Small Batch Chocolate Banana Muffins One Banana One Bowl

A little over a year ago, I posted these One-banana One-bowl Small-batch Banana Muffins to the blog. I sold them with the pitch: Hey, have a bowl? Have a banana? Make some Banana Muffins! And they’ve been incredibly popular. Next to my Small-batch Chocolate Chip Cookies, they’re one of the posts I get the most happy messages about. Clearly, you guys love banana muffins and hate doing dishes and having a lone piece of fruit rotting on your counter. (Same.) So today, in the hope of giving you another recipe you’ll write me lots of happy emails and comments about, I have another pitch for you: Hey, have a bowl? Have a banana? AND love chocolate? Make some Chocolate Banana Muffins! Guys. Guuuuuuys. These muffins. I love them so much. I love how easy they are to make. I love the way banana and chocolate are a perfect pair. And most of all, I love their texture. That might sound odd, but the thing about banana muffins is that because bananas are so moist, if you’re not careful you can end up with muffins that are very heavy and almost gummy.

These muffins are NOT that. They are moist and decadent to be sure, but with a fantastic tender crumb that’s almost like biting into a cupcake. Get one warm out of the oven, with the chocolate chunks still melty and molten, and you’ll be pretty sure you’ve died and gone to banana muffin heaven. I shared the first test batch with taste testers and they got a, “Wow, that’s just incredible.” (Mumbled out around a mouthful of muffin). A “This is the best chocolate muffin I’ve ever had.” And a “Damn you, I wasn’t eating sugar this week…are there any more?” So you know it’s not just me who’s a fan of the things. What I’m saying is that if you feel like your day could use some chocolate (really, what day couldn’t?), and there’s a shabby looking banana sitting on your counter right now or maybe in the office fruit bowl, you should probably do yourself a favor and take half an hour today to make yourself a batch.

To make this little batch of five chocolate banana muffins, you’ll just need one bowl (that’s right, these are one-bowl muffins) and a couple minutes to chop some chocolate, mash a banana, and mix some ingredients. If it’s before noon, brew yourself a pot of coffee while your muffins bake. If it’s after noon, maybe opt for some tea. And once they are done baking, eat one warm out of the oven while you decide how many of these perfect little muffins you feel like sharing and how many you’re going to keep for yourself…

More Small-batch Muffin Recipes

Orange Muffins Blueberry Muffins Chocolate Chocolate Muffins Cinnamon Apple Crumb Muffins Pumpkin Muffins

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