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Triple Chocolate Banana Scones

August 8, 2016 By justalittlebitofbacon 16 Comments

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Because if you’re going for chocolate, you might as well really go for chocolate. These chocolate banana scones have plenty of cocoa powder and ground up bittersweet chocolate in the batter before being topped with a bittersweet chocolate glaze.

And then, because that wasn’t enough, I made a peanut butter drizzle too! Layers of chocolate, peanut butter, and bananas. It’s all good.

Triple Chocolate Banana Scones - These triple chocolate scones are studded with banana chunks in an intensely chocolatey batter and then topped with chocolate glaze and a peanut butter drizzle. Have them for breakfast or dessert and they would be perfect for a brunch. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

Hello, all!

Some recipes come out just right the first time I try them. Maybe they need a tweak or two, but they basically go from my brain to the pan and I’m done. Others take a little more work. This recipe took a little more work, but it was all worth it. And chocolate scones which don’t make the cut are still pretty darn tasty. šŸ™‚

However, they weren’t chocolatey enough!

Or they were fiddly to work with!

Cocoa powder only? Eh. Not near enough chocolate. Melted chocolate and peanut butter swirls? Way too soft and fiddly. Ground chocolate and peanut butter chunks? Not bad, but the peanut butter got lost, and it still tasted more like a muffin top than a scone. Cocoa, ground chocolate, peanut butter drizzle, along with ripe but not over soft bananas? Now, that’s a scone. Not too moist, not too sweet, batter you can work with, and plenty of chocolate flavor.

Triple Chocolate Banana Scones - These triple chocolate scones are studded with banana chunks in an intensely chocolatey batter and then topped with chocolate glaze and a peanut butter drizzle. Have them for breakfast or dessert and they would be perfect for a brunch. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

We’ve finished this batch of scones, to thumbs up all around, but I do have some moderately ripe bananas on my counter and the rest of the ingredients in my pantry and fridge. I may need to make another batch!

They are a bit of an indulgence, but we all need one sometimes. And they are just the thing to enjoy on the porch with a cup of coffee. Or milk, as my daughter would choose.

They are also an excellent way to forget that we are entering week three without a proper fridge here at BitofBacon HQ. It is getting real old trying to fit food in my tiny beverage fridge and not be able to stock up on anything. I may need a scone. šŸ™‚

Triple Chocolate Banana Scones - These triple chocolate scones are studded with banana chunks in an intensely chocolatey batter and then topped with chocolate glaze and a peanut butter drizzle. Have them for breakfast or dessert and they would be perfect for a brunch. | justalittlebitofbacon.com

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Triple Chocolate Banana Scones - These triple chocolate scones are studded with banana chunks in an intensely chocolatey batter and then topped with chocolate glaze and a peanut butter drizzle. Have them for breakfast or dessert and they would be perfect for a brunch. | justalittlebitofbacon.com
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5 from 12 votes

Triple Chocolate Banana Scones

These triple chocolate scones are studded with banana chunks in an intensely chocolatey batter and then topped with chocolate glaze and a peanut butter drizzle.
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time14 mins
Total Time29 mins
Course: Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana scones, chocolate scones
Servings: 8 scones
Calories: 425kcal
Author: justalittlebitofbacon

Ingredients

Scones

  • 1/3 cup (1 1/2 oz) cocoa powder
  • 4 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, broken into chunks
  • 1 2/3 cups (6 1/2 oz) all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp table salt
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, well chilled, cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large ripe but firm bananas, cut into 1/2 inch dice

Chocolate Glaze

  • 2 oz bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped

Peanut Butter Drizzle

  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 4 tbsp all natural peanut butter
  • 1 tsp agave syrup, or maple syrup

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • In the bowl of a food processor, pulse the cocoa powder and the chocolate until the chocolate is finely ground. If it starts to melt, stop and continue with the next step.
  • Add the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Pulse to combine. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture has the texture of coarse breadcrumbs, about 10 1-second pulses. Add the buttermilk and vanilla, and pulse 4-5 times, or until the mixture has just come together.
  • If the mixture doesn't want to become a ball, just scrape it out of the processor and give a few quick stirs by hand, adding a spoonful or two of buttermilk if need be. Then gently mix in the diced bananas. Pat the dough into a rough ball.
  • Turn out the scone dough onto a well floured cutting board and liberally sprinkle the top with flour too. Flatten the dough into a circle about 1 inch thick, adding more flour if needed to keep the dough from sticking. Cut the scones into 8 wedges.
  • Arrange the wedges on a baking sheet and bake the scones for 14-16 minutes, or until puffed and firm to the touch. Transfer the scones to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.
  • When the scones are cool, make the glaze and the drizzle.

