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This easy recipe for banana chocolate chip muffins has the perfect balance of banana and chocolate. The batter uses yogurt along with eggs to make them super moist, fluffy, and flavorful. They are made in one bowl and you can enjoy them as breakfast, a snack or bring to a brunch!
Anytime I bake anything with banana in it, my whole house smells like heaven.
I know bananas get a bad rap when it comes to other flavors – don’t even get me started on banana laffy taffys, but when it comes to baking, you CANNOT go wrong with banana!
For example this banana bundt cake will knock your socks off, and if your’e looking for something on the healthier side this healthy banana bread was made for you! Also if you need double the chocolate then these double chocolate banana muffins are SO GOOD.
As a trained pastry chef I really take the time to test my recipes until I am happy with them. I tested the healthier banana bread 7 times before posting it. Cue Monica Geller- SEVEN!!!!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- They are light and fluffy
- They are made with yogurt to keep them super moist
- You can make them mini if you want!
- They are so easy to make, you can make them in just one bowl!
Also if you’re like me and always have a ripe banana or two sitting on your counter, well then thats just an excuse to make these!
Ripened, black, and spotty bananas are the best ones to bake with for moist banana bread, cakes or muffins!
These can also be baked in large batches if you have a bunch of bananas you need to get rid of.
Equipment you need
- Cupcake liners– grease proof are the best!
- Ice cream/cookie scoop– to evenly scoop out muffin batter, this is the best thing to use!
- 12 Cup Muffin tin– the color of your baking tin matters. A darker baking tin will bake faster than a lighter one.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Melted Butter – Adds a rich buttery flavor.
- Mashed Ripe Bananas – The star of this recipe is mashed bananas. They add a classic texture to the muffins along with a natural sweetness and banana flavor. Make sure your bananas are ripe! Ripe bananas typically have completely brown skin and can be mashed very easily.
- Eggs – Eggs are important in any muffin recipe because they help bind all the ingredients together and help add density to the muffin.
- Vanilla – Vanilla extract is a flavor that pairs well with banana, chocolate and most any baked treat!
- Yogurt – Yogurt is one of the key ingredients to making these muffins super moist. Make sure you use plain full fat yogurt!
- Milk – Milk helps thin out the batter while adding a creamy texture.
- White Flour – You’ll need white flour as the base of the muffin.
- Brown Sugar – Brown sugar adds sweetness that balances out the sweetness of the chocolate chips and banana.
- Baking Powder & Baking Soda – These two ingredients will help the muffins rise and become fluffy but still dense!
- Salt – Salt balances the flavors of all the ingredients.
- Chocolate Chips – You’ll need your favorite chocolate chips to fold into the batter. Feel free to use mini chocolate chips!
How To Make Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Preheat the oven to 425F. Melt the butter in a medium size microwave safe bowl.
- Add the wet ingredients: mashed bananas, eggs, vanilla, yogurt, and milk and mix to combine.
- In another bowl combine the dry ingredients: flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix only until the batter comes together. Do not overmix. Pour the chocolate chips in and lightly fold again until chocolate chips are incorporated throughout.
- Line a muffin tin with 18 liners. Fill the muffins ¾ of the way full. Place a few more chocolate chips on top for garnish.
- Bake for 8 minutes on 425 then lower to 350 for 12 mins. Baking them at a high temperature at first and then increasing the temperature helps give muffins their dome shape!
Wet Batter Wet and Dry Ingredients Finished Batter Filled muffin tin
The secret to keeping muffins moist
- Use a combination of eggs and yogurt. The yogurt will add a beautiful density and creaminess to the batter and the eggs will help keep them moist and stay together. Do not use low fat yogurt!
- Use super ripe bananas! These are the ones that are black and spotty and you *almost* want to throw in the garbage. Dont! Bake with them instead!
- Don’t over mix! It’s important to just fold in the ingredients until the batter is formed. Over mixing will cause the gluten in the starch to become stretchy which will change the texture of the muffins.
- Don’t bake longer than 25 minutes total. Since muffins are a lot smaller than banana breads or cakes, in most cases they only need under 30 minutes to bake. Any longer than that and they risk becoming more dry.
Yield
This recipe makes 18 perfect muffins. You can double the recipe if you need too and you can also make half if you only want a few.
Variations
- Add in peanut butter chips for a fun twist!
- Add in a handful of fresh or frozen blueberries.
- Sprinkle on a spoonful of Streusel Topping before baking.
- Use white, dark, or semisweet chocolate chips to fold into the muffin batter.
