Banana Muffins Recipe
Soft and moist Banana Muffins with melty chocolate chips are the ultimate treat. Banana chocolate chip muffins are a great way to use overripe bananas and a fresh spin on classic banana bread.
Chocolate chips make everything better! They add great moisture and a gooey chocolate chip is the equivalent of melty cheese in the dessert world. One look at our chocolate chip cookies and you’ll agree.
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Banana Muffins Recipe:
We’ve had so many questions about turning our chocolate chip banana bread into muffins so here you go – your guide to the best banana muffins! While we love banana bread, these muffins bake fast (25 minutes) and the flavor is just as good.
Can I Substitute the Chocolate Chips?
You can omit the chocolate if you prefer a basic banana muffin. The ripe bananas will still provide great banana flavor, moisture and natural sweetness. You can also substitute the chocolate chips with an equal amount of toasted chopped walnuts for banana nut muffins, or replace with raisins for banana raisin muffins.
Can I use Frozen Bananas?
If you have overripe bananas and aren’t ready to use them, toss them in a ziploc (peel on) and freeze them for later. Before adding frozen ripe bananas to the recipe, thaw completely at room temperature, or in the refrigerator overnight. Frozen bananas tend to release more moisture so peel and lightly pat dry with paper towels to remove excess liquid.
How to Make Banana Muffins:
- Preheat the oven and place liners in a 12-count muffin tin.
- Cream together butter and sugar then mix in lightly beaten eggs.
- Add mashed bananas and vanilla.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt then mix into batter. Fold in 3/4 cup chocolate chips.
- Scoop batter into lined muffin tin, sprinkle with chocolate chips and bake.
The little bit of added chocolate on top makes these irresistible.
Pro Tips for Moist Banana Muffins
There are 3 key points for achieving moist and tender banana muffins:
- Use very ripe or overripe bananas. Underripe bananas will be difficult to mash and won’t incorporate into the batter well.
- Do not skimp on the butter. Since there is no other ‘liquid’ in this recipe, softened butter is needed for a soft and moist crumb.
- Don’t over-bake. Test for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center after 25 minutes and continue baking only if you see wet batter on the toothpick.
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Banana Muffins Recipe
Soft and Moist Banana Muffins with melty chocolate chips are the ultimate treat. Banana chocolate chip muffins are a great way to use ripe bananas.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (8 Tbsp), softened
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temp, lightly beaten
- 3 bananas very ripe, coarsely mashed with a fork
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour measured correctly
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips divided
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350˚ F and line a 12-count muffin tin with paper liners.
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In a mixing bowl, cream together 8 Tbsp softened butter with 2/3 cup sugar. Add 2 lightly beaten eggs.
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Add 3 mashed bananas and 1 tsp vanilla extract and mix until blended.
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In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix the dry ingredients into wet ingredients until incorporated.
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Fold in 3/4 cup chocolate chips. Divide batter evenly into your 12-count muffin tin and sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips evenly over the tops. Bake at 350˚F on the center rack for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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Please DO NOT throw away your overripe bananas because they are the secret ingredient for these moist and delicious banana muffins. The browner and spottier the peel, the better!
Q: What is YOUR favorite way to use overripe bananas?
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I just made them for the 2nd time and they are sooooo good!
Thanks for the recipe……
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Mary!
My 13 year old nephew loves banana/chocolate combo and has started baking with me this past year. This is his favorite recipe so far, we also like to add about 3/4 cup or toasted walnuts in the batter. I love all your recipes and thank you for the endless inspiration!
I bet this is so good with walnuts! Thank you for that wonderful review, Sita!
Hi, Just wondering how well these will freeze?
Hi Rebecca, I haven’t tried that, but I bet that will work! If you happen to try it out, I’d love to know how you like that.
I have almost the same recipe only I add Cinnamon Chips instead of chocolate chips. They literally disappear in one day. Nothing better than a hot banana muffin with butter on it.
Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Jessie! These totally go fast! I’m glad you all loved them!
