This soft, tropical-inspired banana bread is bursting with pineapple, coconut, and ripe banana. Perfectly moist, naturally sweet, and lightened up for Weight Watchers!
📋 Recipe Card
Servings: 12 slices
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50–55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Dietary Notes: WW-Friendly
✅ Ingredients
- 1 large ripe banana, mashed (0 points)
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce (instead of ½ cup butter, saves points)
- 2 large eggs (0 points on most plans)
- ½ cup crushed pineapple, drained well (natural juice, not syrup – 0 points)
- 2 tbsp unsweetened shredded coconut (~2 points total)
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (or use 1 cup flour + ½ cup Kodiak Cakes for extra protein)
- ½ cup sugar substitute (monk fruit, stevia, or erythritol – 0 points)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease or line a loaf pan.
- In a bowl, mash banana. Stir in applesauce, eggs, vanilla, and sugar substitute until smooth.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined.
- Gently fold in pineapple and coconut.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top.
- Bake for 50–55 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool before slicing into 12 pieces.
💡 Notes
- Applesauce instead of butter saves ~24 WW points in the loaf!
- Sugar substitute instead of sugar saves ~36 WW points.
- Coconut is optional—leave it out to drop ~2 more points.
- For extra protein, swap part of the flour for Kodiak Cakes mix.
🔢 WW Point Breakdown (per slice, 12 servings)
- Banana (0)
- Applesauce (0)
- Eggs (0)
- Pineapple (0)
- Coconut (~2 points for the loaf → ~0 per slice)
- Flour (22 points total ÷ 12 ≈ 2 points each)
- Sugar substitute (0)
➡️ Total = ~2 points per slice 🎉
(With full sugar + butter, it would be 9–10 points per slice!)
🥶 Storage
- Store at room temp in an airtight container up to 3 days.
- Refrigerate up to 1 week.
- Freeze slices individually for up to 2 months.
🍴 Serving Ideas
- Toast a slice and top with fat-free Greek yogurt + pineapple chunks (0 points topping).
- Spread with sugar-free jam.
- Serve with unsweetened coconut flakes sprinkled on top for a tropical vibe.
✨ This lightened-up banana bread gives you all the Hawaiian flavors you love—sweet banana, juicy pineapple, and tropical coconut—at just 2 points per slice.
