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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast

    Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins

    May 6, 2022 · Mar 5, 2023 This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    I LOVE muffins. For breakfast. It’s the only time of day I would eat a muffin. But I can’t eat regular crammed-full of sugar muffins for breakfast, no no no! I need a less sweet, healthier version that also tastes great. This is the first of several breakfast muffins I will share with you, and they will all have at least half the sugar you are used to seeing in muffin recipes.

    Banana chocolate chip breakfast muffins

    PLUS these banana muffins are made with wholewheat (wholemeal) flour which gives them a deeper flavour and makes them more nutritious. So all-in-all these banana chocolate chip breakfast muffins are a healthier breakfast choice if you are a muffin fan.

    Oh and did I mention that these have banana in? Who doesn’t love a banana bread variation? And then there’s just the right amount of those little drops of melty, silky chocolate running throughout the soft and fluffy inside. Ummmmmm.

    And as with all my breakfast muffins, I love to break them in half and slather on unsalted butter which melts in and makes them even more delish. Don’t knock it till you try it!

    How to Bake My Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins

    Watch me make these Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins step-by-step before or as you bake.

    Tips for Making my Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins

    Ingredients

    When it comes to the bananas, be sure to use ripe ones. Anything from having brown spots on the peel to being completely brown all over will do here. 

    For US visitors, my ingredients list shows cup measurements and ounce measurements (click on US Customary top right of ingredients list).  I would always recommend if you have them to use scales and weigh the ingredients out for any baking recipes. Measuring in cups is often not accurate enough when it comes to baking and you will always be more likely to get the same results I do if you the weigh the ingredients.

    Banana chocolate chip muffins recipe

    Prep Ahead

    I love to wake up on Sunday mornings and make a fresh batch of breakfast muffins for my family to enjoy (I’m not the only one am I?!). To speed the process up a little in the morning, I measure out the flour, salt, baking powder, bicarb/baking soda and cinnamon the night before into an lidded prep bowl. I also measure out the butter and sugar into the saucepan and leave it with the lid on overnight so I’m ready to go when I get up.

    Bake Them

    Even the most novice of bakers will be able to make these banana muffins, you are just mixing everything by hand in a saucepan - easy! The only tip I really need to give is about the casing. I find most muffins stick far too easily to a regular cupcake or muffin case. So I either grease a silicone muffin tray with spray oil (a couple sprays each cup) or use cupcake/muffin baking cups. Silicone muffin trays are great because you can easily pop the muffins out once they have cooled a little.

    You can use a 6-cup jumbo muffin tray instead of the 12 if you prefer a large muffin, you’ll just need to bake them longer, for 40-45 minutes and check the skewer or toothpick comes out clean. Then, just leave them to cool off a little, 10 minutes should do it.

    Banana chocolate chip muffin recipe

    Storing My Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins

    You can keep these banana muffins for 3 days at room temperature in an air-tight container. Just pop them in a preheated oven at the same temperature as when you bake them, for 6-7 minutes and it’ll be like they are freshly baked again. You can also freeze them, just defrost in the microwave for 1 min 30 secs - 2 minutes just before they go in the oven or defrost them at room temperature in a sealed food bag or air-tight container.

    For more on safe food storage and reheating read here >

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    Diet Details

    My Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins are vegetarian and nut-free, so long as the chocolate chips were made in a dedicated nut-free factory.

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    Banana chocolate chip breakfast muffins low sugar

    Banana Chocolate Chip Breakfast Muffins

    These low sugar, wholemeal banana muffins with melting, silky chocolate chunks running through their soft and fluffy inside, are perfect with a slathering of unsalted butter for a much deserved weekend breakfast treat.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 13 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Total Time 43 mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12 Muffins

    Equipment

    • Medium saucepan
    • Medium prep bowl (lidded if prepping dry ingredients night before)
    • Measuring scales / cups + spoons + jug
    • Cooking spoon
    • 12-cup silicone muffin baking tray + baking cases/cups (optional)
    • Wire cooling rack

    Ingredients
     
     

    • 100 g unsalted butter
    • 55 g granulated sugar OR 2 tablespoons honey
    • 2 large, ripe bananas mashed well
    • 2 eggs lightly beaten
    • 100 ml milk (I use semi skimmed)
    • 260 g plain wholemeal / wholewheat flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda / baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
    • 60 g dark chocolate chips
    • jumbo / thick rolled oats for sprinkling, optional

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 170ºc/150ºc fan/325ºf/gas 3. Spray your silicone muffin tray a couple times each cup or line it with muffin cups. Next, melt the butter and sugar in a medium saucepan over a medium heat.
    • Remove it from the heat and stir in the mashed banana. Then add the milk and then the eggs and stir until well combined. 
    • Add in the flour, salt, baking powder, bicarb/baking soda and cinnamon and stir until no white flecks remain. Lastly, stir in the chocolate chunks/chips.
    • Spoon the batter into the muffin tin cups or cases, filling them almost to the top - about ¾ full. Sprinkle with oats if you like. 
    • Transfer to the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden and the skewer comes out clean. If using a jumbo 6-cup muffin tray bake for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the tray and then carefully remove and serve. 

    Notes

    The muffins tend to stick a little to regular cases, cupcake/muffin cups are better to use here (link in blog post above to buy). 

    PREPARING AHEAD

    The dry ingredients can be prepped the night before and stored in an air-tight container or lidded bowl. The butter and sugar can be prepped and left in the saucepan with lid on.

    STORAGE

    The muffins can be kept for 3 days at room temperature in an air-tight container. They can also be frozen, just defrost them in the microwave for around 1 min 30 secs or defrost them at room temperature in a sealed food bag or air-tight container. Bake again for 6-7 minutes at the same temperature.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 212kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 5gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 152mgPotassium: 204mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 277IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1mg
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    Comments

    1. Hayley Young

      May 11, 2022 at 7:18 pm

      5 stars
      These muffins are absolutely delicious, my whole family loved them! Full of flavour and super easy recipe to follow - the video is really helpful to watch too so you can see the steps as you go along. Can't wait to make these again and also try some of your other recipes! Thank you!

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    2. Amelia Wood

      May 24, 2022 at 7:25 am

      5 stars
      I don’t have much confidence in the kitchen but these muffins are SO easy to make and took very little time to prep which is massively important when you have a busy family life! They are so delicious too, the chocolate chip addition was on point! My 17month child went crazy for them at breakfast and it kept him occupied for ages while I could sit and have my coffee! It’s a win, win, situation all round! Thank you, Emma! X

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