These are great! I substituted same amount of chocolate chips with a mixture of raisins and glacé cherries (I’ve had these in my fridge for years!) and these came out so moist and fluffy. Recipe is a keeper. Thank you!
Hi Joanne, that’s great! Thank you for sharing your experience trying out this recipe, glad you loved it!
These are the best! They are moist, fluffy, flavoursome, and not gummy at all. Your trick for this recipe is not to overmix the dry and wet ingredients together, plus using only butter makes it cleaner tasting. Thank you for inspiring us with your fabulous techniques and recipes.
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for sharing your great review, Prudence!
These are great, but made 24!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Susan!
I got eighteen.
Wow! These muffins are fabulous. I moved and could’ve find my loaf pan so I used the silicone muffin cups. Just used choc chips and no nuts. Sooo yummy!
Hi Sandy, so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing that with us.
Delicious recipe! Was looking for something a little different than “just banana muffins” when I came across your recipe. Instead of using the regular muffin tin, I used a mini-muffin tin and used this recipe to make “mini muffins”. They turned out delicious. They didn’t last long in our house. Guess I’ll have to make more!
Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Phyllis! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I want to use mini muffin tin but did you change the oven temp and time for baking?
Thanks
Linda
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Hi Linda, I haven’t tried these as mini banana muffins but it would probably be about half the amount of time. You might test with a toothpick for doneness at 10 minutes and do 10-15 minutes at 350˚F.
This recipe is perfect! However, I substituted chocolate chips with walnuts and for acid, I used brown sugar and a squeeze of lemon into the banana mixture. I also reduced the sugar to 110 grams.
Hi Iris, great to hear that it turned out great using your suhbstitutions. Thanks for sharing that with us!
Banana chic muffins are the best xx
They sure are!! I hope you try and love this recipe soon!
These turned out really good. My banana/chocolate loving husband was literally “hovering”! Mine didn’t look as picture perfect as yours, but my fault…left them in a little longer than I should. Thanks again for a great recipe!
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new family favorite!
My 6 year old granddaughter helped me make this recipe & we all loved it; however, baking it at 350 for 25 minutes was just a bit overdone.
Glad you loved it and you had a great bonding experience together! It sometimes depends on your oven but I recommend checking it before 25 minutes on your next try.
Can I not had the chocolate chips?
Sure, that will work too.
Hi, I’m going to make today! Do you think I could add a few tablespoons of peanut butter for extra protein for the kiddos?
Hi Lindsay, I haven’t tried peanut butter, but one of our readers added peanut butter chips and loved it! If you happen to experiment, I would love to know how you like that.
All of your recipes are superb. I need the recipe for broccoli beef ramen stir fry, please
Hi Alverta! You can find my Beef and Broccoli Ramen Stir Fry HERE.
Tried this recipie and wow everybody loved it. Thank you!
Very nice feedback, Pavi. Thanks for sharing that with us!
These muffins were delicious!! They were light and fluffy, I could eat them all!
When I saw that they made 12 muffins I decided to do a double batch because I wanted some extra. Little did I know that doubling the batch made 48 muffins!! I don’t know if i mixed the butter and sugar too long but just a little heads up, I have a lot of muffins. (But honestly I would do it again. They are just that good.)
Hi Ashlyn, I’m so glad you enjoyed these! We like to make them regularly. Did you possibly make these in cupcake tins instead of muffin tins?
I didn’t know there was a muffin tin! I guess they’re twice as big, lol!
Using this recipe all the time! Love it! I would definitely recommend it.♥️
Awesome, thanks for that wonderful review!
Have been making your recipe for banana muffins for a while…my grandson suggested using sea salt caramel chips instead of chocolate chips. Used only 1/2 a cup. Delicious! The only way I’ll make them now. It’s a hit!
That’s a great substitution, thanks for sharing that with us. Glad that worked out great, Marilyn!
Please send recipe
thanks
Hi Jack, you can find the recipe HERE.
