Chocolate Buttermilk Bread Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy here.
Looking for a new quick bread recipe to try today? You’ve got to give this amazing recipe for Chocolate Buttermilk Quick Bread a shot!
Buttermilk Chocolate Bread
I got some leftover buttermilk from my mom the other day from when she made up some butter. I didn’t want it to go to waste so I found this recipe that looked so yummy. It came out even better than I imagined! It’s rich and cake-like, you won’t know whether you should eat it for breakfast or for dessert. I say both. 🙂
—Here are some more Recipes That Use Buttermilk.
This recipe is a quick bread, which I love because they are simple and easy to make! Quick breads don’t require any yeast, rise time or kneading. You can just mix them together quickly, as you would brownies or muffins, and then put them in the oven. They are great to have on hand to go along with meals or as an afternoon snack.
Quick breads also freeze great! To freeze your quick bread, allow it to cool completely. Once cooled, you can wrap the loaf in plastic wrap, aluminum foil, or other freezer safe wrap and place it in the freezer for up to three months. You can also slice off pieces and freeze it in individual portions. Then just set it out overnight so it will thaw. You can heat it up in the microwave for a few seconds too if you like it warm,
Chocolate Buttermilk Bread Recipe
What you need:
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Mix all the ingredients together well in a large bowl. Pour the batter into a well greased loaf pan. Bake at 350F for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy!
—If you’re serving this for dessert you might enjoy it with some Homemade Whipped Cream and some sliced strawberries- YUM!
You don’t need to use homemade buttermilk to make this bread recipe, any store-bought buttermilk should do fine. If you don’t have any on hand and don’t want to make a trip out, you can easily make your own buttermilk!
Print this Chocolate Buttermilk Quick Bread Recipe to add to your Recipe Binder below:
Buttermilk Chocolate Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
-
Mix together all ingredients well. Pour the mixture into a well-greased loaf pan.
-
Bake at 350F for 55 - 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Looking for another delicious quick bread? I have so many to choose from! Here’s a big list of 18 Quick Sweet Bread Recipes to start with and then here are a couple more to check out as well:
- Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe
- Blueberry Zucchini Bread
- Zucchini Bread
- Sour Cream Banana Bread
- Tried and True Banana Bread
- Pumpkin Zucchini Bread
- Easy Pumpkin Bread Recipe
- Creamy Banana Bread
Do you eat quick breads for breakfast or for snacks, or for both?!
This Buttermilk Chocolate Bread recipe was originally published on Little House Living in May 2017. It has been updated as of April 2020.
This looks so good. You have the best recipes. What size loaf pan did you use? Also, do you think I could substitute oil for the butter?
I have kept all your posts and have enjoyed them as well. This bread is awesome. I may have mentioned this before but banana bread with chocolate chips is also yummy. My kids went bananas over this.
I enjoy your site. I see you live in SD. I lived in Winner, SD for 8 years. I move back to my home state of PA and haven’t been back to SD since. That has been about 20 years. Would love to visit again.
This looks so good, I’m hoping to make it today, but need to know, is it one 3/4 cup of flour, or 1&3/4 cups of flour, also the size of the bread pan please, love your website Merissa, so much useful info, thank you xx
Oh this looks delicious! Talk about perfect timing… we have been on a huge kick in our house making our own bread. This will be the perfect addition. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Cheers,
Lisa at Dreams and Caffeine
Is it 1 3/4 cup of flour or just 3/4 cups of four ? I wasn’t sure. I was going to make it tomorrow. Please let me know.
Thx Sara
It’s one and three-fourths cups of flour.
Ok thx you 1 3/4 cups ! Thx you Sara
Made this today and I was very pleased with the outcome! Easy to do, tastes great and it used up my buttermilk. What I’m even more impressed with was I didn’t adjust recipe for high altitude and it turned out perfectly for my 6000+ ft location.
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I’m in a higher altitude as well (5000ft) so maybe that helps 🙂
I am so sorry about your baby. I will remember you in my prayers. ❤️
I will be praying for you and your family. I was pregnant one Christmas season and we had hung a tiny stocking on the mantel. I miscarried on Christmas Eve. We came home and had to take down the tiny stocking. The grief is real but I now have two wonderful children! Sending love!
I’m so sorry to hear that Janet, this season does seem especially hard to try and deal with all of the feelings.