Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins are bursting with warm chocolate chips and topped with a homemade Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting. Banana bread in the shape of a muffin makes a delicious on the go breakfast or snack!
Love banana bread? Then you will surely love our homemade banana muffins that are bursting with chocolate chips and topped with a cream cheese frosting studded with toasted pecans!
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Banana and chocolate chip muffins
Perfect for breakfast and so delicious you’ll want our homemade muffins for dessert too!
Do you have a bunch of bananas hanging around getting over-ripe?
Well you know that’s wonderful news because now you can make these amazing chocolate chip banana bread muffins!
Overripe bananas are the key to sweetness in these muffins.
Made in one bowl, our easy banana bread muffins taste just like a slice of banana bread.
Stir in mini chocolate chips for pockets of melted chocolate and top with a sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting.
And don’t forget the toasted pecans!
Simply combine all the ingredients for the muffins in one bowl and bake!
While the muffins are baking you can make the homemade Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting, a sweet, creamy and tangy frosting studded with nutty pecans.
You’ll be all set for breakfast, tea time, an afternoon snack or even dessert.
These banana muffins are creamy and dreamy for sure and the best banana muffins ever with moist crumbs and delicious banana flavor!
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How to make banana chocolate chip muffin recipe
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions for making banana muffins with Greek yogurt and the ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Coat muffin tins with cooking spray or line them with paper cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, brown sugar, butter, plain Greek yogurt and vanilla, stirring until blended.
- Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, stirring until a batter forms. Stir in the mini chips.
- Divide the banana muffin batter evenly between muffin cups, preferably using a scooper. Bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the muffin pans. Transfer to a wire rack and cool slightly if serving warm, or cool completely.
- Meanwhile, in another bowl combine cream cheese, confectioners sugar, milk and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Stir in pecans. Spread over muffin tops.
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Combine mini chocolate chips with milk chocolate chips
- Use a combination of chocolate chips, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and/or mini chocolate!
- For easier cleanup line your muffin pans with paper liners
- I love using a scooper when filling the muffin pan with banana batter
- Bake the batter in mini cupcake pans and make mini banana chocolate chips muffins
Substitutions
- Substitute sour cream for the plain Greek yogurt
- Make these muffins with white chocolate chips instead of the mini chocolate chips
- Use your favorite nut in place of the pecans
Storage
- Store cooled muffins in an airtight container or plastic food storage bag.
- You can store the banana chocolate chip muffins at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
- Muffins can be frozen also in a plastic freezer food storage bag or airtight container.
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines
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Banana FAQ’s
Are bananas healthy for you?
Yes, bananas are definitely healthy for you. Bananas provide:
- potassium
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin C
- manganese
- fiber
How To Ripen Bananas Quickly
Bananas not ripe yet? No problem.
Here's a simple trick for ripening up bananas quickly and easily in the oven!
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Bake bananas in their skins on a baking sheet for 15-20 minutes or until skins have blackened
- Cool slightly and scoop the banana out of the skins.
Ingredients for banana muffin recipe
- ripe bananas
- eggs
- dark brown sugar
- butter
- Greek yogurt
- vanilla extract
- flour
- baking soda
- ground cinnamon
- salt
- mini chocolate chips
- cream cheese
- confectioners sugar
- milk
- pecans
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Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins with Pecan Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
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Ingredients
Muffins:
- 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 8 Tablespoons(1/2 cup) butter , at room temperature, very soft
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Frosting:
- 8 ounces cream cheese , at room temperature
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
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Instructions
Muffins:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Coat 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
- In large bowl combine mashed bananas, eggs, brown sugar, butter, Greek yogurt and vanilla, stirring until blended.
- Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt, stirring until a batter forms. Stir in mini chips.
- Divide batter evenly between muffin cups. Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in muffin tin. Transfer to wire rack and cool slightly if serving warm or cool completely.
Frosting:
- Meanwhile, in another bowl combine cream cheese, confectioners sugar, milk and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Stir in pecans. Spread over muffin tops.
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