Easy chocolate and banana muffins recipe loaded with extra chocolate chips!
A great way to use up overripe bananas in your fruit bowl, just like my chocolate chip banana bread recipe!
These banana chocolate muffins are rich, chocolatey, and ever so fluffy. Perfect for packing in lunchboxes or enjoying as an after-school snack with a glass of milk!
They also make a great dessert with ice cream or custard!
👩🍳 Love bananas? Try my easy peanut butter and banana muffins too!
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✔️ Why you'll love this recipe!
- Quick and easy muffin recipe.
- Uses up overripe bananas.
- Easily transportable.
- Freezer-friendly.
🛒 Ingredient notes
Dry ingredients
- Plain Flour
- Bicarbonate of Soda
- Cocoa Powder
- Caster Sugar
Wet ingredients
- Plain Yogurt
- Melted Butter
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
Other ingredients
- Mashed Bananas
- Chocolate Chips
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Place the dry ingredients (plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa powder and caster sugar) in a large mixing bowl.
Two: Whisk together the wet ingredients (yogurt, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract) in a small bowl or jug then gently mix into the dry ingredients.
Three: Fold in the mashed banana and chocolate chips.
Four: Spoon the muffin batter into 12 muffin cases and bake for 18 minutes.
💭 Expert tips
- Make sure your eggs are at room temperature before beginning the recipe. They mix into the batter much better when they aren't fridge-cold, and help the muffins to rise.
- Try not to overmix the muffin batter. Gently fold the wet and dry ingredients together with a wooden spoon. This will result in a light and fluffy muffin, rather than a tough and chewy one!
- Use an ice cream scoop to equally distribute the batter into the muffin cases.
🍴 Serving suggestions
Serve the chocolate banana muffins for a quick breakfast, lunchbox treat, or after-school snack.
They also make an easy dessert served with honeycomb ice cream or creamy custard.
📖 Variations
- I've used white chocolate chips, but milk chocolate chips or plain chocolate chips work well too.
- Make healthy chocolate banana muffins and swap the plain flour for wholemeal flour.
- Add a handful of raisins or dried cranberries for a fruity hit.
- Chopped walnuts or pecan nuts add a nice crunch and texture.
- Drizzle the muffins with melted chocolate and sprinkle with more chocolate chips for extra chocolatey muffins.
🥡 Storage
Store: The muffins will keep in an airtight container or cake tin for up to 3 days.
Freeze: The muffins can be frozen for up to 3 months.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Make sure all of the ingredients are at room temperature before using them, particularly the eggs. Then make sure your raising agent is evenly distributed through the dry ingredients before adding the wet ingredients to it.
Tough muffins result from over-mixing the muffin batter. Mix the dry and wet ingredients separately first before mixing them together. Be gentle and it doesn't matter if the batter is a bit lumpy. Gently fold in additional ingredients like fruit, chocolate chips, and nuts.
😋 More muffin recipes
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- Peanut Butter and Banana Muffins
- Blackberry and Lemon Muffins
- Blueberry and White Chocolate Muffins
- Blackcurrant Muffins
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Recipe
Easy Chocolate Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 140 g Caster Sugar
- 180 g Plain Flour
- 20 g Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- 100 ml Natural Yogurt
- 2 Eggs beaten
- 140 g Butter melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 200 g Banana mashed (about 2 medium bananas)
- 100 g White Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190°c (170 fan/ Gas 5) and line a 12 hole muffin tin with muffin cases.
- Place the dry ingredients (plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa powder and caster sugar) in a large mixing bowl.140 g Caster Sugar, 180 g Plain Flour, 20 g Cocoa Powder, 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- Whisk together the wet ingredients (yogurt, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract) in a small bowl or jug then gently mix into the dry ingredients.100 ml Natural Yogurt, 2 Eggs, 140 g Butter, 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Fold in the mashed banana and chocolate chips.200 g Banana, 100 g White Chocolate Chips
- Spoon the muffin batter into 12 muffin cases and bake for 18 minutes.
Notes
- Make sure your eggs are at room temperature before beginning the recipe. They mix into the batter much better when they aren't fridge cold, and help the muffins to rise.
- Try not to overmix the muffin batter. Gently fold the wet and dry ingredients together with a wooden spoon. This will result in a light and fluffy muffin, rather than a tough and chewy one!
- Use an ice cream scoop to equally distribute the batter into the muffin cases.
- I've used white chocolate chips, but milk chocolate chips or plain chocolate chips work well too.
- Make healthy chocolate banana muffins and swap the plain flour for wholemeal flour.
- Add a handful of raisins or dried cranberries for a fruity hit.
- Chopped walnuts or pecan nuts add a nice crunch and texture.
- Drizzle the muffins with melted chocolate and sprinkle with more chocolate chips for extra chocolatey muffins.
Amanda Wren-Grimwood
Love the combination of chocolate and banana so I'm going to make these at the weekend. Perfect for those bananas that are overripe.
Ieva
A lovely recipe! The yoghurt and banana make these extremely moist and a good amount of chocolate chips in them make them impossible to resist! We loved them!
Natalie
Following your instructions, my muffins turned out soft and delicious. Thanks for the tips!
Gina Abernathy
I love a good muffin. I have several bananas on my counter that would be perfect for this recipe.
Dannii
My kids love these. So easy to store in the freezer too.