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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.
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword baking, portable
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
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.