Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

These banana chocolate muffins are fluffy, moist, and easy to make. They are the perfect choice for breakfast, snacks, or even dessert (when you suddenly crave something sweet). These muffins have the two most popular ingredients, chocolate and banana, both loved by kids and adults alike. They are a delightful combination for a muffin. I always have overripe bananas in the fruit basket, waiting to be used up. These banana muffins are the best way to enjoy them.
Made from scratch, this muffin recipe takes less than 30 minutes to prepare. It is a one-bowl recipe, just like Banana flaxseed muffins, Almond flour banana muffins, and banana bread pudding, which you all enjoy!

You will love these Muffins

✓ They are an easy way to use those ripe bananas and can be made with your staple pantry ingredients. ✓ The addition of semi-sweet chocolate chips gives a gooey texture to the muffins. ✓ They are fluffy and moist and make up for a great after-school snack. ✓ They will leave the kitchen smelling incredible with the sweet banana flavor in the air.

Ingredients

Bananas: The hero ingredient. You must use only overripe bananas for this recipe. Overripe bananas will have brown spots all over them; the more spots there are, the sweeter the banana. Underripe bananas will not have the right amount of sweetness in them. Chocolate chips: I use mini semi-sweet chocolate chips for these muffins. You can use them or go with regular chocolate chips. Sugar: I have used sugar to add an extra scoop of sweetness to the muffin. You can use maple syrup if you want to skimp on the sugar. Butter: Use melted butter. You can also replace it with oil of your choice. Fresh eggs at room temperature, along with milk, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and nutmeg. Pantry Staples: The staples like all-purpose flour, baking soda, and a pinch of salt enhance the flavor.

How to Make?

To make these delish muffins, you need only a big bowl to mix all the ingredients and an oven to bake them. Before you start, preheat your oven to 425°F (218°C). Also, grease a 12-count muffin pan. If you have liners, you can use them instead of greasing the pan.

Take a large bowl, add the peeled bananas, and mash them well with a fork. If you want pieces of banana in your muffin, just mash them coarsely. Next, add butter, eggs, vanilla extract, agave syrup, and milk to the banana and mix well. Now add the dry ingredients of salt, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and finally, the all-purpose flour to the bowl. Skip the sugar if adding agave syrup.

Fold all the ingredients together gently till they blend well, but don’t overmix. Add the mini chocolate chips to the bowl and mix. Save some chips to add at the top of the batter in the baking pan. Spoon the batter evenly into each muffin cup. Sprinkle some chocolate chips on the top.

Bake in preheated oven for 7 minutes and then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees. Keep baking for about 8-10 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove from the muffin pan, let the muffins cool completely on a wire rack, and enjoy! Store muffins in an airtight container.

Pro-Tips

Make sure that all the ingredients, both wet and dry, are at room temperature before you start the recipe, as it brings out their natural flavor. The more ripe the bananas, the sweeter it will be, and it reduces the need for sugar or agave syrup. Be a bit generous with those chocolate chips, as they add a dash of sweetness and give an extra gooey texture to the muffins Don’t overmix the ingredients, and I highly recommend measuring the flour when baking. You can use regular-size dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips in this recipe too.

Variations

You can also use nuts in place of chocolate chips. We love to add walnuts or pecans. Even cranberries or raisins are a good choice. If you are on a gluten or paleo diet, check out my almond flour banana muffins. They are a terrific snack and are an incredibly light, moist, and healthy variation of this muffin. You can also try my healthy whole wheat banana flaxseed muffins. They have loads of nutrition and are super delicious.