Banana Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
Moist, packed with flavour and a great way to use up seasonal produce. These muffins are perfect for grab-and-go breakfasts, snacks and desserts on busy days!
Servings 12 muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 heaping cup zucchini after it has been grated and squeezed dry
- 1 cup ripe banana ~2 bananas
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and prepare a muffin tin with cooking spray or muffin liners.
- Grate the zucchini and place it in a cheese cloth or between pieces of paper towel and squeeze out all the excess moisture.
- In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, ripe bananas, peanut butter and vanilla extract. Add the grated zucchini and mix together.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the all purpose flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.
- Distribute the batter evenly amongst the muffin tin and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the muffins to cool for 5-10 minutes before enjoying!
Notes
Substitutions and add-ins
- Gluten free flour
- Just swap to equal parts of Bob Red Mills 1-to-1 gluten-free flour.
- Nut or seed butter
- If you prefer a different type of nut or seed butter, use that instead of peanut butter!
- Other types of brown sugar
- Any kind of brown sugar will work in this recipe.
- Milk, dark or mini chocolate chips
- Use any of these instead of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Chopped nuts
- If you prefer a chocolate-free muffin or you want some extra crunch, feel free to add chopped nuts to the batter. Walnuts, almonds or pecans would work well!
Dietary considerations
- Gluten free: opt for 1:1 gluten free flour instead of all purpose flour.
- Lactose free: use lactose-free chocolate chips.
- Nut free: switch to a seed butter instead of peanut butter.
- These muffins are naturally vegetarian.