It seems like we always have a few overly ripe bananas sitting on our counter. I’m constantly tossing them in the freezer to use in bread or cookies, but today I wanted to see if I could find another use for them. I looked on Pinterest and came across this Good Life Eats recipe. Since I didn’t have Greek yogurt or whole wheat flour on hand, I adjusted the recipe accordingly.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup + 2 ½ Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup banana - mashed
- 1/3 cup plain yogurt or sour cream
- 4 Tbsp butter - melted
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips or chunks - optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a standard size muffin tin with 12 cups.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the banana puree, yogurt (or sour cream), egg, and vanilla. Beat on low until combined. Add the melted/cooled butter, mix on low for 10 seconds.
- With mixing speed on low, slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet mixture. Do not overmix. Remove bowl from stand and fold in chocolate chips (if desired).
- Using a cookie scoop, fill each muffin tin ¾ of the way full. Place in oven and bake for 18-24 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow muffins to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Calories: 129kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 183mg | Potassium: 132mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 149IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg
Adapted from Good Life Eats, Triple Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins
I’ve made these several times now and they’ve become my kids favorite after school snack. Thank you for a healthy and tastey treat.
Made these this morning and they are lovely and moist, very flavoursome and yummy!
So happy to hear that! Thanks for trying them!!!
Great that you linked in twice to Food on Friday – thanks. Have a good weekend.
This week on Food on Friday, we are collecting ideas for using bananas. Would you be happy to link this in? Here is the link .
Of course! I might have a few other banana things to link too!
Yum-my! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe at my par-tay.
Warmly, Michelle