I always have over-ripe bananas, so this is a great way to keep from wasting them. You could go with artificial sweetener in the recipe, but I use sugar because my doggie loves the stuff too.
I also like to switch it up with sugar, brown sugar, molasses and/or honey. Molasses is my favorite, but sometimes I put vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg & all kinds of nuts. You just can't go wrong with this bread.