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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast & Brunch Recipes

    Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

    Modified: Jan 18, 2024 · Published: Feb 24, 2016 by Ashley

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    Mini chocolate chips make these tender muffins extra tasty - perfect for breakfast and/or dessert!

    With a 4-year-old in the house, we go through a lot of bananas. They make such a great snack, addition to cereal or yogurt, and are even the base for our most repeated breakfast recipe.

    Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

    But sometimes, I'll purposely buy too many bananas so I can make sure I have some that get overripe.

    AKA perfect for baking with.

    Plus, banana means it's healthier, right? OK, so maybe we'll add just a few mini chocolate chips...

    Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

    These muffins turned out fabulously! I really liked the amount of chocolate in them. The mini chips made it just chocolaty enough to not be too dessert-y.

    Not that I didn't enjoy them for both breakfast and dessert.

    They were super tender and delicious, and they disappeared quickly. Next time I'll make a double batch!

    Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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    Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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    • Author: Big Flavors from a Tiny Kitchen - Ashley Covelli (adapted from Allrecipes)
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 25 minutes
    • Total Time: 35 minutes
    • Yield: 12 muffins 1x
    • Category: Breakfast
    • Method: Oven
    • Cuisine: American
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    Mini chocolate chips make these tender muffins extra tasty - perfect for breakfast and/or dessert!


    Ingredients

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    • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 3 large bananas, mashed
    • ¾ cup white sugar
    • 1 egg
    • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • ⅓ cup butter, melted
    • ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Coat muffin pans with non-stick spray, or use paper liners. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
    2. Combine bananas, sugar, egg, vanilla and melted butter in a large bowl. Fold in flour mixture, and mix until smooth. Gently stir in chocolate chips. Scoop into muffin pans.
    3. Bake in preheated oven. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Muffins will spring back when lightly tapped.

    Notes

    Recipe adapted from Allrecipes

    Nutrition

    • Serving Size:
    • Calories: 235
    • Sugar: 22.1 g
    • Sodium: 209.9 mg
    • Fat: 8.4 g
    • Saturated Fat: 5 g
    • Carbohydrates: 38.6 g
    • Fiber: 2 g
    • Protein: 3.2 g
    • Cholesterol: 29 mg

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    Comments

    1. Lori H

      February 24, 2016 at 10:48 pm

      Yum! I bet they would be good with some peanut butter added in too,

      Reply
      • BigFlavorsFromATinyKitchen

        February 27, 2016 at 9:43 am

        Peanut butter and banana is always a good combo!

        Reply
    2. Kim Beaulieu

      February 28, 2016 at 12:00 am

      I love banana muffins. My sister makes them all the time. I could eat these all day long.

      Reply
    3. Heather @FrenchPress

      March 31, 2016 at 9:59 am

      we go through a tons of bananas too, and I very rarely have enough to make bread or muffins! but a banana muffin with chocolate sounds perfect right about now

      Reply
    4. audia

      November 25, 2017 at 9:01 pm

      how is the taste ? just sounds odd

      Reply
      • BigFlavorsFromATinyKitchen

        November 27, 2017 at 11:39 am

        My family loves chocolate and banana, so we really enjoy this combination.

        Reply

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