This is my absolute favorite recipe for chocolate chip banana muffins! They are sweet, moist, and overall pretty darn perfect!
Everybody loves classic banana bread. Of course, what’s not to like? It’s sweet, moist, and oh so delicious! And it’s the perfect use of old nasty bananas!
As much as I love basic banana bread, I’ve decided to put a little twist on the classic recipe. I’ve added some delicious CHOCOLATE CHIPS and put it into muffin form!! What’s my reasoning for doing so?
1. Chocolate is delicious. Obviously. 😉
2. Bananas and chocolate pair wonderfully together.
3. The muffin form is super easy to bake and take to go
Do I need to convince you why this is a good idea anymore? I didn’t think so. 🙂
Ok so let’s get into some specifics about the recipe.
Chocolate
The banana muffins themselves are already pretty sweet as it is so I don’t like introducing another super sweet element into the recipe. Instead of using milk chocolate, I prefer using semi-sweet choc chips. Those balance out so well with the sweet notes from the banana.
Bananas
In this recipe I do not accept bright yellow bananas! (Don’t even try slightly green bananas…) I like my bananas to be more brown than yellow! Well, if there’s something growing on your bananas you might wanna toss those into the compost bin. But otherwise, use those brown bananas! 😉 I promise you the muffins will turn out much better!
Mixing the Ingredients
Believe it or not, the way you mix your ingredients makes a difference. Always start with room temp butter and cream it with sugar. This is the point at which you can incorporate air into the batter. Mix the two until they are light and fluffy. Then mix in the eggs one by one. Mixing them in one at a time makes sure that you don’t loose the air you’ve built into the sugar and butter. Then you add in mashed bananas. Mix the batter until those are just combined.
Next comes the dry ingredients. Sift all the dry ingredients and add them in parts. This will keep the batter from becoming a funky clumpy mess. 🙂 Lastly we have the most important part! Fold in the yummy chocolate chips!
Then into the oven we go. Ten to fifteen minutes later, you have delicious chocolate chip banana muffins! Yum!😋
Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins Recipe
AuthorbasilanddillDifficultyBeginnerPreheat your oven to 350 degrees and pull out a muffin tin.
In a stand mixer whip together the butter and sugar until fluffy and light. Mix in the mashed bananas and beaten eggs until combined. Scape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Turn on the mixer with the wet ingredients and slowly begin adding in the dry. (Don't overmix.) When the dry ingredients are mixed in, scrape down the sides and fold in the last bit of flour. Lastly, fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour about a quarter cup of batter into each muffin cup then bake the muffins for 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and pull out a muffin tin.
In a stand mixer whip together the butter and sugar until fluffy and light. Mix in the mashed bananas and beaten eggs until combined. Scape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Turn on the mixer with the wet ingredients and slowly begin adding in the dry. (Don't overmix.) When the dry ingredients are mixed in, scrape down the sides and fold in the last bit of flour. Lastly, fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour about a quarter cup of batter into each muffin cup then bake the muffins for 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
- If you like banana bread, you can just pour the batter into a loaf tin and bake for 45-50 minutes.
