Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are made with crunchy pecans, sweet chocolate chips, ripe bananas, and pantry staple ingredients! Bake up a dozen of these delicious muffins in just 30 minutes!
For another recipe that’s filled with sweet banana flavor, check out these Banana Berry Muffins or Banana Bread Cookies! Both would make a delicious breakfast treat that your family would love!
All About These Chocolate Banana Muffins
Boost breakfast time with these Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins! Their chocolaty, sweet banana goodness will get everyone’s day off on the right foot!
While these are perfect for breakfast, they also make a great mid-day pick-me-up or wind-down snack when paired with a cozy cup of coffee or tea! I also highly suggest enjoying them warm to give them the ultimate moist, melty chocolate chip texture!
Rebecca’s Recipe Review
Taste: Sweet, chocolaty banana flavor with nutty pecans.
Texture: Tender and moist with crunchy bites of pecans and chocolate chips throughout.
Ease: 4/10
Pros: Simple ingredients, ready in just 30 minutes.
Cons: None.
Would I Make This Again? Yes!
Ingredients For Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- All-Purpose Flour
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Graulated Sugar
- Salted Butter
- Large Egg
- Mashed Ripe Banana
- Whole Milk (or 2%, skim, or whatever milk you have on hand!)
- Vanilla extract
- Mini Chocolate Chips (semi-sweet, milk chocolate, or white chocolate!)
- Chopped Pecans (or walnuts, if you prefer!)
Bananas For Baking
Choosing bananas to use in recipes can either fill the baked treat with sweet banana flavor or cause the treat to fall flat. For the banana flavor to shine through in baking, they need to be ripe and ready!
You don’t want to use bananas that are firm and yellow, as those won’t add much taste to the muffins. Instead, you want to use up those bananas that have been long forgotten about on the counter.
This is because as bananas ripen, the starches in them turn to sugar, making for a sweeter, more flavorful banana. Therefore, you want bananas whose skin doesn’t have much yellow left but instead is covered in dark brown spots.
The best way to mash bananas up is by using a fork, a potato masher, or by using your hand mixer.
How To Make Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Whisk together the flour, cooca, baking powder, baking sda, and salt. Then set this bowl of dry ingredients aside.
- Cream the sugar and butter together in a large mixing bowl with an eletric mixer.
- Beat in the egg, mashed banana, milk, and vanilla extract until fully combined.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and then stir by hand until just combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and pecans.
- Portion the muffin batter out into the lined muffin tin.
- Bake the chocolate muffins until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Rebecca’s Tips
- Cocoa Powder – Since cocoa powder has a fine consistency, it tends to clump up. Therefore, you want to sift the cocoa powder before adding it to the bowl. Doing so will ensure that the cocoa powder is distributed evenly throughout the batter to prevent any dry spots in the finished muffins.
- Measuring Flour – Learning how to measure flour correctly will change all of your baked goods for the better! Usually, flour is added to a recipe after it’s been scooped straight from the bag. However, this method often packs the flour into the cup resulting in too much flour, creating dry, crumbly muffins! Whereas measuring flour correctly using 1 of 2 easy, quick methods will deliver those tender, moist baked goods that we love!
- Muffin Liners – I like making my muffin recipes using muffin liners for effortless removal and easier cleanup! If you don’t have any cupcake liners on hand, you can coat the wells of the muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Finished Look – If you want the muffins to have a more finished look, you can add a few extra chocolate chips and pecans to the top of each muffin before baking.
Storage Instructions For These Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Place any leftover muffins into an airtight container or Ziploc bag with the excess air squeezed out of it. Afterward, store them at room temperature and enjoy the muffins for up to 3 days.
More Homemade Muffin Recipes:
- Cinnamon Muffins with Streusel Topping – Loaded with cozy, yummy flavor!
- Best Recipe for Cruffins – Buttery, flaky, cinnamon-sugar croissant muffins!
- Chocolate Chip Muffins – A classic muffin that everyone loves!
- Vanilla Chai Muffins – Finished with a crunchy topping and sweet glaze!
- Strawberry Muffin Recipe – Made with fresh berries and a crumble topping!
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Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Medium mixing bowl
- Muffin tin
- Muffin tin liners
- Whisk
- Electric mixer
- Wooden spoon
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup salted butter softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana
- ¼ cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup mini chocolate chips
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a muffin tin with liners; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.1½ cups all-purpose flour, 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium-high speed.¾ cup granulated sugar, ½ cup salted butter
- Add the egg, mashed banana, milk, and vanilla and beat on medium speed until fully combined.1 large egg, 1 cup mashed ripe banana, ¼ cup whole milk, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Add the flour mixture to the banana mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined. The batter will be quite thick.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and pecans.½ cup mini chocolate chips, ½ cup chopped pecans
- Portion the batter out into the muffin cups filling them ¾ full.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Notes
- If your cocoa has lumps in it be sure to sift it before adding it to the bowl.
- You can add a few extra chocolate chips and pecans to the top of each muffin before baking them to make them look extra delicious.
- Store your muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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