitchen forced my hand in this! My husband told me it was time to make banana bread, and I remembered this recipe that I had pinned to my 'to bake' list on pinterest forever ago! 


and then I found myself gifted with some white choc Reese's cups from my sister for my birthday (yes you may have noticed that over half of my birthday presents consisted of American confectionary! doesn't everyone know me well!) and coupled with a bag of mini Reese's cups that I picked up in Brighton this weekend and I was ready to go! 


I had also been saving this creamy Reese's peanut butter for a special occasion.  I picked it up from TK Maxx a few months back and was waiting for a special bake before I used it.  I might be making it up but in my head it tastes far superior to any other type of peanut butter! 


I'm pretty sure that I'll never be able to just make regular banana bread ever again because this variation was SOOOO super delicious! The peanut butter gave it a great depth of flavour and those melting pools of peanut butter cups were amazing, my only complaint is that I wished there was more of them so if I made it again I'd definitely up the amount of cups I added in!

and of course we all know there's only one way to eat it...zapped in the microwave for 25 seconds and slathered in lots of butter which melts into the bread beautifully!

Be sure to give this bread a try - you'll be SO glad you did!


White & Milk Choc Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Banana Bread:
Serves 10
Adapted from Cookies and Cups

3 very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1/2 cup caster sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
150g mini Reese's milk chocolate cups
75g Reese's white chocolate cups

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
Grease the loaf pan with butter.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt, set aside.
In a bowl of a freestanding electric mixer, beat together the bananas, peanut butter, oil, egg and sugars.
Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and beat until just combined.  The batter will be lumpy, do not over stir.
Dust the Reese's cups with some flour, and fold them into the batter with a spatula.
Spread batter into the prepared tin.
Bake for approx 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then loosen the edges of the pan with a knife and remove from loaf pan, transferring bread to a cooling rack.


I'm entering this into Alphabakes this month being hosted by Caroline Makes as the letter is 'W'.  If you want to check out all the other W entries, check her blog at the end of the month and check The More Than Occasional Baker's blog next month for the new letter if you want to join along!

23 comments:

  1. Oh this looks divine! I love PB and Chocolate and with bananas too mmmmm - I bought some of the Reese's PB from TK Maxx but gave it to someone for a birthday gift. Good old Tesco's PB would work well too I'm sure!

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    1. I'm sure it would work just as well but it felt extra special using double Reese's in the recipe hehe!

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  2. Love the photos. This looks super!! :) I got a lot of american confectionery for my birthday too. I just can't get enough!

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    1. Thanks! I got a new lens this week so have been playing with that :) yeah I can't get enough either...which is why one the first things I want to do when we move to Canada is to take a trip to Wal Mart - I'm going to be in Heaven! haha

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  3. I'm in heaven :) absolutely love banana and PB! I have a very similar recipe bookmarked and am just waiting for my bananas to ripen! I also found a bag of peanut butter cups whilst clearing up which is a bonus! Obviously stashed it away but forgot about it :)

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    1. Ooh that is a bonus! you will be in serious pb heaven if you do try this out, it's definitely become my go to banana bread now!

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  4. Oh my word - brilliance!! this is a total treat!
    Mary x

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    1. Thanks Mary, it certainly went down well with everyone at my house!

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  5. oh wow, this looks do yummy, I cant wait to try it. I love peanut butter

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    1. Well then Michy you will love this bread for sure! let me know if you do give it a try :)

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  6. Delicious & heavenly! Lovely bread & I'm sure my boys will definitely LOVE! :)

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    1. Hehe I'm sure they would, the boys in this house all requested seconds!

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  7. This is so cool. I made banana bread with Nestle Butterscotch chips in - it was amazing. I know this is weird but I've recently gone off Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! I'm shocked. I have some in the house though so maybe should try banana bread with them (I love banana bread)

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    1. That is very weird Anne! haha, but yeah give them a go in this banana bread and it might make you change your mind! I can imagine the butterscotch chips would be really tasty in banana bread! I had a bag of those in my cupboard for the longest time and never knew what to do with them, I gave them to my sister in the end but if I ever acquire any again I'll be sure to try them in BB!

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  8. Wow, this does look delicious. I've only tried making banana bread once and I have to say it was not a success - I've been put off ever since. But the idea of peanut butter and Reese's cups has got me drooling! :)

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    1. Oh no Susie that's unfortunate! I'd definitely urge you to try again because once you've cracked it, it is just the easiest and yummiest treat to whip up. In fact it's probably one of my most baked items...aside from cupcakes ;) This recipe or my regular banana bread & choc chip recipe always turns out well, just be careful not to overbake so it's still nice and moist in the middle :)

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  9. I'm not a fan of bananas but these look lovely - Reese's Cups are on my shopping list for when I go to America in September! Thanks for entering this in Alphabakes :-)

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    1. Not a fan of bananas?! craziness! are you going to take a whole extra case just to bring back baking supplies? hehe

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  10. This looks absolutely AMAZING!

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    1. Thanks Elizabeth, it tasted absolutely AMAZING too! hehe

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  11. Hi I am dropping by via AlphaBakes... this looks so amazing... my favourite ingredient in a bread.

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