This is hands down the best banana muffin recipe I’ve tried so far. 🙂
That’s so awesome, Tess! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review with me!
Made these. Perfect recipe
Glad you loved it!
These muffins were awesome. They were moist and the flavor is so good. I will be making these again and again.
Perfect! Glad you found a new favorite.
I saw this on your youtube post and thought i’d try it out. Everyone who likes banana bread should try this recipe!! I love quick baking and this was so easy and simple to make. My parents loved them as well, will definitely be making them again. Thanks Natasha !
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Vandita!
Wanted to make these however I only have 2 ripe bananas, will that cause a big difference?
Hi Melissa, I recommend clicking “Jump to recipe” at the top of the post, it will take you to our printable recipe, where you’ll have the option to change the number of servings. Hover over the number of servings highlighted in red and slide it to how many servings you would like to make. To adjust this recipe to two bananas, I think that should be about 8 muffins. I hope that helps!
Hi there,
I only have cake flour on hand, can i know how to substitute the all purpose flour?
Pls help.
Thanks.
Anne
Hi Anne, I haven’t tested that substitution to advise on the outcome. Cake flour is slightly different, and you may need to make adjustments for the right texture. I found the following via a quick Google search: “When you use cake flour rather than all-purpose flour, you should use 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons of cake flour for every recommended cup of all-purpose flour. You can replace all or a portion of the flour as you please.” I hope that helps.
So yummy, my husband love the recipe.
It´s so easy to prepare.
Great to hear that he loved this recipe, Betsy!
These muffins are just what I was looking to make. Thank you for this recipe – making this morning.
Perfect! You are so welcome, Dawn. I’m glad that you found this recipe.
Hey Natasha, I tried these beautiful muffins and they turned out awesome in the first go. Moist yum and everything one would want it to be. Thanks for sharing all.
Hi Beverly, you are very welcome. Thank you for sharing your great feedback and review with us!
Sooooo delicious! Easy to prepare, so soft, good tips and I like it very much with a cup of milk 🙂 Thank You Natasha! This is my new favourite way to use overriped bananas.
That’s just awesome! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review!
wow looks so delicious, i would love to make it… i hope you can also make a cheese muffins =D
I hope this becomes your new favorite! Thanks for your suggestion.
Hello! I have already mashed and froze the bananas so it’s hard for me to tell what 3 bananas are. Can you please tell me approximately what the measurement is for 3 bananas. Thank you!
Hi Shandre, it is about 2 cups of mashed bananas.
If I wanted to make this into banana bread instead of muffins how long do I bake it! Thanks!
Hi Pat, have you tried our banana bread recipe?
Baked these banana muffins yesterday and my daughters loved it. 😍 Thank you for sharing your recipes. Your chocolate chip cookies is also one of their favorites. 😊
Much love from the Philippines. 🇵🇭
That is so heartwarming, Cai. Thank you for sharing that with us and for giving this recipe a great review. We appreciate it!
I love this recipe. I have made these muffins a few times and they come out wonderful. My daughter doesn’t really like bananas but these muffins are a hit every time.
I’m so glad you’re all enjoying this recipe!
Delicious. Substituted chocolate chips for sea salt carmel chips. Added nutmeg and sprinkled the tops with turbinado cane sugar. Makes the perfect sweet treat.
Yum! That’s a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
This recipe produced perfect banana chocolate chip muffins banked for 25 minutes…score!
Glad you enjoyed it, Angela!
Great recipe. Used chopped walnuts instead of chocolate chips for a great breakfast muffin
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I LOVE this recipe, along with many others from Natasha! I always double the recipe because we just can’t get enough!
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite!
Hi Natasha. Can I substitute the butter with oil?
Hi Mumbi, I haven’t tried that yet to advise but I imagine that would work. Let us know how it goes if you try the recipe!
I made them this morning with oil instead of butter and they turned out fantastic
Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
Thank you will definitely try, butter is a little pricy where I am from
Thank you will definitely try it, butter is pricey where I am from
THANK YOU will do 🙂
Delicious muffins! My family loved it 😋thank you Natasha : )
I’m glad your family enjoyed this recipe Rosy. Thanks for your good review!
