Chocolate Chunk Banana Muffins
These are the best Chocolate Chunk Banana Muffins! Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish. With melty chocolate in every bite, these bakery-style banana muffins are a great way to use up ripe bananas and freeze well for make ahead snacks and breakfast.
Servings: 12 Muffins
Calories: 1muffin
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- ½ cup salted or unsalted butter (melted) (or ½ cup vegetable oil)
- 3 very ripe medium size bananas about 1 ½ cups mashed
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks, plus more for tops of muffins (from an 11.5-ounce package chocolate chunks) (I used Nestle)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F°. Line a muffin pan with 12 large (but not jumbo) paper cupcake liners.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
- Melt the butter. I melt it right in the same large glass mixing bowl I'm going to mash the bananas in. Microwave the butter for 35 seconds, then stir until completely melted.
- Peel and mash the bananas on top of the butter in the large mixing bowl, using a fork or potato masher.
- Stir in the brown sugar and granulated sugar and stir or whisk until blended together.
- Add the eggs and stir vigorously until well blended. Stir in vanilla extract.
- Add the flour mixture and 1 cup of the chocolate chunks to the banana mixture, stirring gently or folding it just until all the flour and chocolate chunks are mixed in.
- Divide the batter evenly into each of the paper liners. I like to use a large ice cream scoop to do this.
- Arrange two or three chocolate chunks on top of the muffins or wait until immediately when they come out of the oven to place them on top. They will slightly nestle into the muffins as they bake and create a decadent appearance like bakery-style muffins!
- Bake at 375F° for 21 to 23 minutes or just until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean and the center springs back when touched.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan 2 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool.
- Yield: 12 muffins
Notes
Chocolate Chunk Banana Mini Muffins: To make 36 Mini size muffins, scoop a heaping tablespoon of batter in mini muffin size muffin pans (or using paper-liners) and bake at 375°F for 10 to 12 minutes. You might want to use regular size chocolate chips for the mini muffins.
Where to find chocolate chunks. I only found the chocolate chunks at Walmart when testing the recipe in June. I think more stores have them during the holiday baking season. You can also coarsely chop chocolate candy bars or baking chocolate.
