Chocolate Peppermint Loaf Bread

Howdy Partners,

I told you I’d be back with another peppermint recipe!!  I am officially addicted to peppermint.  It’s horrible!!  No it’s not, who am I fooling?  I love peppermint!!  And I love peppermint with chocolate even more!!!

This bread is amazing!!  It’s sweet, chocolaty and has little surprises of mint chocolate chips in it!!  It’s like eating a big chocolate brownie, just a tad healthier!!   During baking, the smell of my house was like Christmas, it smelled like a big mug of hot chocolate with a slight aroma of candy canes.  Oh man, I couldn’t wait for the bread to be done.  My Husbands friend came over and I told him if he waited 10 minutes, I’d give him some bread.  He did, I gave it to him while it was still hot and soft.  He smelled it and was like OMG!  He said I shouldn’t eat this.  I told him go ahead.  It’s not to bad for you.  I don’t like to tell people something is healthy, otherwise they won’t want to eat it!  Strange I know!

About 15 minutes after my Husbands friend left our house, my Husband and I were walking to the store and my Hubby got a text message from his friend.  His friend said “tell Jen the bread is excellent ”  Yah!!!  I told my Husband he just left our house, the bread was still hot!  lol, I guess he couldn’t wait! This bread is really delicious.  I can see heating it up in the microwave and putting a dollop of vanilla ice cream on it and maybe some peppermint whip cream.  This bread would make such a great dessert!!

My Husband took the bread to work, and I asked him what he thought, and he loved the chocolate chips in it.  He said they were little bites of pudding.  I was a little unsure if the bread would be chewy, but he said it wasn’t.  He said he loved it.  I asked if he shared him mini loaf, he said nope!  I told him I have one more mini loaf left and I was going to take it to work, he said, NO!  It’s mine!  I guess he really did like it.  One thing about my Husband is he is brutally honest about something that he does’t like and I always share his opinion with you, so when I say he liked it, he really did like it!!

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Chocolate Peppermint Loaf Bread

Prep Time: 8 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 38 minutes

Yield: 15 slices

Serving Size: 1 slice

A rich, chocolaty, peppermint flavored quick bread filled with mint chocolate chips.

Ingredients

1. 1 cup greek yogurt, non-fat, plain
3. 1/2 cup granulated sugar
5. 2 eggs or egg substitute
7. 1 tbsp vanilla extract
9. 1/4 tsp. peppermint extract
11. 1/4 cup milk, non-fat
13. 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
15. 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
17. 2 tsp. baking powder
19. 1/2 tsp. baking soda
21. 1/2 tsp. salt
23. 1/3 cup dark chocolate and mint chocolate chips (Nestle)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. In a medium bowl, mix yogurt,sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, peppermint extract and milk; until blended.
3. In a separate bowl add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda sand salt. Mix together.
4. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and slowly incorporate the yogurt mixture, be careful not to over mix.
5. Fold in chocolate chips
6. Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pan or 3 mini loafs.
7. Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour for 1 large loaf or 30 – 35 minutes for 3 mini loafs, or until a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, shielding with aluminum foil after 50 minutes to prevent excessive browning. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack.

Notes

Calorie per slice: 102.1, Fat: 2.2, Cholesterol: .01, Sodium: 239, Potassium: 37.7, Crabs: 18.8, Fiber: 2.1, Sugar: 10.1, Protein: 3.7

2.5

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Well that’s it for me to go!  It’s getting late and I still have to pack lunch!  I hate packing lunch, normally it’s a salad and I that means cutting veggies!!  Maybe I should have a PBandJ sandwich?  I haven’t had one of those in a while.

Have a great day!

Toodles,

Jennifer

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