UPDATED: September 29, 2017 at 2:07 p.m. EST
Turns out all of Tiegen's frantic tweeting about banana bread wasn't just any old craving — it was a craving that's heading into her second cookbook. Since she took the Twitterverse along for the ride while testing this recipe, she decided to share it before the launch of #cravings2, as she's been referring to the book on social media.
We're big fans of banana bread at Delish (59 and counting!), but our go-to is this chocolate chip and walnut version. Tiegen's calls for a lot more eggs and vanilla pudding mix, which'll make the bread super rich and moist.
Try them both and tell us what you think!
ORIGINAL POST: September 22, 2017 at 2:14 p.m. EST
If you're a frequent banana bread baker, you'll understand the Twitter rampage Chrissy Teigen went on yesterday. Nothing's worse than the crushing defeat when you go to make a loaf and find you don't have any ripe bananas. So when Teigen discovered herself in exactly that situation, she didn't just save the baking for another night. She crowdsourced some bananas. The journey was a roller coaster — but it's worth reliving.
It all started on Sept. 17, when Teigen asked the Twitterverse if she could make a questionable trade in a house of worship. "If I bring 4 perfect bananas to the thai temple today can I take 4 brown bananas from the mini Buddha house offerings? Making banana bread, " she tweeted. It seemed like one of her regular, innocuous quips. Who know the madness that would follow.
A follow-up tweet revealed her mom was on board, but three days later, she wrote, "ok this banana thing is getting ridiculous. don't tell me your banana browning hacks. just…if u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area lmk."
Then the search ratcheted up a notch, and it got kinda weird. Teigen posted another tweet saying, "if u have 6 BROWN bananas in the LA area, I will send my assistant to your home with a signed cookbook, John's underwear and a Becca palette."
The frauds came out to play, because this is the internet, after all. So Teigen tweeted, "SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. please send me a photo of u holding the banana, giving the peace sign."
A Vine star named Jake — known on Twitter as @onairjake — came through with three spotty 'nanners, but Teigen knew there was still a long ways to go. "ok and @onairjake has 2….WE NEED ONE MORE! or, a single person with 6. this is gonna be a long day," she wrote.
Teigen settled for a bunch of five when Twitter user @bymeg responded to her with the requisite peace sign photo, and later wrote to her fans, "banana submisssions are now closed. thank you guys so much I will send the runner ups some banana bread once done."
It seemed over. Teigen posted adorable photos of the trade-off (her mom was her "assistant") and captioned it, "the deal has been done. thank you, @bymeg!!!!"
But then something horrible happened: Five wasn't enough. "I really, really hate to say this but. I need one more banana," Teigen revealed.
She went back to Jake to see if he had still had his bananas — he did — and another trade-off was held. Teigen posted a picture and said, "one of the cutest things I've ever seen @onairjake."
With an entire social media platform riled up and bananas procured from complete strangers, Teigen dropped a truth bomb: "this is no longer my banana bread. this is *our* banana bread." Yas, Chrissy, yas.
What happened next requires no words. There was this proof of the activity being fulfilled.
The final reveal happened.
We saw it transferred onto a cake plate.
Teigen got to cutting.
And we witnessed the happiest reaction to a slice of banana bread in the history of ever.
In the end, Teigen acknowledged she couldn't have done it without three special people. "we did it @onairjake @bymeg @pepperthai2"
And, in case you're curious: Yes, she did deliver on her gifts of a cookbook, makeup palette, and husband John Legend's underwear. And yes, Legend was totally cool with it:
Lesson learned: Online grocery shopping is out. Twitter trading is in.
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