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A stack of muffins with chocolate chips, golden and baked to perfection.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 12 Muffins
Calories: 319kcal
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are a great way to use up ripe bananas and make a quick snack or breakfast. They’re soft, packed with chocolate, and easy to make with simple ingredients.
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Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 large very ripe bananas or 4 small peeled and smashed
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Prepare 12 cups of a muffin pan by spraying with non-stick cooking spray or lining with paper muffin cups; set aside
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy
  • Add the eggs and mix until incorporates (the batter may seem chunky at this point and that is just fine)
    A green mixing bowl with creamed butter and sugar, and two cracked eggs on top.
  • Next, stir in the mashed bananas and vanilla extract
    The same bowl with mashed bananas and vanilla added to the creamed mixture, being stirred with a wooden spatula.
  • In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Pour the dry mixture into the wet and stir until combined
    Dry ingredients, including flour, added to the wet batter in the bowl, ready to be mixed.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips
    Chocolate chips poured on top of the batter in the bowl.
  • Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them to the top
    The batter mixed with chocolate chips, ready for scooping.
  • Bake the muffins at 350F for 28-35 minutes
  • Cool the muffins in the pan for 5 minutes, then remove and cool on a wire cooling rack
    Freshly baked banana chocolate chip muffins in a muffin tin.

Notes

The muffins keep at room temperature or refrigerated for up to five days. They can be frozen for up to three months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 319kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 263mg | Potassium: 238mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 311IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 2mg