Perfect Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

I’ve been wanting to bake my favourite easy/somewhat healthy treat of all-time AKA chocolate chip banana bread for so long, but my bananas never seem to last long enough in the house to reach that icky brown/overripe point. 😛 In order for me to even attempt this recipe, I had to make sure I had about 4 very ripe bananas set aside in a paper bag, so I wouldn’t touch them. I will have to start buying more bananas from now on…

I’m absolutely crazy about my vegan chocolate chip banana bread! I used to make it all of the time and I honestly never get tired of it. I did want to try using the same killer recipe in a muffin tin though to bake some easy on-the-go muffins instead. The result? Perfectly compact, soft, moist, and delicious little banana cakes of goodness. I may have gone a little overboard on the dark chocolate chips though…

Of course, you can never have too many chocolate chips, am I right? 😉

If you have some old bananas kickin’ around, be sure to try this recipe! It’s so simple and since it’s vegan it requires very few ingredients. I even brought some to work and everybody loved them, vegans and non-vegans alike! The recipe makes about a dozen muffins, or enough to fill up 1 small muffin tin. Feel free to double the recipe if you want to bake two tins — these babies get eaten up fast!

Now excuse me while I shamelessly devour three of these bad boys for dessert.

Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

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Serves: 10 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 18 Minutes

Ingredients

3-4 very ripe bananas
1/3 cup vegan butter, melted
1/4 cup organic sugar (or desired sweetener)
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda
1 pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 cup vegan dark chocolate chips (I used Camino)

Perfect Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins was last modified: November 11th, 2021 by themindfulstrawberry

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F.
   
2. Grease your muffin tins (no need to use cupcake liners as the oils in this recipe won’t stick to the muffin tin!)
   
3. Peel bananas and place them in a large bowl with the melted butter and smash it all together with a fork or potato masher.
   
4. Keep blending the banana and butter together until the mixture is creamy and smooth, not chunky.
   
5. Add sugar, melted coconut oil and vanilla into the bowl and mix until combined.
   
6. Stir in your dry ingredients (salt, baking soda, and flour). Be careful not to overmix at this point because you want to make sure the dough stays fluffy and light. 
7. Carefully mix in your chocolate chips and divide batter into muffin tins.
8. Bake until a toothpick pulls out cleanly (about 18-20 minutes – I baked mine for 18 because I like them extra soft).
   
9. Enjoy!

Perfect Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins was last modified: November 11th, 2021 by themindfulstrawberry