Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

These Banana Chocolate Muffins are perfect: moist, sweet, and chocolatey! It’s quick and easy to prepare a batch.

Got some extra black bananas ripening in the fruit bowl? try that Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe! These are pretty damn perfect and we’re not quite sure how to describe the magic. Moist and sweet, they’re flavored with vanilla with just the right amount of cinnamon and the pure sweetness of banana. They’re sprinkled with rich chocolate chips, then topped with a glittering dusting of crunchy sugar. There’s a total “wow” factor, but the recipe is simple and straightforward. Are you ready to meet your muffin soulmate?

Ingredients for Banana Chocolate Muffins

Muffins are simple creatures: a simple baked good made with good ol’ flour, sugar, and eggs. But there are a few tricks we use with our muffin batters to ensure moist, delicious muffins throughout their shelf life. What you need for these Banana Chocolate Muffins:

• all purpose flour
• cinnamon and ginger: deliver just the right pleasant, nuanced taste
• baking powder, baking soda and salt
• bananas
• egg
• granulated sugar
• vegetable oil: Oil makes extremely moist muffins (and you don’t have to melt the butter!)
• vanilla extract
• chocolate chips
• turbo sugar: This sugar cube makes a beautiful glittery filling

Banana Chocolate Muffins Tips

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are quick and easy to make. Here are some tips before you start:

• Ripe bananas are essential. The riper and darker the better! This is key to the intense tropical banana flavor and overall sweetness and moisture.
• Quality chocolate tastes even better! Use either semisweet or bittersweet. We’ve used chunky chocolate chips here that add a decadent richness.
• Resist the urge to mix too much. Overmixing muffin batter will cause holes in the crumb and a denser texture. Mix until the flour threads disappear.
• Baking at 400 degrees will result in a larger muffin. After years of experimentation, our favorite temperature for baking muffins is 400 degrees Fahrenheit (compared to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the norm). This makes for a bigger, fluffier muffin: and it’s quicker to bake!

storage information

What’s the best way to store these Banana Chocolate Muffins? Here are the best practices for storing muffins:

• Up to 4 days: Store at room temperature in an airtight container. (If desired, you can put a paper towel inside to absorb extra moisture and keep the tops extra crispy, but it’s not necessary.)
• 1 week or longer: These muffins keep just as well in the fridge! Let them sit at room temperature for a few minutes before serving.
• 3 months: Freeze in an airtight container and store for up to 3 months.

Varieties of banana muffins

Want other types of banana chocolate chip muffins? We know it ! Prepare them healthily, opt for double chocolate or choose from special diets:

This banana chocolate chip muffin recipe is…

Vegetarian. For vegans and gluten-free see Vegan Banana Muffins And Gluten Free Banana Muffins.