Tried this recipe today and it was perfect. I added 1tsp cinnamon & 1/4 tsp nutmeg to the dry ingredients 🙂 the smell while baking was divine. It’s great with a cup of maple chai tea.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that, Andrea!
Delicious and easy!! Shared this recipe with my family right after baking these… mmm
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Cayla!
do you have a good way to store the muffins for a few days
Hi Mary, Yes, you may store it with a plastic wrap or foil or an airtight container to keep it from drying. We hadn’t stored this for longer than 2 days but it should work for a few days.
Tried the muffin recipe today, they are really good! I substituted half of the butter for 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, and split the 3/4 cup chocolate chips with toasted chopped walnuts. So it was a banana nut chocolate muffin. They turned out great and were plenty moist despite swapping out half the butter. I did that to save on the calories a bit. Thanks Natasha!
Hi Rits, you are very welcome! Thanks for sharing that with us, that’s very useful info for those who would like to do that too.
Lovely muffins. I let the batter sit overnight in the fridge for the gluten to work….then 425 for 8 minutes and turned down to 350 for the last 9 minutes. This gives them the high dome tops we love.
Thanks for your good feedback and for sharing some tips with us., Joanne!
Hey Natasha! I tried out your banana muffin recipe today because my bananas at home very seriously over ripped and it was delicious! I did add cinnamon powder & mixed spices to it just because I love them personally with banana. Thank you for this beautiful recipe.
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe!
These were delicious. I used 2/3 cup walnuts/pecans instead of chocolate chips. I used my large Pampered Chef scoop and got 17 muffins. Done perfect at 25 minutes.
Perfect! Thanks for sharing that with us, Cam.
Hi! I tried the banana muffin recipe. It was perfect! Moist and not too sweet. Thank you and more power 😊
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
Hi, I just baked 24 muffins.I used raisins,and added 65ml milk to adjust consistency.and frosted with butter cream. Yumy. you are amazing.
I’m glad you enjoyed these muffins!
Great recipe. I’ll probably add another banana to add more banana flavor. I also added nutmeg and cinnamon, then 25 minutes. Perfection. Thanks for sharing your recipe!!
Sounds like a great plan, Eva. Thank you for sharing your good feedback with us!
Silly question but what does “cream together” mean?
Hi Mona, creaming means mixing butter and sugar at a moderately high speed until well blended, fluffy, and pale yellow
I am going to try these muffins. I love your recipes/videos. I think our favorite is the Kung Pao Chicken recipe.
Thank you for sharing your recipes with us 🙂
Thank you for that thoughtful comment, Pamela! I’m happy to hear you’re enjoying our recipes!
There is a lot about this recipe that I like. They are very rich and flavorful. I did tweak it a little, but I noticed they had a bitter taste. I’m assuming that is due to the baking soda. Next time I will try with 2 tsp baking powder and omit the 1 tsp baking soda.
These muffins were delicious and super easy to make.
I added a tsp of nutmeg to the dry ingredients and it was magnificent!! Wonderful recipe Natasha, as always!
Thank you for sharing that with me, Amanda! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed our recipe!
I made these and they taste great but they really stick to the muffin wrapper, which is always a bummer. Any guess as to what I may have done that would have caused this?
Hi Melissa, You may use non-stick liners or grease the wrappers by giving it a quick spritz of nonstick cooking spray before filling them.
We love your banana muffins in our house & best of all my 13 year old son helps make make them every time & the rest of the family love eating them, thank you for sharing your wonderful recipe X
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Sinead!
I love the muffins they turned out amazing and they aren’t burned with the cooking time and they are as moist and delicious as you say!!!
That’s so great Ella! Thank you for sharing that wonderful review!
Delicious recipe. Thinking of adding some ground walnuts to the mix.
Hi Sonia, I love that idea. We did that with our classic Banana Bread recipe.
