Banana Chocolate Chunk Muffins
Bananas, walnuts and dark chocolate chunks make these bakery style muffins taste amazing! They're perfect for breakfast or afternoon snacks.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
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- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup vegetable or olive oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 3 ripe medium bananas (mashed)
- 1 cup dark chocolate chunks or chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- extra chocolate chunks and walnuts for topping (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- 2
Mash ripe bananas by hand in a small bowl or blend in a blender. Set aside.
- 3
Using a mixer on medium speed, blend sugar with oil until incorporated. Add egg and beat 1 minute until creamy. Add vanilla and stir.
- 4
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together.
- 5
Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients a little at a time, alternating with buttermilk. Blend on low speed with mixer while adding ingredients. Don't over mix.
- 6
Stir in mashed bananas, chocolate chunks and pecans. Scoop batter into muffin liners in a tin pan. Fill to the very top. Add a few extra chocolate chunks and walnuts to the top of each muffin if desired.
- 7
Bake at 425 for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to 375 for 12 to 15 minutes until tops rise and spring back to the touch. Take care not to over bake or muffins will be dry.