Chocolate and Banana in one tasty bite! These Chocolate Banana Muffins are delicious and freezer friendly.
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A few weeks ago I set out to make some banana muffins. And then it happened. Severe chocolate cravings.
That’s how these chocolate banana muffins were born! This recipe makes 14-17 regular sized muffins. For my family we like to double it and keep half in the freezer. It’s nice to pull out a bag of homemade muffins for a quick breakfast treat.
While they are absolutely delicious plain, they are over the top delicious with a spoonful of Nutella!
How to make Chocolate Banana Muffins
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray cupcake tin with non-stick baking spray (or use liners if you prefer).
In a large mixing bowl, beat softened butter with sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla extract. Add in mashed bananas.
To the banana mixture, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Divide the batter in half. You should have about 2 1/4-2 1/2 cups in each bowl.
To one half of the batter, mix in the cocoa powder.
Drop 2 Tbsp of plain batter into each muffin tin, and 2 Tbsp of chocolate batter into the same tins. The recipe makes about 14-17 muffins.
Bake for 16-18 minutes. Remove and cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
Store cooled muffins in air tight container for up to 4 days.
How to freeze muffins
Once your muffins have cooled, place them in a freezer safe container or freezer ziploc bag.
Store in freezer. When ready to use, allow to thaw on counter overnight (in bag). ENJOY.
More Chocolate Banana Recipes
Using this same delicious batter, you can create a Chocolate Banana Cake for breakfast or dessert!
Delicious and moist, this Nutella Swirled Banana Bread is begging to be made! It freezes well too!
These Skinny Banana Chocolate Chip muffins are full of flavor, with much less fat than the traditional version. Perfect if you’re watching what you eat, but still crave delicious food!
More Muffin Recipes
These Apple Spice Muffins with Caramel Glaze are insanely good!
Blueberry Muffins: We make these at least once a month and store extra batches in the freezer! Soft, moist bakery style muffins!
Dark Chocolate Muffins with Chocolate Chips: Love Otis Spunkmeyer? Tastes just like them, only better cause they are homemade!
Here are a few of my favorite muffin recipes from around the web:
Caramel Mocha Chip Banana Muffins from Inside BruCrew Life
Very Vanilla Muffins from Dine and Dish
Banana Brickle Muffins from Taste and Tell
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Chocolate Banana Muffins
Chocolate and Banana in one tasty bite! These Muffins are delicious slathered with Nutella or creamy butter.
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 medium bananas, mashed
- 1 ½ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla. Add mashed banana (I use a stand mixer and just add the whole bananas, letting the mixer mash them).
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Divide batter in half.
- To one half of the batter, mix in the baking cocoa.
- Prepare cupcake tin by greasing with baking spray. Drop 2 Tbsp of plain batter into each muffin. Then 2 Tbsp of chocolate batter into each muffin. Should make about 18 muffins.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 16-18 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack. Store in air tight container for up to 4 days, or freeze in ziploc freezer bag for one month. ENJOY.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
17Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 162Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 177mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 14gProtein: 2g
*Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.
Recipe originally published April 21, 2013
These are sooo yummy and I love separating the two flavors of batter!
Why isn’t every muffin made this way! Genius.