Double Chocolate Banana Bran Muffins Recipe With Step By Step Directions
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Whether you are looking for breakfast, dessert or a snack, Double Chocolate Banana Bran Muffins check the box for all three. Made with All-Bran cereal and mashed bananas, you don’t have to feel guilty when enjoying this double dose of chocolate.
Double Chocolate Banana Bran Muffin Recipe
Whether you’re a chocolate lover or a health nut, these Chocolate All-Bran Muffins are just for you. For those of you who are looking to eat “healthier”, note that muffins are full of mashed bananas and All-Bran cereal (for some fiber). And If you are on team chocolate, you’ll be happy to know that these muffins are flavored with both cocoa powder and chocolate chips. Double whammy on the chocolate!
Bran Muffins
I love making muffins like these. They satisfy my sweet tooth, and, this recipe makes the perfect amount – 12 perfect sized muffins. That’s enough for a dessert and then breakfast again the next morning.
Feel free to jazz these up to your own personal preference. The addition of chopped nuts would be tasty or sprinkle them with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar right before they go into the oven for little crunchy topping.
Ingredient List
- Buttermilk
- Vegetable oil
- Large Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- All-Bran cereal
- Ripe Bananas
- All Purpose Flour
- Sugar
- Cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
How to Make Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
Step By Step Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine buttermilk, oil, beaten eggs and vanilla; add all-bran cereal and let sit for 5-10 minutes to soften.
- To the softened all-bran mixture, add mashed bananas.
- Combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, and beat until smooth.
- Mix chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon flour; stir into the batter.
- Fill muffin tins lined with muffin cup liners 2/3 full.
- Bake in a 400 degree F oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
For the full instructions for chocolate banana bran muffins, scroll to the bottom of this post.
Recipe FAQs
- You might as well call these Death By Chocolate Banana Muffins. The double chocolate comes from cocoa powder and chocolate chips.
- To prevent the chocolate chips from sinking to the bottom of the all bran banana muffin, coat them in flour before stirring into the batter.
- Substitute in bran flakes for all bran if desired. If you do this, you wouldn’t need to necessarily soak the flakes in the milk mixture.
- Soaking the all bran in buttermilk and oil prevents a crunchy, undesirable texture in the finished product.
- For more texture, leave the banana in larger chunks, or for a smooth textured-muffin, mash the banana completely and stir into the wet ingredients until it’s a smooth mixture.
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Double Chocolate Banana Bran Muffins
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all bran cereal
- 1 cup banana, mashed
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 Tablespoon flour
Instructions
- Combine buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla; add all-bran and let sit for 5-10 minutes to soften. Add mashed banana.
- In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients including flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Stir until mixed completely.
- Mix chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon flour; stir into the batter.
- Line muffin tin with liners; fill each cup 2/3 full of batter.
- Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
- You might as well call these Death By Chocolate Banana Muffins. The double chocolate comes from cocoa powder and chocolate chips.
- To prevent the chocolate chips from sinking to the bottom of the all bran banana muffin, coat them in flour before stirring into the batter.
- Substitute in bran flakes for all bran if desired. If you do this, you wouldn’t need to necessarily soak the flakes in the milk mixture.
- Soaking the all bran in buttermilk and oil prevents a crunchy, undesirable texture in the finished product.
- For more texture, leave the banana in larger chunks, or for a smooth textured-muffin, mash the banana completely and stir into the wet ingredients until it’s a smooth mixture.
- Try our Classic Banana Bread recipe!
- The nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used. It should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
Nutrition
I’ve read the recipe several times, and printed it as well. I can’t find chocolate chips in the ingredients, so I’m going to guess at how much to use. Looks good to me.
Sylvia, We are so sorry! It’s one cup of chocolate chips. We fixed the recipe card. Thanks for letting us know!
An FYI I put this exact recipe into my app to keep track of calories and it states for 12 servings this is a 264 calorie muffin.
Thanks for sharing. The nutritional information is an auto-calculation and an automated estimate so it can vary depending on ingredients and the calculator you use.
Can you use bran flakes in this recipe?
Yes you can substitute bran flakes for the all-bran cereal.