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Banana Chocolate Muffins

Banana Chocolate Muffins are so easy to make, yet taste incredible. Light and moist, filled with banana flavour, chunks of milk chocolate and a hint of cinnamon

Course Dessert, Snack, Cake
Keyword muffin, banana & chocolate muffin
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Servings 18 muffins

Ingredients

  • 325 g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 2 large ripe bananas mashed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 240 ml yogurt or buttermilk or milk
  • 200 g sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 120 g butter melted
  • 120 g milk or dark chocolate chopped into approx 1cm square chunks
  • 1-2 tbsp demerara sugar for sprinkling
  • 50 g milk or dark chocolate, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Line muffin trays with 18 paper cases.

  2. Sift together the flour,cinnamon, baking powder & salt then set aside.

  3. Take a large bowl and put in the mashed bananas, eggs, yogurt, sugar, vanilla extract and melted butter. Beat together (I use electric beaters) until well combined.

  4. Tip the flour, baking powder and salt mixture into the large bowl with the beaten wet ingredients.

  5. Using a rubber or plastic spoon, fold in the dry ingredients. Do not over-mix. When most of the dry ingredients are moistened, tip in the chocolate chunks and fold a few times more until they're evenly distributed.

  6. Divide the mixture between the muffin cases and sprinkle the top of each one with a little demerara sugar before putting in the oven.

  7. Bake until the muffins are risen, golden and a skewer comes out clean (approx 17 minutes).

    NOTE if the tops are browning too quickly before the centre of the muffins are cooked, turn the oven down to 180C and continuing cooking.

  8. Transfer to a wire rack until completely cold before adding the chocolate drizzle.

  9. Melt the chocolate in the microwave, stirring after each 10 seconds (should take approx 30 seconds in total).

    Put the melted chocolate in a piping bag or a freezer bag with a corner snipped off and drizzle over the tops of the muffins.

  10. The muffins are best served warm: 15-20 seconds in a microwave should heat them sufficiently inside without melting the chocolate drizzle on top.