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These banana chocolate chip muffins with crumb topping are the perfect blend of banana bread with the best streusel topping! Ready in under 30 minutes – this easy muffin recipe is great for breakfast, snacks, or even dessert!
BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS WITH CRUMB TOPPING: A RECIPE TO IMPRESS!
So you have a bunch of bananas sitting on your counter that are suddenly over-ripe, more black than yellow, mushy, and you need a quick banana recipe? Look no further! Print this recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Crumb Muffins and quickly get to work making the best (no, really!) banana muffin recipe that you’ve ever tasted.
When banana bread meets chocolate chips, it’s simply amazing. But add in a crumbly topping made with cinnamon, brown sugar, butter and a little flour? It takes these banana muffins from good to insanely good. It’s the kind of recipe you will make for your friends and family to impress them, because they will undoubtedly be impressed.
And the best part? These muffins are so dang easy to make. Truly. You don’t even need a mixer. They are so good you might even find yourself Googling “how to ripen bananas” when your patience is running thin and you need these muffins in your life NOW and not in 4 days when your bananas have reached peak banana-muffin-making-over-ripeness-perfection.
Let’s head to the kitchen and make muffins!
❤️Ashley
How to make Perfect Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Crumb Topping
Once you’ve established that those overripe bananas are an open invitation to make this recipe, you will gather your ingredients. You will need the following:
- flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- mashed bananas
- granulated sugar
- egg
- melted butter
- chocolate chips
To make an easy banana muffin:
- Preheat your oven and prepare a muffin tin – great it or use paper or silicone liners
- Make the batter – the key is to not overman the batter. Mix until just combined for the best, tender muffins.
- Prepare the crumble topping
- Scoop batter into prepared muffins tins – you’ll need about ¼ cup of batter for each muffin
- Top with crumble topping – divide the crumble topping evenly among the 12 muffins
- Bake
Crumb Topping for Muffins
Once you have a banana chocolate chip muffin with a crumb topping, you are going to wonder where this crumb topping has been all of your life while simultaneously feeling like every single muffin you make from here on out NEEDS the crumb topping added to it.
To make the crumb topping, you will need:
- brown sugar
- flour
- ground cinnamon
- butter
Start by adding the brown sugar, flour, and ground cinnamon to a bowl. Then use two forks to work the butter into the mixture. You could also use your clean fingers to work the butter into the mixture, but two forks or a pastry cutter will work best.
best chocolate chips for baking
My favorite brand of chocolate chips to use for baking muffins is Ghiradelli. You can use milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips.
How to Quickly Ripen Bananas
There are a few methods that can be used to quickly ripen bananas to make these crumbly banana muffins.
1. Paper Bag: Place them in a paper bag. This can still take some time but is a good option for fully green bananas that you want to ripen up quickly within a few days.
2. Oven: Bake them in the oven. This option is best if your bananas are already yellow, but still firm and not quite to the mushy stage yet. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, place your unpeeled bananas on the baking sheet and bake them in a 300 degree F oven for 20-30 minutes. During the baking process, the peels will turn black and the insides will become soft and mushy, the perfect consistency for baking with bananas.
3. Microwave: Again, this option is best with bananas that are already yellow, just not mushy yet. Start with unpeeled yellow bananas and poke them with a fork or knife. Place them on a microwave safe plate and microwave them in 30 second increments until the bananas are mushy.
Bananas that have become ripe naturally will be sweeter and best for baking, but if you are in a bind, any of those three aforementioned options to quickly ripen your bananas will work.
You will get 12 muffins with this recipe using about ¼ cup of batter for each muffin.
Yes, you can freeze these Banana Bread muffins, even with the crumble topping. Cool the muffins completely, then individually wrap each muffin and freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature and enjoy.
Yes, you can use frozen bananas. Allow them to thaw, then drain any excess liquid before using them for baking.
More Banana Recipes to Try!
- Banana Bread Cookies
- Banana Pudding
- Pumpkin Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
- Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Will you leave a comment or take a photo and share it with me on social media when you make these muffins? I love to hear from you! <3
Enjoy!
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Crumb Topping
Ingredients
MUFFIN INGREDIENTS
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 bananas mashed
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (white)
- 1 egg slightly beaten
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- ½ cup milk chocolate chips or semi-sweet chocolate chips
CRUMB TOPPING INGREDIENTS
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees F and prepare a muffin tin by greasing it or using paper liners.
- In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl combine mashed bananas, sugar, egg, and melted butter.
- Combine the wet ingredients into the dry and stir lightly until combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- In a small bowl combine brown sugar, flour, and ground cinnamon. Use a fork to mix in the butter until you have a crumbly mixture.
- Spoon ¼ cup of muffin dough into each muffin cup. This should yield 12 muffins.
- Divide the crumb topping mixture among the 12 muffins (about 1 teaspoon per muffin)
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for a few minutes, then serve.
