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Close up of the turbinado sugar on a banana chocolate chip muffin.
Abigail

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

One of my all-time favorite recipes, these muffins are fluffy, tender, and bursting with banana and chocolate flavor. Naturally-sweet brown bananas mix with warm notes of cinnamon, brown sugar, and walnuts for the coziest way to start your morning!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 12 muffins
Course: Breakfast, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 300 grams overripe bananas see "Methods for This Recipe" for more info
  • 113 grams butter, melted
  • 50 grams granulated sugar
  • 50 grams dark brown sugar
  • 1 whole egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 30 grams sour cream
  • 4 ounces buttermilk see "Methods for This Recipe" for more info
  • 200 grams all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 55 grams walnuts, chopped
  • 200 grams semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips plus a few more for topping muffins
  • 3 tablespoons turbinado sugar

Equipment

  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 rubber spatula
  • 1 12-cavity muffin tin
  • 12 muffin wrappers
  • 1 teaspoon
  • 1 wire cooling rack

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350℉. Grease a 12-cavity muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray, line each cavity with a cupcake wrapper, then grease each wrapper to prevent the muffins from sticking.
  2. Peel the bananas and add to a large mixing bowl. Thoroughly mash the bananas with a fork until they resemble applesauce, then add the melted butter, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, sour cream, and buttermilk and stir to combine.
  3. In the same bowl, sprinkle in the all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and fold until just combined-- do NOT overmix! Fold in the walnuts and chocolate chips.
  4. Use a teaspoon to neatly scoop the batter into the prepared muffin wrappers, filling each one to the top. Generously sprinkle the turbinado sugar overtop each muffin. Optionally, sprinkle a few more chocolate chips over each muffin, then bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with a few wet crumbs. Allow the muffins to cool in the pan for 2-3 minutes before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.