For the glaze

  • Gently melt the chocolate until it's smooth. Then pipe the melted chocolate over the scones using a squeeze bottle and a round piping tip or a plastic bag with the corner cut off.

For the drizzle

  • In a medium saucepan, melt the coconut oil. Mix in the peanut butter and agave syrup and stir until the drizzle is smooth and runs off the spoon.
  • Like the glaze, pipe the drizzle over the scones with a squeeze bottle and a round piping tip or a plastic bag with the corner cut off.

Notes

The scone dough will be a bit dry before you add the bananas. However, even though they are chunks, the bananas will moisten the dough and make it a bit sticky. Remember to use plenty of flour!
For ease of cutting the scones and transferring them to the baking sheet, I like to use a buttered and floured bench scraper. It makes clean cuts and then you can push it under the scones to pick them up off the cutting board.
The scones are best eaten the day they are made. However, they are good up to three days later when kept in a sealed container.
I have tried both melting and chopping the chocolate in the batter, and grinding it provides all over chocolate flavor without making the dough too wet.
I highly recommend coconut oil in the peanut butter drizzle. It melts to provide a smooth flow when you are topping the scones and then firms up to keep the topping where you want it. That said, don't store the scones on top of each other. Neither the peanut butter or the chocolate topping is firm enough.

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Comments

  1. swathi says

    January 23, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious scones, always chocolate and banana goes well, lovely scones.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      January 24, 2020 at 9:12 am

      Thanks! They are great flavors together.

      Reply
  2. Marsha says

    October 22, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    5 stars
    Oh wow. Now these are delicious! I’m loving all the chocolate and drizzle!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      October 23, 2016 at 7:56 am

      The scones are tasty by themselves, but the drizzles put them over the top. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  3. Maria says

    May 28, 2018 at 2:53 pm

    5 stars
    What a fun scone recipe. I had never tried anything before off the regular recipe of blueberries.

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      May 28, 2018 at 9:03 pm

      I;m glad you enjoyed this. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. peter says

    March 19, 2018 at 10:34 am

    5 stars
    OMG. I am loving this. This is a scone I love to eat!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      March 19, 2018 at 6:07 pm

      Thanks! šŸ™‚

      Reply
  5. Kylee says

    August 17, 2016 at 3:54 pm

    5 stars
    Oh, wow – all that chocolate with banana makes me seriously hungry!!
    they look so perfect.

    how many did YOU eat?! I mean, not having a big fridge would mean you’d need to eat em up fast, right?

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      August 18, 2016 at 12:24 pm

      Yes, a teeny fridge is an issue! Luckily I have a hungry family who helped. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Renz says

    August 17, 2016 at 1:38 pm

    Thank you for giving me another way to use my bananas other than banana bread and muffins. Scooones!! These look amazing!!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      August 17, 2016 at 3:42 pm

      Thank you! I’m glad I could give you a new idea.

      Reply
  7. Karly says

    August 9, 2016 at 11:00 am

    5 stars
    Peanut butter, bananas, peanut butter, chocolate and more peanut butter…. these are my kind of scones! Love these!!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      August 9, 2016 at 11:38 pm

      Thanks! It’s hard to go wrong with peanut butter and lots of chocolate. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  8. Cathy says

    August 8, 2016 at 11:31 am

    these must have Elvis rolling over in his grave! Simply outrageous. I was looking at my overly ripe bananas on the counter this am trying to figure out what to do with them. Now I know!!

    Reply
    • justalittlebitofbacon says

      August 8, 2016 at 12:28 pm

      He’s wishing he had these scones. šŸ™‚ As am I right now, but I have the recipe and some bananas.

      Reply

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