Chocolate Banana Moist Muffins (Printable)

Tender, moist muffins with ripe bananas and chocolate chips, ideal for a delightful treat anytime.

# What You Need:

→ Wet Ingredients

01 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed
02 - 2 large eggs
03 - ½ cup vegetable oil
04 - ½ cup granulated sugar
05 - ¼ cup brown sugar
06 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

→ Dry Ingredients

07 - 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
08 - ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
09 - 1 teaspoon baking soda
10 - ½ teaspoon baking powder
11 - ½ teaspoon salt

→ Add-ins

12 - ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

# How To Make:

01 - Set oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease lightly.
02 - In a large bowl, whisk together mashed bananas, eggs, vegetable oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
03 - Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
04 - Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture using a spatula until just combined; avoid overmixing.
05 - Fold in most of the chocolate chips, reserving some to sprinkle on top of the batter.
06 - Distribute batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters full, then top with reserved chocolate chips.
07 - Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges with a few moist crumbs.
08 - Let muffins rest in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • They're impossibly moist inside with a gentle chocolate note that never overpowers the banana.
  • Ready to eat in under 40 minutes, which makes them perfect for those mornings when you want homemade warmth without the fuss.
  • One bowl of wet and one of dry keeps cleanup mercifully simple.
02 -
  • Overmixing is the silent muffin killer—I made that mistake my second batch and ended up with hockey pucks instead of clouds.
  • The banana ripeness matters more than you'd think; pale bananas won't give you that jammy sweetness the chocolate needs to balance against.
03 -
  • Room temperature ingredients blend more smoothly and create a lighter, more even crumb.
  • If you don't have a whisk, a fork works fine for whisking the wet ingredients—the goal is just smooth and combined.

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