Julie Clark
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Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
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Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread is a homemade chocolate quick bread made with sweet Amish sourdough starter. Chocolate chips and melted chocolate glaze in each bite!
Have you made Amish Friendship Bread Starter yet?
If you have, you’ve been enjoying moist, cinnamon friendship bread for days now. Ready for something new to make with your sweet sourdough? I’ve got Amish friendship bread variations for you! And I’m starting with this chocolate Amish friendship bread.
When I shared the original friendship bread recipe, I realized many of you wanted a variation of that bread that didn’t use pudding. And really, in that recipe, you can just leave the pudding out.
Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread Without Pudding
Friends had told me to make chocolate friendship bread, just swap out the vanilla pudding for chocolate pudding. Simple as that! And you can totally try that (although I’d still recommend adding mini chocolate chips to the batter).
But for those of you wanting friendship bread without pudding mix, we’ve got you covered with this chocolate bread recipe. For the chocolate flavor, I added cocoa powder for the right amount of chocolate flavor and the perfect moisture.
What we ended up with was perfectly sliceable. Full of crazy chocolate intensity by using not only cocoa powder but also mini chocolate chips. No pudding mixes!
How to Make Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
- Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients. Whisk well.
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter evenly into the greased pans. Bake for 57-60 minutes or until the top center of the bread bounces back when you touch it. A toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf should come out mostly clean.
- Allow the bread to cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Run a knife along the inside edge of the pans, loosening the bread.
Top it with Chocolate Ganache
You can leave the bread as it is with no topping. But if you want the ultimate chocolate Amish friendship bread, make a simple chocolate ganache with heavy cream and chocolate chips.
Don’t use mini chocolate chips for the ganache, though. They won’t melt smoothly. Use full-size chocolate chips and heavy cream.
Place the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave safe bowl. Melt the chocolate chips in 20-30 second intervals, stirring between each interval. Do this until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth, being careful to not let the chocolate get too hot.
Allow the ganache to sit for 3-4 minutes, then spoon it on top of the bread. Spread the chocolate just to the edges of the bread. Pour yourself a cup of milk or coffee and enjoy!
Amish Friendship Bread Variations
Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread
Chocolate Amish Friendship Bread is a from-scratch chocolate quick bread made with sweet Amish sourdough starter. Easy to make and chocolate chips in each bite!
Servings 20 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 57 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 7 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup 2% milk
- 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
Chocolate Ganache:
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325ºF. Spray two 8 1/2×4 1/2- inch loaf pans with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the wet ingredients. Whisk well. 1 cup vegetable oil, 3 large eggs, ½ cup 2% milk, 1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, ½ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup brown sugar
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. 2 cups all-purpose flour, ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips. 1 ½ cups mini chocolate chips
- Pour batter evenly into the pans. Bake for 57-60 minutes or until the top center of the bread bounces back when you touch it.
- Allow the bread to cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Run a knife along the inside edge of the pans, loosening the bread.
- Turn the bread out onto a wire rack. Cool completely.
Prepare the ganache:
- Place the chocolate chips and heavy cream in a microwave safe bowl. Melt the chocolate chips in 20-30 second intervals, stirring between each interval. Do this until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth, being careful to not let the chocolate get too hot. 1 ½ cups chocolate chips, ½ cup heavy cream
- Allow the ganache to sit for 3-4 minutes, then spoon it on top of the bread. Spread the chocolate just to the edges of the bread.
- Allow the chocolate to set before slicing.
Notes
- You may bake this in 2 8″ round cake pans for a small snack cake. They will take less time to bake. Check at 30 minutes and add more time as needed.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Refer to the article above for more tips and tricks. The calories shown are based on the recipe making 20 slices, with 1 serving being 1 slice of bread. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. **
Nutrition
Calories: 277kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1.1mg
Did you use semi sweet chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips? Could you use some of each? Thanks!
My families favorite friendship bread!!! We have been making your regular friendship bread recipe for some time and simply love it. We also have been known to substitute different puddings for varying flavors (cheesecake is divine) (root beer was a fun one too). Recently, I discovered this chocolate version and my kids went wild for it. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent!
Do you have to put the frosting on top, or is there anything else like powdered sugar I could use?
Is there a way to make this in muffins rather than the loaves? I made this yesterday and it’s awesome and I would love to make it in muffin tins if possible, Thanks in advance..
THANK YOU for having a recipe that doesn’t use pudding mix! I made this last night, adding some chopped maraschino cherries because i had them on hand so why not, and it came out wonderfully.
I added 1 and a half cups cooked and mashed sweet potatoes . Absolutely delicious .
I’m in Australia, Julie where can I get Amish Fresh Bread Starter from?
Many thanks
Chris 🙂
I used to make this years ago. I made it chocolate, lemon, butterscotch, and coconut. All I did was use whatever flavor of pudding I wanted it to be. My husband loved the chocolate most of all. I loved the lemon best with poppy seeds. Sprinkle coconut on top of the coconut was wonderful also.
I used to make something called Herman with the same sweet sourdough.