Best Chocolate Peppermint Loaf Bread Recipes

EASY CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT LOAF CAKE RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans and 2-3 minute longer baking times). Grease and lightly flour mini loaf pans. In a large bowl, blend together mixes, sour cream, oil, eggs, water, milk and extract at low speed for 30 seconds. Continue mixing at medium speed for 1-2 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour batter into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes for mini loaves (40-50 minutes for full-sized loaf) or until top springs back to touch and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely before removing from pan. In a small bowl, stir together sugar and 1 teaspoon water. Add a few drops of water at a time to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over cooled cakes and top with candy pieces. Tip: Mini chocolate chips will distribute throughout the cake and create a more uniform chocolaty texture. If using regular chocolate chips, toss them with a teaspoon of flour before incorporating to help keep them from sinking to the bottom of the pan.

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT LOAF BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° In a medium bowl, mix yogurt,sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, peppermint extract and milk; until blended. In a separate bowl add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda sand salt. Mix together. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and slowly incorporate the yogurt mixture, be careful not to over mix. Fold in chocolate chips Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pan or 3 mini loafs. 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.

CANDY CANE CHOCOLATE LOAVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat three 8x4-in. loaf pans with cooking spray. In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add egg whites, eggs, coffee, yogurt, oil and extracts until blended., In another bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to brown sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Fold in chocolate chips., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Drizzle melted white baking chocolate over loaves. Sprinkle with crushed candies.