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Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins

These classic Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins make a moist and perfectly sweet portable snack for busy days.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baking, portable
Servings: 12
Author: Ashlen Leonard

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup ripe bananas mashed (about 2 bananas)
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chunks or chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325℉ and prepare a muffin tray with paper or silicone liners or by greasing it with butter or oil.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the mashed bananas, plain Greek yogurt, oil, eggs and vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir in the chocolate chunks. Mix well.
  • Pour the batter evenly into the muffin tins, filling them up about ¾ of the way. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  • Let the muffins cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying!

Notes

Substitutions

  • Gluten free flour
    • Just swap to equal parts of Bob Red Mills 1-to-1 gluten-free flour.
  • Other types of brown sugar
    • Any kind of brown sugar will work in this recipe.
  • Flavoured Greek yogurt
    • Instead of plain Greek yogurt, you may prefer to use vanilla or banana flavoured Greek yogurt. This will add extra flavour and sweetness to the muffins..
  • Butter or coconut oil
    • Instead of vegetable oil you could use equal parts melted butter or coconut oil.
  • Chopped chocolate bar
    • If you don’t have chocolate chunks, you can use a large bar of chocolate and chop it into bite-sized pieces before adding it to the batter.
  • Semi-sweet, milk, dark or mini chocolate chips
    • Instead of semi-sweet chocolate chunks, you can use semi-sweet, milk or dark chocolate chips. You could also use mini chocolate chips!
  • Walnuts or other nuts
    • Adding nuts to a banana muffin is quite common and you can absolutely do so in this recipe! Either add the nuts instead of the chocolate chunks OR add them in addition. They provide a crunchy texture and extra protein, fibre and healthy fats. 
 

Dietary considerations

  • Gluten free: use a 1:1 gluten free all purpose flour instead of the regular all purpose flour.
  • Dairy free: opt for dairy free yogurt and chocolate chunks.
  • Oil free: use melted butter instead of oil.
  • These muffins are already vegetarian and nut free.