Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Coconut

Have overripe bananas? Skip the banana bread and make these Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Coconut instead! They're soft, moist, and loaded with banana, chocolate chips, and coconut for a fun, delicious twist on your usual banana recipe.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings muffins

Calories 223kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large ripe bananas (about 1 1/2 cups mashed banana)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips plus more for topping
1/2 cup dried sweetened coconut plus more for topping

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425ºF. Line 12 muffin tins with paper liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon salt
Peel the bananas, place them in a bowl, and mash them with a fork. Add the sugar, melted butter, egg, and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
3 large ripe bananas, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 large egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, just until combined. Do not over mix.
Fold in the chocolate chips and the coconut.
1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips, 1/2 cup dried sweetened coconut
Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle a few extra chocolate chips and a bit of extra coconut over the top of each and transfer the pan to the oven.
Bake the muffins for 5 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350ºF. Continue to bake until the muffins are golden brown and baked through, another 18-20 minutes, for a total of 23-25 minutes.
Let the muffins cool for a few minutes before removing from the muffin tin.

Notes

The original recipe posted here just baked the muffins at 350ºF for 22-30 minutes. This works well enough, but you get a better dome to the muffins if you start the temperature higher and then reduce after 5 minutes. But either method delivers delicious muffins!

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guide.

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