- Add in 1/4 cup of cocoa powder to the dry ingredients for extra chocolate flavor.
- Sprinkle in some of your favorite chopped nuts such as pecans or walnuts.
Storing & Freezing
Storing: These muffins can stay on the countertop or in the fridge in a sealed container or bag for 4-5 days.
Freezing: The best way to freeze banana muffins is to wrap them individually in a layer of plastic wrap under a layer of aluminum foil or put them in a freezer safe plastic bag. This will keep them from getting freezer burn and will help preserve the flavor. They can be stored up to 3-4 months in the freezer and only need a couple hours to defrost on the counter!
Expert baking tips
- Make sure you are correctly measuring your flour. Spoon flour into your measuring cup and then level it off with a knife. Never directly scoop the flour with your measuring cup because it will compact the flour and you will end up using too much. Too much flour will make your muffins dense.
- It’s just the opposite for brown sugar. You can and should compact your brown sugar into your measuring cup.
- Make sure to cool the melted butter before using
- When you bake muffins on a higher temperature and then reduce it, it helps to created that rounded top
Mini banana chocolate chip muffins
To make this recipe into mini muffins you will need a mini muffin pan and mini muffin liners. Preheat the oven to 425 and bake for 4 minutes. Lower the oven to 350 and bake for 6-8 more minutes.
This recipe will make about 40 mini muffins. You can halve the recipe if you want less.
FAQ
The combination of yogurt and eggs make a super moist baked good!
Using room temperature ingredients (yogurt, eggs, butter) will help to create a smooth batter. When mixed the batted traps air that is then released when baked and will create a light and fluffy muffin.
The difference between muffins and cupcakes are that muffins have muffin tops and cupcakes have frosting. Also when baking cupcakes you don’t start at a high temperature like you would with muffins.
I like to use semi sweet but you can use milk chocolate or bittersweet chocolate.
You can use gluten free flour in place of the all purpose flour.
Other Banana Recipes You’ll Love
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Easy and Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup Melted Butter cooled
- 2 Bananas peeled and mashed
- 2 Eggs large
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cup Plain Full Fat Yogurt
- ¼ cup Milk
- 2 cups White Flour
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Kosher Salt
- 1 cup Chocolate Chips mini or regular
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Melt the 1/2 cup butter in a medium size microwave safe bowl and let cool for 5 minutes. Add the mashed bananas, 2 eggs, 2 tsp vanilla, 3/4 cup yogurt, and 1/4 cup milk and mix to combine.
- In another bowl combine the 2 cups flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt.
- Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix only until the batter comes together. Do not overmix. Pour the chocolate chips in and lightly mix again.
- Line a muffin tin with 18 liners. Fill the muffins ¾ of the way full. Place a few more chocolate chips on top for garnish. Bake for 8 minutes on 425 then lower to 350 for 12 mins.
I didn’t have yogurt, so used sour cream instead. They were still perfect. My daughter requested these while home from college; She loved them! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hooray! So glad you were able to make them sour cream is a great sub! Thank you so much for coming back and leaving a review!!
Thank you for this awesome recipe!! I substituted the white (all purpose) flour with GLUTEN FREE 1 to 1 baking flour to accommodate gluten free family. I use Bob’s Red Mill GF products.
These turned out super moist and delicious. Hands down, these are the best.
YAY Roxanne!!! I am so happy to hear that!! So good to know they were great with gluten free flour too! Thank you SO much for coming back and leaving a comment and rating, appreciate you!
I didn’t have yogurt on hand, so I used extra whole milk and they still turned out delicious and moist. Next time I will try with yogurt! 1 cup of chocolate Chips is a bit too much though! The chocolate overwhelms the banana flavor. Next time I will use less.
Hey Gabi! Thank you so much for your rating and comment! So happy you like them!!
My family loved this recipe! Little ones approved and I find that I can’t pass by the kitchen without grabbing one. So good! Thank you!
Awww YAY Julie! Thank you so much for making this recipe and leaving such a nice review and rating! So glad your family is enjoying them!!
I have banana mashed and in the freezer. Can anyone tell me how much 2 bananas measure? Mine are frozen in 1 cup containers.
Since bananas are different sizes its hard to say how they measure- I use medium size bananas so which are about 118g each. 1 Mashed banana can be around 1/2 cup so I would use 1 cup for this recipe.
Excellent. Made 12 muffins and a small cake. However, after baking I realized “I left out the milk. They were really quite good without so I’d probably do the same next time.
Good to know Kelli! Glad you liked them! Thank you so much for rating and reviewing!!