This recipe marries two of my favorite things in all of baking and pastry: chocolate and bread. These little loaves pack a triple chocolate punch with chocolate incorporated into the batter and mini chocolate chips speckled throughout. The third and final chocolate flourish is on top – making this bread a real looker!
I made a video of how to make chocolate curls back in 2011, and you can find that tutorial here. I still do it exactly the same way now as I did then! There’s no real trick, it’s mostly about timing and testing the chocolate with a spatula edge every few minutes to see if it’s ready to curl.
Chocolate shavings are easier to manage than chocolate curls, so if the curls feel daunting just grab a veggie peeler and start shaving the side of a chocolate bar onto a plate. Chocolate melts at body temperature, so try to avoid picking up the shavings with your fingers and shake the shavings onto the bread loaves using the plate.
This bread lives up to its name, it’s quick to assemble and almost as sweet as cake. You’ll need four mini loaf pans for this recipe, although I’d assume you could bake it as one large loaf with additional bake time.
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Chocolate Quick Bread
Equipment
- four mini loaf pans 5 3/4 x 3 x 2-inch
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups 255g mini semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup 114g unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup 130g packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups 380g unsweet applesauce
- 2 1/2 cups 320g all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups 260g powdered sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons milk
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray mini loaf pans with flour-based baking spray or grease and flour the pans.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup chocolate chips at 100% power at 30 second intervals until smooth; set aside. Cream the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl. Add the eggs and melted chocolate. Mix to combine. Add the applesauce and mix again. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to the creamed mixture and mix to combine; fold in the remaining chocolate chips.
- Spoon the batter into the four prepared pans (do not fill beyond 3/4 full). Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick tester comes out clean. Turn the loaves out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Mix together the powdered sugar and milk. The mixture should be thick. Spoon the glaze over the cooled loaves.
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave at 30 second intervals until it can be stirred smooth. Spread the chocolate on the back of a large baking sheet. Refrigerate for 5 minutes, or until set. Using a spatula scrape the chocolate forward. If it breaks, wait 2-3 minutes and test again. When the chocolate begins to curl in front of the spatula, continue to scrape the chocolate from the pan into curls. Gently transfer the curls to the tops of the bread loaves.
- When the glaze is set, transfer the loaves to gusseted bread bags and tie with festive ribbon. Give to delighted friends and family.
this looks fabulous! i know that if and when i ever do this…i am going to need one of those spatulas you're using. i think that's almost half the battle. do you have a source for that fine implement? angelheartcottage@comcast.net
Hi Auntiejenni,
I LOVE my mini spatula! It has a sharp end which makes it perfect for curling chocolate. You can find one at the following link. I just ordered myself a second one!
http://amzn.to/2ik153l
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Hi Heather, what could be used instead of apple sauce? We don't have that over here. Adore your bloig, you're just fan!
Aah, thanks so much!!!
You can use equal amounts of pumpkin puree or any kind of rich dairy such as heavy cream, whole milk or even eggnog!
Thanks for asking!
Oooheggnog! What a grenat idéal!hips! Have a marvelous xmas Heather!Thanks for your brillant ideas I promote to all my friends here in France! Lou x
You Tube says the video for chocolate curls is unavailable…can you help? Is there another place to view it? I LOVE your curls. They're the best I've ever seen! Thank you in advance for your help!
Hi Channa, I uploaded it to this post underneath the recipe. Hopefully you'll be able to view it now. It plays for me each time at the link, so I'm not sure of the reason why you can't view it. Hope this helps! Happy Holidays!!!
The BF made these loaves as holiday gifts for his family, and they were SO well-received!! Thanks!!
Looks so yummy and soft! Thanks for sharing this easy way to make chocolate Bread at Home.
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It's looks so delicious and mouth watering amazing recipe i will surely try this one.
Thanks!