Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe

These moist banana muffins with chocolate chips are about to become your new favourite. They are loaded with flavour and simple to make. Make this your new go-to banana chocolate chip muffins recipe.

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Moist Banana Muffins With Chocolate Chips

Everyone should have a favourite banana choc chip muffins recipe in their repertoire.

This is one of the best recipes for using up overripe bananas and an easy lunch box alternative to banana bread.

Plus how good are bananas and chocolate chips together anyway? It’s a match made in muffin heaven!

These moist banana chocolate chip muffins are a favourite in our household.

Closely followed by our mango banana muffins and oat banana applesauce muffins. We make all three of these muffin recipes often since we aren’t always quick enough to eat the bananas before they turn brown and turn my kids right off…

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How To Make Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

You will need the following ingredients for making the muffins:

• 2 cups plain all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt (either full or low-fat)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

STEP ONE: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350F) and prepare a 12-cup standard-size muffin tin.

STEP TWO: In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and chocolate chips together. 

STEP THREE: Combine mashed bananas, yogurt, eggs and vanilla in a separate bowl. 

STEP FOUR: Fold the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined. Spoon batter evenly into the muffin tray.

STEP FIVE: Bake muffins until they are golden brown on top, approximately 20-25 minutes. 

Find more Greek yogurt recipes including both savoury recipes with Greek yogurt and sweet

Are My Bananas Too Ripe?

When it comes to baking with bananas, the more ripe your bananas are, the better. Even when they are starting to get a bit gross and squishy.

They are easier to mash and tend to mix better into recipes when they are really ripe. It can be hard work to mash unripe or just-ripe bananas.

Plus they often leave lumps, so go with the ones that are on the browner side if you have them.

But the best part is the fact that they have a stronger banana flavour to give you a great flavour burst in your baking!

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What If I Don’t Have Time To Make Banana Muffins Now?

If you’ve got over-ripe bananas and need to use them up but don’t have the time for baking, there’s an easy solution.

FREEZE THEM!

Yep, that’s right. You can freeze bananas.

This is one of the best ways to avoid your bananas getting beyond the point of use so you can reduce waste.

And you don’t even need to do anything fancy with them either.

Peel them and seal your bananas in zip lock bags either whole or chopped into smaller pieces.

Then just pull them out to defrost an hour or two before you are ready to bake.

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How To Make Gluten-Free Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

If you want to make your banana muffins gluten-free, you can do so easily. Simply switch out your 2 cups of plain flour with one of these substitutes instead:

• Oat flour
• Buckwheat flour
• Rice flour

Ensure your flour substitutes are marked gluten-free on the packaging and note that the flavour will change slightly, depending on which you use.

The printable recipe card with a FULL ingredients list and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

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How To Store Your Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Allow your muffins to cool completely on a cooling rack or benchtop.

Once cooled, transfer to an airtight container that is lined with paper towelling.

The paper towelling will help reduce moisture in your container and keep your muffins fresh longer.

They can remain at room temperature for 2-4 days, depending on temperatures and time of year.

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Freezing Banana Muffins

If you want to freeze your choc chip banana muffins for later, once completely cooled, wrap muffins individually in plastic cling wrap or in small zip-lock bags.

They can remain stored in the freezer for up to 2 months. While still edible after this time, the quality will start to decline.

There are few things easier than muffin recipes for making yummy snacks for home or school. We are big fans in our household of making and freezing muffins ready for school lunch box packing and they make great on the go breakfast or lunch options too.

For more lunch box recipe ideas:

• Banana mango & yogurt muffins
• Carrot cheese & ham muffins
• Pear and walnut muffins
• Applesauce and banana muffins
• Potato muffins
• Back to school lunch box recipes
• Healthy muffins for kids

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