Twitter's (and Uncle Mike's) banana bread from Cravings - Hungry for More (page 236) by Chrissy Teigen

Ingredients

all-purpose flour
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vanilla instant pudding mix
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Notes about this recipe

heyksquared on June 02, 2026

I’ve made this dozens of times over the past eight or so years, and there is no one who doesn’t love it. My strongest feedback — this recipe has never ONCE been done in 60 minutes. It almost always needs 75-80, and I often end up increasing heat to 350 somewhere along the way. My other tip: for ease in and out of the pan, I make cake release! Combine equal parts crisco, flour, and vegetable oil, then rub liberally over the pan. The cake will easily release.
lea_ukmcxr on March 24, 2026

Made a number of changes to this- butter instead oil, brown instead of white sugar (and only half the listed amount), and baked in a springform pan because I didn’t have a Bundt pan (but I did use a full 6 bananas!) Good on its own, but with salted butter it’s delish!
EatnCookFood on January 04, 2026

Not your traditional banana bread. More like cake, since it is quite sweet. Either way it is delicious. Like others said I had to cook it quite a bit longer than the recipe stated. Have made a few times when specifically looking for this flavor. Definitely a craving.
cassandhercookbooks on July 05, 2025

Baked it for one hour and fifteen minutes compared to the one hour that the recipe suggests. I loved the vanilla pudding mix addition. It is very sweet, but I like very sweet.
danlaik on May 21, 2023

A little too sweet but pretty good. I liked the addition of the coconut and dark chocolate, but I think all of it gets a little overwhelmed with the sweetness. Not bad, but I am interested in exploring other recipes now.
snoozermoose on December 08, 2021

I agree with others who say this is very sweet. As someone who likes her desserts very sweet though, I wasn't mad at it and did enjoy the generous amounts of chocolate and coconut throughout. My husband thought it was too rich and didn't care for it as much. We both agreed that Joanne Chang's banana bread from Flour is still our GOAT, but this is a good, decadent alternative when you want banana bread to be DESSERT.
julesamomof2 on July 21, 2021

This is a very good banana bread and I liked how simple it was to make, however, like pretty much every banana bread I have ever made it turned out way too sweet. Need to cut back on the sugar next time. I took this out of the oven exactly at the 60 minute mark as the cake was VERY brown by that point, but turns out it could have used at least another 5 minutes, maybe ten, as it was a little mushy in the center. I thought I had coconut but I was out, so will make this again if only to try a version with the coconut flakes as we like that combination.
hirsheys on September 23, 2020

Easy to make (like that it is hand mixed), but it was too sweet and underbaked despite baking it an extra 10 minutes beyond the 60 it called for. 5 bananas made 2 cups for me, too. (If I ever were to make this again, I’d decrease the sugar and leave out the coconut.)
DimSumMamma on August 16, 2020

I only used 5 large bananas, but had that 6th standing by like anya_sf. I reduced the sugar by 1/2 cup as a 1:1 ratio of flour and sugar is too much for something that has pudding and a sweet fruit. We didn't miss the sugar (it was sweet enough) and it didn't affect the moisture of the cake. A very easy to put together and simple recipe with delightful results. My family, even those who generally don't like coconut- really enjoyed it.
Smokeydoke on May 09, 2019

Last week was the third time I took this banana bread to a group and it was the third time I got ecstatic compliments such as "best banana bread ever". I can't believe what a crowd pleaser this is, so much so that I had to write this review. Personally I find it a bit sweet and there's always a pocket of mushiness in the center, but the pot-luck crowd raves about it. I always omit the coconut flakes as family members do not like it. But everything else is a keeper, even the Jello pudding mix.
anya_sf on January 26, 2019

My bananas were large, so 5 ended up being enough for 2 cups, although I did have a 6th banana standing by, just in case. I used white whole wheat flour. The bread mixed quickly and easily by hand. It took an extra 5 minutes to bake through. The banana bread was moist and delicious, definitely sweeter and more dessert-like than my usual recipe. My family loved it!