I‘m gonna be honest; I didn’t do much cooking in April. This is probably not a shock given that I didn’t post any new recipes. My cold left my taste buds unable to differentiate between yummy or yucky, which is a bad place for a food blogger to find herself. But I’m back in the kitchen, baby and I have something yummy for you today!
I like bananas, but I am particular about how ripe they are and will only eat them when they are still fairly green. Once they get ripe, they lose all appeal to me. Thankfully, I can still put them to good use in either a smoothie or a strawberry banana bread. Those were all great options for my too ripe to eat bananas, but I was craving something a bit decadent after two weeks of chicken noodle soup.
Something with chocolate.
These muffins satisfied me immensely. Moist and tender with a lovely pop of rich chocolate in every bite. They made an excellent breakfast or dessert or snack during the day. They are obviously incredibly multi-purpose! LOL!
This is a great banana bread recipe to add to your collection. And I like to think those bananas counterbalance the chocolate chips. Plus, chocolate is good for you, right? Right? Right? Don’t tell me if it’s not. I’m happy living in my chocolate chip banana muffin world. 🙂
Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing or Best Foods Mayonnaise*
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat muffin pan with non-stick spray or line with cupcake liners. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, add flour, sugar, baking soda and salt and stir together. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg and stir in the mashed bananas and mayo until fully combined.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix just until moistened.
- Fill muffin tins 3/4 quarters full of batter. Sprinkle a small handful of chocolate chips over the batter.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the muffin (but not in a chocolate chip) comes out clean. Cool muffins for 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
I used Best Foods or Hellmans Mayonnaise. Jamie used light miracle whip with no issues. If you’re concerned about tasting the mayo—don’t worry. You can’t. It just helps keeps the muffins nice and moist!
Recipe from Jamie Cooks It Up
Enjoy!
Tanya
Tanya, these muffins look delicious! Chocolate + Bananas = YUM! 🙂
Thanks, Stephanie! I agree – it’s a winning combo! Have a great weekend!
I truly believe chocolate is good for you!!!
I just noticed that you used Miracle Whip. I guess that is a substitute for oil or butter? How smart. I have used Miracle Whip in when making hamburger patties after I saw the chefs use it on The Chew.
I do make these muffins often, but with Almond flour instead of regular flour. Just like you, we find they are good anytime of the day.
Hope you have a great weekend!!
PS – Love the pic of the muffins in the basket. Time to Pin!
And I truly believe you, so chocolate is good for you! Especially when it’s the yummy dark chocolate kind! Yes, the mayo/miracle whip replaces butter/oil in the recipe. I think it’s why the muffins were so moist. That’s right, you’re trying to eliminate gluten from your diet. Does it taste any different with almond flour? You have a great weekend too!
Oh good lord those look delicious I love banana and chocolate ANYTHING!
Thanks, Tonya! They were quite delicious if I say so myself. 🙂 I’m a big fan of chocolate and banana anything too. They were meant to go together!
I’m the same way with bananas – if it’s a bit tricky to peel since it’s still not ripe, those are the bananas for me! That’s interesting with the miracle whip – do you taste it or it’s just moist (like how you can’t really taste the zucchini in chocolate zucchini bread, but it just makes it moist?).
Oh yeah, that’s exactly how I like my bananas. If the peels come off easily, way too ripe for me! You cannot taste the mayo at all. It replaces the butter or oil typically in muffins and it makes them super moist. So yeah, just like the zucchini in chocolate zucchini bread, which sounds really delicious right now!
Girl, these look yummy! I can’t even type LOL :).
Definitely sharing this!
You’ll love these Corina! They were so yummy! And thanks for sharing – I appreciate it!
Okay, I am not a fan of bananas at all, but my husband and my daughter LOVE them! They would totally dig these muffins 🙂
One of my friend hates bananas but loves plantains, which I find hilarious! 🙂 Oh, I bet your husband and daughter would definitely love these. And you’d be Mom of the Year if you baked something you wouldn’t eat. I am not that nice! LOL!