Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins – Sugar Spun Run

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

The BEST Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Basic banana muffins are getting a chocolatey enhance at this time! These chocolate chip banana muffins are tender, moist, and stuffed with chocolate/banana taste. They’re extremely easy to make and are available collectively in minutes–good for a last-minute breakfast deal with!

What makes my recipe one of the best:

• Makes use of two completely different temperatures for tall muffin tops and comfortable, tender interiors (similar to my chocolate chip muffins).
• Primarily based off my well-loved banana muffin recipe however scaled right down to make a fair 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 further 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 additionally their moisture and sweetness too. Enjoyable reality: do you know that baking with bananas didn’t turn into in style in the USA till the Nineteen Thirties? Till that point, bananas had been a uncommon merchandise in most chain grocery shops, so dwelling bakers had been compelled to bake with different fruits as a substitute. Are you able to think about a world with out banana bread?!

Right here’s a temporary historical past on utilizing bananas in baking, when you’d prefer to learn extra.

What You Want

The substances in at this time’s recipe are only a bit completely different than my plain banana muffins. There are a couple of price nothing earlier than we dive in.

• Bananas. Don’t use inexperienced bananas! Similar 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 additional granulated sugar on prime of the muffins earlier than baking; it provides a nice crunch and slight sweetness. You should utilize coarse sugar, like turbinado or demerara, as a substitute for a extra pronounced crunch.
• Buttermilk. Buttermilk is a key ingredient for taste and moisture (particularly since this recipe is oil-free)! I extremely advocate utilizing actual buttermilk for finest outcomes, however when you don’t have any readily available, my straightforward buttermilk substitute will work in a pinch!
• Chocolate chips. Semisweet chips are my choice, however you should utilize no matter sort you want. Milk chocolate can be tasty right here too! For a bakery fashion look, I like to avoid wasting a couple of chocolate chips for including to the tops of my muffins earlier than they go within the oven.

Enjoyable reality: do you know that baking with bananas didn’t turn into in style in the USA till the Nineteen Thirties? Till that point, bananas had been a uncommon merchandise in most chain grocery shops, so dwelling bakers had been compelled to bake with different fruits as a substitute. Are you able to think about a world with out banana bread?! Right here’s a temporary historical past on utilizing bananas in baking, when you’d prefer to learn extra.

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

How one 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 substances in a separate bowl.
4. Fold the dry substances into the moist substances 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 will result in powerful, chewy muffins. Cease mixing as quickly as there are not any massive pockets of flour left, and no matter you do, do NOT use a mixer!

5. Fold within the chocolate chips till evenly integrated, 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 couple of additional chocolate chips and a sprinkle of granulated sugar on prime 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 executed.
8. Let the muffins cool of their baking pan for 5-10 minutes, then take away to a cooling rack to chill utterly. Eradicating the muffins shortly after baking prevents soggy muffin liners.

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

Steadily Requested Questions

I’d love to listen to what you concentrate on this recipe in comparison with my traditional banana muffins!

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Let’s bake collectively! I’ll be strolling you thru all of the steps in my written recipe and video beneath! In case you do that recipe, make sure you tag me on Instagram, and you may as well discover me on YouTube and Fb

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