Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
My daughter raved about these muffins and said they were the best thing I made in a long time! It’s such a simple, one bowl, no-mixer muffin recipe that produces beautifully domed-shaped muffins. The batter is so easy to stir together that you can literally have these in the oven in five minutes. Thanks to the peanut butter and banana in the recipe, they are super moist and hearty. You could technically omit the chocolate chips to try to keep them a bit healthier, but chocolate with peanut butter and banana is so perfect.
Ingredients in Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
I can almost guarantee you have the ingredients on hand for these easy banana muffins made with peanut butter. You simply need:
Bananas Eggs Peanut Butter Sugar Honey All-purpose flour Baking powder Salt Chocolate chips
Take note that there’s no butter or added oil in the muffins. The natural oil in the peanut butter, combined with the banana and eggs, are all that’s needed!
How to Make Banana Peanut Butter Muffins
Making these chocolate peanut butter banana muffins is a quick and easy process. Here’s a brief rundown of the recipe:
Can This Recipe Be Made Gluten-Free?
I haven’t made them gluten-free, but a gluten-free flour intended for baking would probably work.
Can I Use Natural Peanut Butter?
You’ll want to make the banana muffins with a traditional, no-stir peanut butter such as Jif or Skippy. Natural peanut butters (i.e. just peanuts and salt) are often too oily for baking. However, because this recipe doesn’t use any additional oil you may be able to get away with using natural peanut butter in the muffins. If you do so, please leave a comment below letting me know how the muffins turned out!
Tips for Making Banana Muffins with Peanut Butter
Bake time: Along with not over mixing the batter as I mentioned, don’t over bake the muffins. These are a dense muffin (if you like light and airy muffins, these aren’t it) from the bananas and peanut butter and over baking them will cause them to dry out in a hurry. Depending on the exact size of your muffin pan, and how full you fill it, your baking time may vary from the 15 to 18 minutes listed. Watch your muffins and not the clock. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Muffin pan size: You can bake these as mini muffins, as jumbo muffins, or in a 9×5-inch loaf pan. Baking times will of course vary based on the option you select. Filling the muffin tins: Don’t be afraid to fill the wells of your muffin pan to three-quarters full, or nearly full, to achieve the domed muffin top appearance. The nice thing about these muffins is that they dome up, rather than spread outward, as they bake. These aren’t the kind of muffin tops that bake into their neighbors, whew, thankfully!
More Banana Muffin Recipes:
Banana Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins — These one-bowl, no-mixer banana zucchini chocolate chip muffins are vegan and healthy. No butter, no eggs, the chocolate chips are solely sprinkled on top, and they’re made with coconut oil. Tried this recipe? Leave a review! Consider leaving a 5 star rating if you’ve made and loved one of my recipes!
Flourless Peanut Butter Muffins — These gluten-free peanut butter muffins are made in a blender and come together in mere minutes. You’d never guess that these mini muffins are gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free, and oil-free!
Chocolate Banana Muffins – These chocolate banana muffins are moist and soft in the middle, with a slight chewiness around the edges of the muffin top. The best breakfast treat EVER!
Flourless Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Blender Muffins (GF) – No refined sugar, flour, oil, and only 75 calories! They taste amazing!
Banana Chocolate Chip Streusel Muffins – Soft, tender, studded with chocolate chips, and topped with streusel! Easy, no-mixer recipe! They could pass as dessert they’re so good!
Fluffy Vegan Coconut Oil Banana Muffins – Soft and fluffy healthier muffins that you’ll never believe are made without eggs or butter!
Flourless Blueberry Banana Muffins — No flour or oats, no butter, and no added white or brown sugar yet they’re incredibly moist, super soft, perfectly sweet, and are bursting with blueberries.
