Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins – Sugar Spun Run

These chocolate chip banana muffins are based mostly off my well-loved basic banana muffins. They’re packed filled with chocolate chips and might be made in minutes WITHOUT a mixer! Recipe features a how-to video!

The BEST Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Traditional banana muffins are getting a chocolatey enhance right now! These chocolate chip banana muffins are tender, moist, and filled with chocolate/banana taste. They’re extremely easy to make and are available collectively in minutes–excellent for a last-minute breakfast deal with!

What makes my recipe the very best:

• Makes use of two completely different temperatures for tall muffin tops and tender, tender interiors (similar to my chocolate chip muffins).
• Based mostly off my well-loved banana muffin recipe however scaled right down to make a good dozen muffins. 
• Simply 10 minutes of prep work with NO mixer required (in actual fact, please don’t use one!).
• Appears so fairly with sparkly sugared tops and additional chocolate chips. These muffins can be even prettier in my parchment paper muffin liners!

I really like baking with bananas not just for the flavour they supply but in addition their moisture and sweetness too. Enjoyable truth: do you know that baking with bananas didn’t turn into well-liked in america till the Thirties? Till that point, bananas have been a uncommon merchandise in most chain grocery shops, so dwelling bakers have been compelled to bake with different fruits as an alternative. Are you able to think about a world with out banana bread?!

Right here’s a brief history on using bananas in baking, for those who’d prefer to learn extra.

What You Want

The components in right now’s recipe are only a bit completely different than my plain banana muffins. There are a number of value nothing earlier than we dive in.

• Bananas. Don’t use inexperienced bananas! Identical to when making banana cake, utilizing overripe (I’m speaking black or brown!) bananas will yield probably the most taste right here. I discover it best to make use of a kitchen scale to weigh my bananas and them mash them, however you could possibly definitely mash after which weigh too.
• Sugar. We’ll use a mix of granulated and brown sugar for depth of taste. I additionally prefer to sprinkle some further granulated sugar on high of the muffins earlier than baking; it provides a nice crunch and slight sweetness. You need to use coarse sugar, like turbinado or demerara, as an alternative for a extra pronounced crunch.
• Buttermilk. Buttermilk is a key ingredient for taste and moisture (particularly since this recipe is oil-free)! I extremely suggest utilizing actual buttermilk for finest outcomes, however for those who don’t have any readily available, my simple buttermilk substitute will work in a pinch!
• Chocolate chips. Semisweet chips are my desire, however you should use no matter type you want. Milk chocolate can be tasty right here too! For a bakery fashion look, I like to save lots of a number of chocolate chips for including to the tops of my muffins earlier than they go within the oven.

Enjoyable truth: do you know that baking with bananas didn’t turn into well-liked in america till the Thirties? Till that point, bananas have been a uncommon merchandise in most chain grocery shops, so dwelling bakers have been compelled to bake with different fruits as an alternative. Are you able to think about a world with out banana bread?! Right here’s a brief history on using bananas in baking, for those who’d prefer to learn extra.

Bear in mind, that is simply an summary of the components I used and why. For the total recipe please scroll right down to the underside of the publish!

How you can Make Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

1. Begin by mashing the bananas right into a puree, then stir within the melted butter and sugars.
2. Add the buttermilk, egg, and vanilla and stir till properly mixed.
3. Whisk collectively the dry components in a separate bowl.
4. Fold the dry components into the moist components till 50% mixed, then add the chocolate chips.

SAM’S TIP: It’s vital to not over-mix the batter when you add the flour, as this may result in robust, chewy muffins. Cease mixing as quickly as there aren’t any massive pockets of flour left, and no matter you do, do NOT use a mixer!

5. Fold within the chocolate chips till evenly included, however watch out to not over-mix or you could possibly create dense, rubbery muffins.
6. Evenly divide the batter right into a lined muffin tin. I like to make use of an ice cream scoop for this!
7. Add a number of further chocolate chips and a sprinkle of granulated sugar on high if desired, then bake at 425F for 8 minutes. With out opening the oven door, scale back the temperature to 350F and bake for 7-8 minutes extra till finished.
8. Let the muffins cool of their baking pan for 5-10 minutes, then take away to a cooling rack to chill fully. Eradicating the muffins shortly after baking prevents soggy muffin liners.

SAM’S TIP: When checking for doneness, it’s regular to have a number of moist crumbs sticking to the toothpick; this means that the muffins are moist and never over-baked!

Continuously Requested Questions

I’d love to listen to what you consider this recipe in comparison with my basic banana muffins!

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