Best Ever Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Aaaah. Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. I have been asked for this recipe too many times to count! These muffins have a deep rich flavour and are so moist and delicious that you can't stop at just one! These muffins have traveled too...they've shown their sweet love to school lunches, gaggles of classroom children,  hungry skating teams, sweaty hockey players, and neighbors too. They are just that typo 'o muffin that can show their love to anybody!

All you need to mix these up are a couple of bowls and wooden spoon. That's it. No fancy equipment. And your favorite chocolate chips are a must. And a super easy ingredient that comes from a jar, but we'll get to that in a minute.

 You can also have these little 'o muffins look gourmet or bakery-fancy, by adding some banana chips and mini-chocolate chips to the tops. That's a little extra special touch that I like to toss on sometimes.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

{makes 12 muffins}

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Ingredients:

1 cup mashed ripe banana

3/4 cup white sugar

1 cup Hellman's Mayo (I use light)

1 1/2 cup white flour

2/3 cups whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2  teapsoon salt

1 cup favourite chocolate chips

Optional: Dried Banana chips & mini chocolate chips for the tops 

*Recipe doubles easy!

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl combine bananas, white sugar and mayo. {Use only Hellman's mayo...it substitutes for the eggs and oil in this recipe. Do NOT use Miracle Whip, or your muffins will taste like a super weird sandwich. Been there. Done that.} Mix  until smooth.

2. In medium bowl, mix together flour, whole wheat flour,  baking soda and salt.

3. Add flour mixture to banana mixture.. Stir until just moistened. Add 1 cup of your fav chocolate chips. Scoop batter into muffin tin. Sprinkle with dried banana chips & mini chocolate chips if desired.Bake for approx. 20-25 minutes. 

You may want to make a double batch because these will disappear very fast!
Enjoy!

For more DEE-licious banana recipes:

White Chocolate Cherry Banana Bread

Banana Bread Sheet Cake

Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Sprouted Grain Blueberry Banana Bread
Banana Zucchini Bread

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins with Chream Cheese Glaze...

We have had a bit of a rainy long weekend, so I have been mixing up some after school treats for the kids, who go back to school in just a couple of days.

 I couldn't resist playing 'dress up' with these adorable owl stickers I found at Michaels.

I made them not only for the kids, but I am going to have some girlfriends over for tea and muffins the first day of school.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins

{makes 24}

4 eggs

2 cups sugar

2 cups pumpkin

3/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup apple sauce

3 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups chocolate chips

In large mixing bowl, mix egg, sugar, pumpkin, vegetable oil, and applesauce until smooth. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin tins 3/4 full. Bake at 400 degrees for 16-20 minutes or until muffins test done. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack to finish cooling. If desired, add cream cheese glaze and mini chocolate chips.

Cream Cheese Glaze

1/2 cup cream cheese

1 cup icing sugar

water

Mix cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth. Thin with water until it becomes soft enough to drizzle with a spoon over muffins. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips.

 

The weather has turned chilly here at night. I have actually 'caved'  in to the thoughts of the end of summer and wore flannel jammies to bed last night because I was so-ooo cold. And I enjoyed a muffin with a nice cup of hot tea.

On the agenda this week....decorating for Fall. Yeah!

Have a wonderful Monday!

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Lunchbox Treats: Sweet Peaches & Cream Muffins...

You know a recipe is good when you have to hide the results before you go to bed in order to have a few to photograph for the blog the next day.

Yup.

Such was the case with this recipe.

It all started when I found these dreamy & juicy peaches from British Columbia at the farmer's market.

I found myself craving a peachy muffin.

As I was sifting through an old community cookbook, I found this recipe with fresh peaches and diced cream cheese....it caught my fancy.

I whipped up a batch and it rocked my peachy dreams.
The muffins were moist & tasty with fresh peaches and  bursts of cream cheese...yummy!

And you know it's a good muffin when the 3 kids in the house devour them right away without even asking, "Mom, what's in these?" {hence the need for hiding a sample for the blog.}

 Sweet Peaches & Cream Muffins

Ingredients:
3/ 4 cup rolled oats
1-1/2 cups flour
1 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 cups diced fresh peaches {or canned}
1/2 brick of cream cheese, diced
Sugar for sprinkling on tops of muffins {I used turbinado sugar}

Directions:

Add to a large bowl: rolled oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt & cinnamon. Stir. Cut in butter until crumbly. In small bowl, whisk together egg and milk. Pour over dry ingredients. Add peaches and cream cheese. Stir gently until combined. Scoop into greased muffin tins {or use muffin liners}.

Sprinkle tops of muffins with sugar. Bake in 375 degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until tops are firm to touch. Cool in pan for a few minutes and then turn out.

Then serve. Or hide.

And just in case you had any doubts about how yummy they might be....have a looksy inside for yourself to see the peaches and cream cheese looking all sweet & delicious.

Enjoy my friends!

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