Easy to make, the best Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are soft, fluffy and moist!
Filled with chocolate chips and fresh bananas this warm treat can be enjoyed by your family on any given day. Not only is this quick and easy to make but only requires a few pantry staples.
Why We Love This Recipe
- Banana chocolate chips muffins are a super easy recipe that is made with simple ingredients.
- They are fluffy and moist with a sweet banana flavor and a few jolts of delicious semi-sweet AND milk chocolate chips!
- They are a good way to use up ripe bananas and they freeze well for later!
- They are great not just for breakfast but are a great after school snack. They even make a nice little dessert when warmed up and served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The sky is the limit for these tasty muffins.
Ingredients & Variations
Similar to the ingredients found in a classic banana bread with the addition of chocolate chips!
FLOUR
For this recipe we use all purpose flour. You can also substitute up to 1/3 of the flour with quick oats with great results!
CHOCOLATE CHIPS
Adding chocolate chips makes for the perfect sweet treat. Mini chips, white chocolate chips or even milk chocolate chips will work in this recipe too!
BANANAS
This recipe is a perfect way to use up overripened bananas! If your bananas aren’t quite ready you can ripen them quickly by popping them in a 350°F oven for 10-15 mins wrapped in foil!
You can also add in up to 2 tablespoons of peanut butter to make peanut butter banana chocolate chip muffins! Yum!
PRO TIP
When it comes to measuring flour, don’t use your measuring cups to scoop it out of the bag or container, rather use a spoon or scoop to scoop it into this measuring cup. This helps to avoid muffins that are too dense. Check out this How to Measure Flour guide for more helpful tips!
How to Make Banana Muffins
Mixing these treats up will take only a few minutes out of a busy day!
- Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Add both kinds of chocolate chips.
- Combine wet ingredients in a bowl. Slowly add dry to wet until just combined (do not overmix).
- Bake until a toothpick comes out clean. Do not over bake.
Muffin Baking Times
- For mini muffins, bake 14 to 16 minutes
- For regular-sized muffins, bake 18 to 20 minutes
- For Texas (jumbo) sized muffins, bake 20 to 22 minutes
How to Store
The best way to store banana chocolate chip muffins is to keep them in a zippered bag or an airtight container at room temperature. They will keep about 5 days.
To freeze, either wrap them individually in a layer of plastic wrap under a layer of aluminum foil or put them in a zippered bag with the date on it and pop them in the freezer! A frozen muffin will be defrosted by lunchtime for a delicious surprise! Easy peasy!
More Easy Banana Recipes
- Classic Banana Bread – perfectly simple
- Banana Oatmeal Cookies – extra soft & delicious
- Easy Banana Bread – a no-fail favorite!
- Banana Muffins – perfect grab-and-go snack
- Grandpa’s Banana Cupcakes – fun and tasty treat
- Banana Breakfast Cookies – loaded with healthy ingredients!
- Easy Banana Bran Muffins – soft & moist
Did you enjoy these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup mashed bananas about 3 medium
- 1 large egg room temperature
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Combine sugar, bananas, egg, oil, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
- Add dry ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Pour into prepared muffin tin and bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Do not overbake.
- Cool 5 minutes in the pan before removing and cooling on a baking rack.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Muffins
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Can we skip the bananas and use the recipe as is for just chocolate chip muffins?
Skipping the bananas would probably make it so there wasn’t enough moisture in the recipe. If you do give it a try I would love to hear how it turns out.
These were amazing! I was skeptical because of the minimal ingredients. I just added a little cinnamon and baked for 15 minutes. So delicious!!!
can I use erythromycin instead of sugar1.
I have never baked with that so I can’t say for sure. Maybe another reader can offer some guidance.
Perfect muffins!
I made these today. I baked for 20 in but they did not get golden on top and they’re a bit moist (seem uncooked) in the middle yet dense. I mixed wet and dry ingredients. Then added 2 tbsp of crunchy peanut to the whole mix, and mixed it all again. Perhaps I over-mixed? Is this the wrong approach? What have I done wrong? Thank you!
It could be due to over mixing, if adding peanut butter I would add it to the wet ingredients before combining them.
omg amazing. I added strawberries too. Best muffins I’ve ever had.
Hello, I am just wondering how I could make this recipe gluten free. I have GF oats so can I add 1/3 cup oats and use GF flour blend for the balance? Please let me know.
Thanks.
Mano
Hi Mano, I have never tried making this recipe gluten free so I am not sure. When I am doing gluten free baking I usually just swap the flour for a gluten free all purpose flour blend I trust with good results. I would love to hear how your gf flour/oat combo works though!
Do you think I could use melted/cooled butter or margarine in place of the vegetable oil?
Other readers have with great results!
Absolutely delicious! Made these yesterday and only have one left lol. They were absolutely devoured in my house. My 14 year old who isn’t a huge fan of bananas had 4 of these he liked them so much!
These were so good and easy! I whipped the bananas, oil, and other liquid ingredients together with a hand mixer and it made them nice and light! They also browned nicely on top, but that may be my old convection oven.
Hello! I was tempted to give a chance to the recipe. It looks very yummy!
But here’s a tip… if you want to go international, also add the ingredients in the metric system.
In Europe we use a scale for confiserie/patiserie.
Maybe next time….
All the best!
Alina from Romania
Thank you for the suggestion, Alina! We appreciate your feedback ❤️
Yes to this! Post weight!!
Fantastic! I doubled the recipe since I have alot of ripe bananas. I used whole wheat flour, used powdered stevia for half the sugar and half whole milk yogurt for the oil! Even with all the subs, the are great! Tasty and fluffy. Very pleased with this recipe.
Wow these are delicious!! The outside started getting pretty brown before the inside was done but they ended up being perfectly crispy on the outside and moist on the inside. Will make again!
Best banana recipe ever!! Quick and easy! Freeze well!!
Wonderful easy banana chocolate chip muffins!
These are now our go to banana muffins! My family absolutely devoured these, and wanted more. Bananas usually get eaten before they can ripen enough to be used for a recipe. The kids left the whole bunch this time, so that we could double the recipe. Delicious!
Absolutely delicious, big hit and I’ve made them twice in two weeks. Doubled the recipe, used four bananas, milk chocolate chips as that is what I had. Swapped out half the sugar with monkfruit sweetener and no one noticed :) Thanks for a great recipe, it’s a real keeper!
Made today and were perfect! Followed recipe exactly. Thanks!
These are simple and Yummy, did without P.B., great it you give them 7 seconds in micro next day so chips are melty.
This is one of my new FAV recipes! Thank you so much for sharing! I used only Ghirardelli Cacao Chips and these turned out absolutely scrumptious! I Love these more than banana bread! So simple and the best tasting ever!
How many muffins does this recipe make
It makes 12 muffins.