Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are the perfect combination of sweet, ripe banana combined with semi-sweet chocolate chips. These muffins are moist, delicious, and a perfect twist on regular banana bread.
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As soon as fall comes around, I start stocking up on fresh baking powder, baking soda, sugar, flour, and vanilla in preparation for all the baked goodies that I will be making in the coming weeks and months…basically until June comes back around and it’s too hot to turn the oven on.
As I was going through my pantry I found an open bag of chocolate chips! Score!
So I decided to switch things up for my kids and make something with chocolate. Over-ripe bananas lying around and some chocolate chips in the pantry = my son’s new favorite baked good, Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.
I have to admit something. I hate bananas. I mean bananas themselves.
You will never see me take a bite of an actual banana, but man, I love their flavor in baked goods. Let those babies turn black and they add the perfect sweetness and moist texture to muffins.
Ingredients needed for this recipe (scroll down to recipe card for complete recipe):
- Very ripe bananas
- All-purpose flour
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Chocolate chips
- Butter
- Milk
- Eggs
- Baking powder
- Salt
I thought the flavor of banana combined with semi-sweet chocolate chips would be a perfect pairing, and it is.
These muffins are chocolatey, moist, sweet, but not too sweet.
If I’m not eating them as soon as they come out of the oven (which is the best way!!), I pop them in the microwave for about 10 seconds or so to heat them up and get the chocolate inside all melty. Yum!
Looking for more breakfast recipes? Here are some favorites:
- Cranberry Banana Bread
- Cinnamon Pumpkin Mini Muffins (shown below)
- Slow Cooker Banana Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars
- Cinnamon Almond Granola
NOTES:
- Wait to make this until your bananas are very dark. The darker the banana, the sweeter banana flavor.
- You could experiment with other types of chocolate chips (milk chocolate, dark chocolate, etc.), but I used semi-sweet because they melt nicely without making the muffins too sweet.
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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick of butter softened
- 2 very ripe bananas mashed
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Cream room temperature butter and sugar together in a mixer until smooth and fully combined. Add mashed bananas, vanilla, milk, and eggs and mix until incorporated. Add flour, baking powder, and salt, and mix slowly until combined. Fold in chocolate chips and fill 18 muffin cups about 3/4 full.
- Bake for 27-29 minutes or until the muffins start to get golden brown around the edges. Check on them around 25 minutes as ovens can vary. Enjoy warm!
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I bake these muffins twice/month – my family loves them❣️
I’m so glad to hear that! Glad your family enjoy them :)
I think you should add more chocolate. Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know.
My favorite kind of dessert is chocolate.