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!

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

1. Whisk together the flour, cooca, baking powder, baking sda, and salt. Then set this bowl of dry ingredients aside.
2. Cream the sugar and butter together in a large mixing bowl with an eletric mixer.
3. Beat in the egg, mashed banana, milk, and vanilla extract until fully combined.
4. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and then stir by hand until just combined.
5. Fold in the chocolate chips and pecans.
6. Portion the muffin batter out into the lined muffin tin.
7. Bake the chocolate muffins until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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.

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• Vanilla Chai Muffins – Finished with a crunchy topping and sweet glaze!
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