Name: Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; ¼ tsp salt; ½ tsp cinnamon powder; 3 ripe bananas, mashed; ⅔ cup brown sugar; 1 egg, in room temperature; 1 tsp vanilla; ½ cup butter, melted; 1 cup chocolate chips, and a little extra to add at the top

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These Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins are so soft and delicious, with lots of chocolate goodness after each bite. Great to boost your energy during afternoon snack (or breakfast, if you may) and heaven to pair with a glass of milk.

Banana is one thing I never miss to add in our weekly grocery trip. It is one of our favorite fruits, an easy and healthy grab-and-go snack.

Sometimes, when I get lucky, by the end of the week, we have 2 or 3 ripe bananas left in our counter which is my que to make some good snack out of it.

Time to make some banana muffins!

CHOCOLATE CHIPS GOODNESS

This week, I decided to make our banana muffins with chocolate chips. Hmm… why not?! Chocolate is good with everything and I always have a stash of chocolate chips in our kitchen cabinets perfect for my sweet tooth.

Actually, this muffin recipe is based on my first banana muffins recipe I posted here in my blog, which is the Banana Cinnamon Pecan Muffins. You can check the recipe here.

The only difference is, of course, I omitted the Pecan and added lots of Chocolate Chips, making it the star of this yummy snack.

You will probably be going to see a lot like this in some of my recipes in the future. I use a base recipe, change it a little bit, add or replace the toppings, meats, vegetables and the like, to make one good new recipe. Especially if my family like it, I try to make different versions of it so we won’t feel like we are eating the same food every time. Win-Win for all!

FREEZER FRIENDLY

Most of my desserts or sweet recipes are freezer friendly. And this one is the very first in line. Actually, all my muffin recipes are freezer friendly.

I usually make batches of this recipe, put the cooked muffins into a freezer friendly container/Ziploc and store in the freezer. You can also freeze the uncooked muffin dough/batter if you run out of time to cook all of it.

It is good to store the chocolate chips banana muffins in a freezer for up to 3 months.

GREAT ON-THE-GO BREAKFAST OR SNACK

Chocolate chips banana muffins are great on-the-go breakfast or snack!

To thaw and enjoy the frozen or cold muffins, you can do the following:

You can just leave it outside the room temperature for a few minutes until fully thawed.
Or, you can warm it in the oven, set to warm or 250 to 300 degrees F, for 5 minutes or so, if you want it warm.
Or, you can also put it in a microwave just for a few seconds, 15 to 30 seconds should be good enough per muffin. You can add a few more seconds when needed.

What is your favorite muffin flavor? How do you like this chocolate chips banana muffins recipe? Kindly let me know in the comment below.

Here’s how to make Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins.

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Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

AuthorLerrie’s KitchenDifficultyBeginner

Yields12 Servings

Prep Time10 minsCook Time20 minsTotal Time30 mins

Ingredients:

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

½ tsp cinnamon powder

3 ripe bananas, mashed

⅔ cup brown sugar

1 egg, in room temperature

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup butter, melted

1 cup chocolate chips, and a little extra to add at the top

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (195 degrees C). Line a muffin pan with cupcake or muffin liner cups.

Combine dry ingredients – flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, mix together mashed bananas, sugar, egg, vanilla, and butter. Add the flour mixture and stir just until combined (do not overmix).

Add the chocolate chips, lightly stir.

Divide the batter evenly from 12 to 15 cups. Fill the muffin cups up to 3/4 full. Do not overfill. You can some extra chocolate chips at the top.

Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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