Tessa’s Recipe Rundown
Taste: Rich with chocolate and sweetened with banana. The banana flavor intensifies the longer these muffins sit out. Texture: Oh so moist and studded with melting chocolate chips. You’d never know the recipe was made with applesauce or whole wheat flour. Ease: Muffin recipes are my favorite for a tasty, homemade treat because they are so simple and quick to make. Appearance: My muffins would have looked better in darker baking cups but white was all I had. I still adore the rich chocolate color. Pros: Quick, easy, tasty, and relatively guilt-free. Cons: None. Would I make this again? Absolutely.This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy.
I have a huge sweet tooth. To me, a meal isn’t complete if it’s not capped off with something sweet. But at the same time, I rarely buy candy or packaged sugary goods at the grocery store. Mostly because I know they’ll all be eaten. And quickly.
By avoiding purchasing treats, I have to make them from scratch (which would make the average person less likely to eat treats. Not me, though). Muffins have become my solution to post-meal dessert cravings. When there’s nothing sweet in the house and I haven’t prepared anything to be made, I can always turn to muffins. Especially these Chocolate Banana Muffins.
They rarely require prep-work and tend to dirty only one mixing bowl. They can be thrown together in the amount of time it takes the oven to preheat. And what could be better than that when you’re craving something sweet, and now?
Chocolate Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 large bananas
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup white whole-wheat flour (or whole wheat pastry flour or whole wheat flour)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and position a rack in the center. Line a muffin tin with baking cups and set it aside.
- In a large bowl mash the bananas with a fork or potato masher then mix in the sugar, egg and applesauce. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder over the banana mixture. Mix lightly with a rubber spatula to combine. Fold in chocolate chips. The batter should be just moistened but still a little clumpy. Don’t overmix!
- Using a spring-loaded ice cream scoop or spoons, divide the batter between the prepared muffin cups and bake them for about 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Transfer them to a rack to cool. Store muffins in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
i love this, made them yesterday but i switched out half of the flour for whole grain, so each of the 15 muffins only has around 180 calories, but still uber tasty. my room-mates, who are typical french fires and captin crunch college students, can't get enough of them!
Nice! Glad your roommates liked them 🙂
I actually made these yesterday and they came out great!! Thank you for posting this recipe. They taste as good as they look without the guilt 🙂
However, with a few alterations… I added a few things to make this treat a little more guilt free– 1/4 cup oat bran and flax seed mixture, 2 teaspoons cinnamon (brings out the chocolate more), 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon nutmeg.
I love the addition of flax seed, will have to try that next time.
it looks so moist and rich in chocolate! def my goto muffin when im craving for something sweet too! i dont store any candy in my pantry (for my own good) so like you, i tend to whip up something from scratch coz its healthier! now i just need to make some applesauce to make this!
Love your adaptation! So glad you enjoyed my muffins! I have a huge muffin addiction and I agree they totally satisfy that craving without all the sugar of a regular dessert.
I feel the same way! Must always have a little something sweet after I eat a meal!
Yum, yum, and yum!
What a great combination-I love a chocolate covered banana so I am quite sure I would love these!
all I wanna do is cook these muffins! But as I'm living in Queensland our bananas are $12/kg due to the cyclone and flooding we had earlier this year. I don't know how long I will have to wait :'(
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. 🙁 I have a lot of family living in Australia, luckily nowhere near the floods or cyclone.
oh I am such a healthy muffin fan! I'm making these as soon as I have some ripe bananas around!
I love chocolate and bananas together, these sound amazing!
Yum! Two of my favorite things: chocolate and bananas. I love that they are made with ww flour too! 😀
Oh, I am the exact same way when it comes to sweets. I love 'em, but much prefer homemade goodies to store-bought. These muffins are right up my alley, given the inclusion of whole wheat flour and applesauce. As soon as the bananas on my countertop ripen, these muffins will be made!