Easy Chocolate Banana Muffins

Easy chocolate banana muffins require only two main ingredients and are perfect to make when you’re in a hurry. They’re rich, flavorful and taste like they come from your favorite bakery!

Everyone needs a simple recipe now and then, especially when it comes to baking. I’m all for making things from scratch whenever possible, but realistically, I don’t always have the time — having young kiddos around the house will do that to you. And sometimes, I forget to pick up basic ingredients, like flour — taking the kids shopping with you will cause memory loss.  So yes,  I’m all for taking shortcuts!

So when I decided to make banana bread with the mushy bananas that were a little too far gone for smoothies, I realized that I had forgotten to pick up flour the last time I was at the grocery store. So, it was time to move to plan B.

And plan B is simply mixing mushy bananas with a box of chocolate cake mix, and it’s what makes easy chocolate banana muffins so incredibly easy!

So basically, these are two ingredient banana muffins, except that I added a little extra goodies. So, technically have more than 2 ingredients. But you can easily leave out the other stuff and keep this banana muffin recipe as simple as possible. I’ve made 2 ingredient banana muffins with yellow cake mix before, but this was the first time I made banana muffins with chocolate cake mix. And after tasting these babies, it definitely won’t be the last!

Just mash the bananas, add the cake mix and a few other ingredients, stir and bake! How easy is that?!

When the muffins are done,  your house will smell wonderful, and you will want to devour them all — at least I did. But luckily, the kiddos were there to save me!

How to Make Easy Chocolate Banana Muffins

Easy Chocolate Banana Muffins

Thick, chocolaty banana muffins made with a cake mix

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate banana muffins

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 12

Calories: 268kcal

Author: Dee

Ingredients

• 1 box Devil's Food cake mix
• 3 very ripe bananas
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• Line a muffin tin with paper baking cups
• In a large bowl, peel and mash the bananas
• Add the cake mix, and stir until fully blended
• Add the cinnamon, vanilla extract and chocolate chips
• Spoon batter into lined muffin cups
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean

Nutrition

Calories: 268kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 298mg | Potassium: 309mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 0.5% | Vitamin C: 3.1% | Calcium: 6.5% | Iron: 14.7%

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These easy chocolate banana muffins really do taste like bakery style muffins, but they’re much, much cheaper! So, if you want to make a delicious treat for your family but you’re short on time, give these a try. My kids had them for an after school snack and again, for breakfast the next day — yum!

Happy munching!

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