Chocolate Banana Muffins

These moist triple Chocolate Banana Muffins are a great way to use up overripe bananas. They feature a rich chocolate flavor with mashed banana and dark and white chocolate chunks. This chocolate banana muffin recipe is freezer-friendly and the muffins can be baked up in different sizes.

Creating this Chocolate Banana Muffin Recipe

We have what I like to call a “stash” of frozen, over-ripe bananas in our freezer. And it seems as if that “stash” replenishes itself at an exponential rate.

It’s not that the bananas don’t get eaten, because my husband and Logan both love them. But I think every once in a while a batch of bananas ripens a little too quickly.

I don’t do anything special to the over-ripe bananas to store them in the freezer. I know some like to mash and pre-measure amounts for their favorite banana recipes, but I just toss the banana in the freezer. Peel and all.

Our stash is quite often made into Multi-Grain Banana Bread (or muffins). This time I was ready for a change. Something a little different.

Adding chocolate chips to banana bread isn’t a new thing, but I thought I’d try toying with the batter and making that chocolate as well. As Logan would say: “Deeeeeeeeelicious!”

I Love these Banana Muffins with Chocolate!

Not fond of the texture or really even the taste of plain bananas, Madeline and I only like to eat them if they are cooked into something.

These muffins were perfect for me. The banana wasn’t too strong, but it was still there to add moistness and some additional nutritional value to the muffins.

They also froze very well (once completely cooled) in gallon sized Ziploc bags. Perfect for busy mornings during the week…or late evening cravings for chocolate.

Kitchen Tools for Making Chocolate Banana Muffins

You’ll need a few kitchen tools to prepare this recipe for easy chocolate banana muffin recipe. Here’s what I recommend having on hand before getting started:

• Measuring Spoons and Measuring Cup Set – to measure ingredients when making the muffin batter
• Large Mixing Bowl – to combine the dry ingredients in.
• Medium Bowl – to combine the wet ingredients in.
• Wire Whisk – for whisking the wet ingredients
• Wooden Spoon – for stirring the muffin batter.
• Standard Muffin Tin – to bake the homemade muffins in.
• Muffin Liners – to line the muffin pan with, if desired.
• Ice Cream Scoop or Cookie Scoop – to scoop the muffin batter into the baking cupcake liners.
• Wire Rack – to cool the baked muffins on.

Chocolate Banana Muffins Ingredients

Here’s a quick overview of the simple ingredients you’ll need to make these chocolate banana bread muffins. For the complete ingredient list and detailed instructions, scroll to the bottom of this post for the FREE printable recipe card.

• Unsalted Butter
• Dark Chocolate
• All-Purpose Flour
• Granulated Sugar
• Unsweetened Dark Chocolate Cocoa Powder
• Baking Powder
• Baking Soda
• Sea Salt
• Mashed Banana
• Greek Yogurt
• Large Egg
• Vanilla Extract

How to Make these Chocolate Banana Muffins

The below is simply a quick summary of this easy banana muffins with chocolate. Check out the full recipe in the free printable recipe card at the bottom of this post for all the detailed instructions.

1. Prep – preheat the oven and add liners to the muffin tin.
2. Dry Ingredients – Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Wet Ingredients – Combine melted butter and melted chocolate to a medium bowl. Then add the remaining wet ingredients and stir.
4. Mix the Batter – Gently stir the wet and dry ingredients together, then stir in the chocolate chunks.
5. Bake – Transfer the batter to the muffin tin, then bake.

Tips for Making the Best Chocolate Banana Muffins

Chocolate banana muffin batter is best mixed by hand with a wooden spoon and should be slightly lumpy. Batter mixed until smooth, like cake batter, will result in tough muffins.

Your results may produce more or less muffins than listed in the recipe. If you have empty cups, fill them halfway with water to help the keep the heat evenly distributed.

When baking more than one pan of chocolate banana muffins, leave space between pans to allow the heat to circulate in the oven and produce more evenly browned muffins. Additionally, it is helpful to rotate the muffin pans halfway through baking.

The Best Way to Store Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins

These moist muffins will last for up to five days stored properly. Here are my muffin storage tips:

STEP ONE: Transfer the chocolate banana muffins to a wire cooling rack and allow them to cool completely. If you store warm muffins, you’ll end up with a lot of excess moisture on your muffins due to condensation (and this causes them to go soggy AND mold).

STEP TWO: Place a sheet of paper towels on the bottom of a large airtight container. You can also use gallon sized ziptop bags with a sheet of paper towel inside. The paper towels will help absorb any excess moisture that is released from the muffins and help prevent them from becoming soggy.

STEP THREE: Transfer muffins to a storage container or zip top plastic bag lined with a paper towel.

STEP FOUR: Place a second paper towel on top of the muffin layer. Depending on how deep your airtight container is, you may be able to fit more than one layer of muffins. In this case, repeat the process – always end with a paper towel on top of the last layer of muffins. A bag will likely fit only one layer.

STEP FIVE: Place the lid on the container (or zip the bag) and store at room temperature. For best results, don’t recommend refrigerating muffins, this can cause them to dry out.

How to Freeze Chocolate Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

If you’re hoping for longer storage, then I recommend freezing these muffins. Head over to my post on How to Freeze Muffins for all the details and tips.

Ways to Use Over Ripe Bananas (Besides Chocolate Banana Muffins!)

Of course you don’t have to use over-ripe bananas for Banana Bread or Muffins. There are lots of other uses for the fruit.

1. Smoothies

Frozen bananas are great added to smoothies. It would be easiest to peel the bananas and freeze them in individual bags for this use. That way you can grab a frozen banana without waiting for it to thaw so you can peel it. Slice, dice and toss it in. Recipe to try: Banana Berry Smoothies

2. Oatmeal

Ripe banana puree would be great stirred into a bowl of your morning oatmeal. A little extra sweetness without any refined sugar.

3. Pancakes

Substitute part of the liquid (milk, butter milk, water, oil, butter…whatever you feel like experimenting with) for some banana puree in your favorite Pancake Recipe.

I haven’t tried it yet, but I bet banana would do well in these Healthier Whole Wheat Waffles.

4. Cookies

Surely you’ve taste or maybe even made pumpkin cookies? Why not swap out the pumpkin puree for banana puree to give it a different flavor?

5. Healthy Ice Cream

That’s right, I said healthy and ice cream in the same phrase. Check out this One Ingredient Banana Ice Cream recipe. What a perfect way to get a sweet fix without busting any New Year’s Resolutions. Or maybe you’d just rather your kids have a healthy treat once in a while.

Make these Chocolate Banana Muffins at Home!

Next time you’re looking for different way to use up brown bananas, give this easy recipe for Triple Chocolate Banana Muffins a try!

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