Chocolate Banana Muffins are two delicious muffins in one. You’ll love the sweet flavor and duo of colors in this easy muffin recipe. Rich chocolate and moist banana combined.
If you love this flavor combination, be sure to try our rich and fudgy chocolate banana cake recipe! Or give our Chocolate chip banana bread recipe a try next!
Why these Muffins Are Best
A few weeks ago I set out to make some banana muffins. And then it happened. Severe chocolate cravings.
That’s how these chocolate banana muffins were born!
- Part banana muffin, part chocolate muffin, wholly irresistible.
- Extra delicious topped with a dollop of Nutella or creamy butter!
- Easy to make and freezer friendly.
Add some walnuts like we did in these banana nut muffins for a crunchy addition!
Ingredient Notes
The batter for these chocolate banana muffins contains all the expected components including flour, sugar and eggs.
- Banana. Use ripe bananas with speckled or brown skin. You can even ripen them yourself in just 20 minutes with this oven ripening method. That’s the same amount of time you need to soften your butter!
- Unsalted butter. If you only have salted butter, omit the added kosher salt in the recipe. Soften the butter using one of our tips to soften butter quickly!
- Baking cocoa. Use unsweetened cocoa to add chocolate flavor to half of the muffin batter.
Easy to Make Instructions
Chocolate Banana Muffins are just as easy to make as any quick bread or muffin recipe.
Start by making a simple banana muffin batter. Mix baking cocoa into one half of the batter. Then drop 2 tablespoons each of plain batter and chocolate batter in a greased muffin tin.
Bake, let cool and enjoy!
As delicious as these muffins taste plain, they’re even more out of this world with a pat of Nutella on top. YUM. The taste is a lot like my Nutella Swirled Banana Bread but in the shape of muffin.
Recipe FAQs
This recipe makes 14-17 regular sized muffins. For my family, I double the recipe and keep half in the freezer. It’s nice to pull out a bag of homemade muffins for a quick breakfast treat.
Yes, it will make about 3 dozen mini chocolate banana muffins. You will need to reduce the baking time by several minutes. Smaller muffins bake more quickly.
For even more chocolate indulgence, feel free to add 1/2 cup of of chocolate chips to the chocolate banana batter, the plain batter or both! Chopped walnuts would make a tasty addition to the banana chocolate muffins too.
Stored in an airtight container at room temperature, our Chocolate Banana Muffins stay moist, flavorful and delicious for about 5 days. In the freezer, they’ll stay good for up to 3 months. Let frozen muffins thaw on the countertop or overnight in the refrigerator before eating.
Easy Breakfast Recipes
- These Apple Spice Muffins with Caramel Glaze are insanely good!
- Blueberry Muffins: We make these at least once a month and store extra batches in the freezer! Soft, moist bakery style muffins!
- Hard Boiled Eggs made in the instant pot are my all-time favorite way to cook boiled eggs. They come out perfect without any of the guesswork involved with stove top boiling.
- A batch of Instant Pot egg bites is always handy to have in stock in the freezer for a portable breakfast that the kids love. On the weekends, I like prepping French Toast Casserole overnight so we can wake up to a delicious family meal!
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Chocolate Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 medium bananas mashed
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup unsweetened baking cocoa
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla. Add mashed banana (I use a stand mixer and just add the whole bananas, letting the mixer mash them).
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Divide batter in half.
- To one half of the batter, mix in the baking cocoa.
- Prepare cupcake tin by greasing with baking spray. Drop 2 Tbsp of plain batter into each muffin. Then 2 Tbsp of chocolate batter into each muffin. Should make about 18 muffins.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 16-18 minutes. Remove and cool on wire rack. Store in air tight container for up to 4 days, or freeze in ziploc freezer bag for one month. ENJOY.
Notes
- Store muffins in airtight container at room temperature, or freeze for up to 3 months.
- You can make about 3 dozen mini muffins with this recipe. Check them much sooner as they take far less time to cook.
- For even more chocolate indulgence, feel free to add 1/2 cup of of chocolate chips to the chocolate banana batter, the plain batter or both! Chopped walnuts would make a tasty addition to the banana chocolate muffins too.
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Can’t decide between chocolate and banana? Make both with this easy recipe for Chocolate Banana Muffins!
What to do when you can’t decide to bake banana or chocolate? Just bake em both! I love the colour contrast of these muffins, they look so delicious.
HOLY MUFFIN! These look incredible!
Can’t go wrong with chocolate and bananas in muffins, especially when topped with a spoonful of Nutella!
Yes please! I could sure use a couple of these for breakfast this morning. I mean, any excuse to have chocolate at the start of the day, right?
I agree, makes the day a little sweeter!
Oh my gosh! I love the half and half muffins! YUMMY!
These muffins are the best of both worlds! Chocolate and banana for the win.
What a foodie genius you are! This is seriously the perfect yin and yang breakfast!!! Long live chocolate and bananas!!!
Thanks Ashton!!! Me? A foodie genius? you’re too sweet.
I love the banana, chocolate combination, but with nutella – even better! Your muffins look so delicious!
These look SO delicious! I love the choco-banana duo – it makes these muffins look extra divine. I can’t imagine how good they’d be with Nutella!
…meanwhile you post a delicious healthy banana muffin… 🙂
Every milligram has just gone to my tookus.. I could almost lick my screen, all of these recipes look so scrumptious! And adding Nutella on top… Oh, my… Oh, stop my drooling!! Know what I gotta shop for!
Haha thanks Jann!! Enjoy the recipe!
I love that we both have had chocolate banana muffins on the brain lately. Isn’t it such a wonderful combo? These muffins look wonderful!!
Thanks Audra!
Banana and chocolate together? Sounds divine!
The best of both world! Perfect Aimee!
OMG it’s like the ultimate tasty ying yang….in muffins!
Ha! I didn’t even notice the yin-yang. 🙂
Such a great idea Aimee!
Thanks girl 🙂
I am forever smearing banana slices with chocolate or nutella, so these totally call to me! Thanks for the recipe!
Hmmm, I just eat Nutella by the spoonful. At least with banana it sounds healthier!
Hi I don’t know if I’m not looking in the right place but I can’t the actual recipe. The amounts etc?
Could you point me in the right direction please?
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Omg ? ? I’m sorry, I’ve found it! I didn’t scroll down far enough ?
I love muffins and these look absolutely perfect!! Thanks for the link love, too! 🙂
Anytime friend 🙂
I love the two color halves in these beautiful muffins. Nutella is good on everything!
Thanks Eva! So true about Nutella…
Love the combo-duo action ! And being able to pull a frozen muffin out for a breakfast crunch moment is the best. As in most weekday mornings around here when life is chaotic!
Weekday mornings are always crazy here too!!!
Gotta love when chocolate cravings bring something like this! Yum!
I agree! they are so tasty too!!