Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

These Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins are so easy! Watch us make moist and fluffy muffins that taste amazing. I love adding chocolate chips to this banana muffin batter, but feel free to omit them or substitute fruit or nuts. Switch to the Easy Banana Muffins recipe

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Why you should make these banana muffins

I can’t wait for you to try this Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins recipe. The recipe is easy to follow and always results in delicious, moist muffins. I know you want to make them all the time – just read the reviews! These muffins are so easy to make that anyone (even kids) can make them. For banana bread, check out our original banana bread recipe or this healthier banana bread made with olive oil and a little less sugar.

Here are a few more reasons we love these banana muffins:

• There are no fancy ingredients and everything you need to make these muffins is probably already in your kitchen.
• The dough comes together in less than 10 minutes.
• They keep well and can be frozen for treats later in the month.

How to make the best banana muffins

These easy banana muffins are quick to make and you don’t need any fancy equipment to make them. Whether you bake all the time or this is your very first time, I promise you’ll be a banana muffin baking superstar in no time!

Step One: Whisk together the dry ingredients

To help the dry ingredients combine well, I like to whisk them together in a bowl before tossing them in with the other muffin ingredients. For the dry ingredients you will need:

Flour — I prefer to use all-purpose flour, but whole wheat flour works well in this recipe. You can also substitute your favorite gluten-free flour blend.

Brown sugar — Sugar adds moisture, sweetness and tenderizes the muffins. If you only have white sugar, don’t worry; You can use it instead.

baking powder and baking soda – these are both sourdough and make the muffins rise.

Salt – just a tiny bit of salt makes these muffins ultra flavorful.

Step 2: Mash the bananas

You don’t need a blender to puree bananas — a fork works perfectly. For this banana muffin recipe, we need 1 ¼ cups of mashed banana. This means you will need two large or three medium sized bananas to prepare the recipe. I mash them up in the bottom of a mixing bowl.

Just like with banana bread, the bananas you use for these easy muffins are important. We want the bananas to be sweet and extra ripe.

If the bananas have lots of brown speckles or are black, you’re on your way to making the best banana muffins of your life.

Step 3: Combine the wet ingredients

Since I mashed the banana at the bottom of a larger bowl, I’ll add the rest of the muffin ingredients straight in. For the remaining ingredients you will need:

Melted butter — Butter gives the muffins a rich, buttery flavor. Banana bread without butter can be substituted with oil. Muffins with oil don’t taste as rich, but the texture is light and fluffy.

egg — An egg gives the muffins structure and tenderness. For eggless banana muffins, swap out the egg for a flax egg or aquafaba.

vanilla extract — I hardly bake anything sweet without a drizzle of vanilla extract. It adds richness and sweetness that sugar doesn’t provide.

Step 4: Combine everything together and add chocolate chips

The final step for these muffins is to combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and, when you add them, stir in chocolate chips. I don’t know if you can tell from the photos, but I add mini chocolate chips to my banana muffins. The mini chips ensure a chocolaty bite every time.

I also use mini chocolate chips to make banana bread. I like to combine mini and regular chocolate chips in this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe.

How long do they bake in the oven?

The muffins will take 20 to 25 minutes to bake. Remove from the oven when the top is golden and after sticking a toothpick in the center of a muffin it comes out clean. The baking time is shorter for mini muffins. I guess 10 to 15 minutes.

Recipe updated originally posted February 2012. Since posting in 2012 we have tweaked the recipe to make it clearer. – Adam and Joanne

Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

12 muffins

Nutrition per serving: serving size 1 muffin / calories 227 / protein 3.2g / carbohydrate 33g / fiber 2.1g / total sugar 15.8g / total fat 9.6g / Saturated Fatty Acids 5.6g / cholesterol 28.9mg / sodium 164.7mg

AUTHOR: Adam and Joanne Gallagher

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