Hi Natasha I am from Cambodia but I live in Montreal for 46 years now I love your recipes I always follow you first I made your muffins love it thank you
Hello Dari, thank you for trusting my recipes. I hope that you and your family will always love every recipe that you will try from my website.
Great
Thank you for all your recipes. I always go to your site first. My wife is the primary caregiver for her mother. So she lives 30 minutes away. Just made banana chocolate chip muffins for them. Not only are you entertaining, but great recipes.
Hello Michael, thank you for trusting my recipes and for sharing that with us. I hope you and your family will love every recipe that you will try!
can you use whole wheat flour instead? same measurement?
Hi Shellina, I haven’t tested that so I’m not sure how it would affect the texture or what else needs to be modified with using whole wheat flour.
These Rick with traditional nuts added instead of chocolate chips. I’ll post on IG too!!
I’m so happy you enjoyed these, Whitney! Thank you for that great feedback!
Love watching you make all kinds of foods. Just made your banana Muffins . Quite easy to make ,
I’ve yet to try this! I’ve tried the banana bread and it was so delicious! I was just wondering if you could also suggest the weight of the mashed bananas, as we have a lot of varieties of banana here, thus different sizes. Thank you very much! <3
Hi AJ, it is about 2 cups of mashed bananas.
Thanks Natasha. I use and share your recipes because they are easy to follow and the results are amazing.
These were delicious. I swapped butter for low fat Olivio, used caster sugar and 1 1/2 tsp baking powder instead of baking sofa (just because that’s all I had ! ) and they still turned out perfectly
So good to know that, Helen. Thank you for sharing that with us and for your good feedback!
The recipe is delicious, I’m wondering is the nutritional value per muffin?
Hi Jenny! That’s right.
Natasha Girl, you put your foot into this recipe! This is an African American saying which means “You put your heart and soul into the recipe and it is delicious!” My family and I loved the banana muffins from this recipe and I will be making them again – soon!.
Hi Natasha! I’m just learning how to prepare food and I’m starting with baking because it seems easier and basically use the same ingredients with an extra ingredient like coconut or peanut butter. I had bananas and time so i tried this and my favorite recipie from all your recipies! will definetly try this again and not move to another blogger site because everything i want to prepare i find on your blog!
Too sweet, cut the sugar if you add the chocolate chips, I reduced both but still too sweet
Hi Natasha! Been doing your banana bread recipe since forever! Is the sugar measurement the only difference between your banana bread and this banana muffins recipe?
HI Zarah, yes they are almost identical, just a different form of baking.
This is awesome! I made these and I’m just about to make them for the guests that just came. I’m just a kid but I love your recipes there so simple and easy!
I’m glad to hear that, Jessica. Enjoy my recipes!
im just a kid too but love all her recipies
I’ve tried multiple banana chocolate chip recipes and this one is by far the best! I continue to come back to it because the muffins always turn out so moist and delicious. They also do not spoil as quickly as other recipes do (from my experience they’ve lasted 4-5 days room temperature). 10/10!
Thank you for the wonderful review!
I made this for my mum and my family. They enjoyed it as much as i did. Beautiful reciepe Natasha!
Thank you, Tatiana! I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe.
I had made this countless times already. Even at this very moment while writing this comment 🙂 This has been my family’s favorite snack, esp my 4-year-old girl. I sometimes substitute chocolate chips with Nutella and it’s also giving the best and yummy result!
I can say I am one of the top avid fan of your recipes Natasha!
That is so nice, Emma. Thank you so much for your good comments and feedback! I hope that you and your family will love every recipe that you try from my website!
They are in the oven right now!
I made her chocolate cake last week. That is the BEST cake I ever made! She is now our go to for recipes. My husband made her pea soup and bbq pork,they were all Fantastic. Thanks Natasha
I bet your home smells so good right now! That’s so awesome, Jean!
I made these with walnuts instead of chocolate chips and they were awesome!!
That’s so great! Thank you so much for sharing that substitution with us!