Chocolate Banana Muffins – Deliciously moist and dense bakery-style chocolate muffins that are bursting with banana flavour, and stuffed full of chocolate chips. Perfect as an indulgent breakfast or snack!
Chocolate Banana Muffins Recipe
I’ve taken my all-time favourite double chocolate muffin recipe and loaded it with mashed banana!
These muffins are incredibly moist and tense, chocolate-y rich, and packed full of banana flavour.
Quick and easy to make, and they store well, too. They make for the perfect indulgent breakfast or on-the-go snack.
Looking for more banana recipes? Check out my Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies, Fudgy Banana Brownies, and my Double Chocolate Banana Bread.
Ingredients you’ll need
Here’s a list of ingredients you’ll need to make these muffins. You can find my recipe card at the bottom of this post for the complete list with their amounts.
- Plain/all-purpose flour
- Cocoa powder: I love and use Dr. Oetker Fine Dark Cocoa Powder.
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Large eggs
- Caster/granulated sugar
- Buttermilk: See my notes in the recipe card below on how to make your own buttermilk.
- Vegetable oil: Makes for extra moist muffins.
- Vanilla extract
- Bananas: 2 medium bananas, ripe and mashed.
- Chocolate chips: Milk, dark, or semi-sweet.
How to make Chocolate Banana Muffins
To make these muffins, simply grab a medium mixing bowl and whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until thick and light in colour.
Add the buttermilk, oil, vanilla extract, and bananas, and whisk until combined.
Add the dry ingredients in thirds and fold in until just combined – do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Spoon the mixture into a muffin pan lined with muffin cases (filling to the tops), and bake for 15 – 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 5 – 10 minutes in the pan before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
The printable recipe card with the full list of ingredients, their measurements, and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.
NOTE: For best results, I highly recommend using the gram measurements (with a digital scale), rather than the cup measurements. Cup measurements are simply not accurate enough, and I cannot guarantee the best results if you use them.
These Chocolate Banana Muffins are:
- super quick and easy to make
- deliciously moist and dense
- packed full of banana flavour
- stuffed full of chocolate chips
How long will these muffins last? These muffins will stay fresh, stored in an airtight container, at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Can I freeze these muffins? Yes, they also freeze well for up to 2 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. Warm up in the microwave for a few seconds before eating, if desired.
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Try these muffins next!
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins
- Nutella Stuffed Double Chocolate Muffins
- Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal Muffins
- Peanut Butter & Jam Muffins
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Originally Published: February, 2017 | Updated: May, 2023
Chocolate Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 and 1/2 cups, 312g plain/all-purpose flour
- ½ cup 50g cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup 150g caster/granulated sugar
- 1 cup 240ml buttermilk*
- ½ cup 120ml vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup 175g chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Line a 12-hole muffin pan with muffin cases, then set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar until thick and light in colour. Add the buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and bananas, and whisk until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients in thirds and fold in until just combined – do not overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared muffin cases (filling to the tops), and bake for 15 – 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 5 – 10 minutes in the pan before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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Recipe Notes
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
WOW! I can’t believe a muffin could be this good! Super easy to follow instructions and they came out great! Awesome recipe, thank you!
Such a tasty muffin recipe! Can’t go wrong with chocolate/banana combo!
Banana muffins are one of my favorites. Add chocolate into the mix and I am in love! These muffins came out amazing and did not last long in my house!
The tops of these muffins were spectacularly moist! I could taste the banana and the chocolate was so decadant. The added chocolate chips made these so much better too. 😀
My only complaint is that while the insides were fluffy, they were quite dry. I think this was probably my doing though, perhaps I should have reduced the baking time or added a bit more banana? Advice would be appreciated,but despite the fact they didn’t turn out, I think I’d be willing to make these again.
These are possibly the best chocolate muffins I’ve ever eaten! Perfect balance of flavours, lovely and moist and they rose really well so looked great too. I reduced the sugar slightly and subbed half the choc chips for chopped dates as I didn’t have enough. Thanks for a great recipe!
The only ingredient I tweaked was to reduce the sugar by 1tbsp n used plain regular yogurt instead. It still came out amazing in texture n taste! Wow!
Hi! Is there any way you can use canoil oil and whole wheat flour in this recipe to replace regular flour and vegetable oil?
Yes, you can use both in this recipe using the same amount as requested 🙂
Could you double this recipe and bake it in a 9 X 13 pan for a crowd?
Yes, you can double this recipe.
Marsha, these bananas look incredible! One of my favorite combos of all time is chocolate and banana… so you know I’m drooling like crazy over these! Love how perfectly moist and chocolatey these are. I’ll be dreaming about them all week! Wishing you an awesome week ahead! Pinned, of course! xo