Noho Kai Chocolate Banana Bread

My Auntie Jill used to make this bread whenever she had visitors at her little house on the hill above Kapaa on Kauai. We would slice it up for an early-morning, presurfing breakfast or we’d snack on it when we came home from the beach, sand between our toes, salt still in our hair. If you like banana bread, this variation is sure to become one of your favorites, too. The key to great banana bread is waiting for your bananas to get really ripe and freckled. I use semisweet