It’s Friday and it’s snowing! While I know most people are ready for the snow to be gone, I’m excited about it. If we’re going to have cold weather, we may as well have the cold weather accompanied by some snow instead of just cold weather accompanied by varying shades of brown and gray. This has been the case for the last month and a half and I’m ready for something prettier to look at. Plus, I have a batch of these muffins to eat while sitting by the window watching the snow fall!
Perfect with a big glass of milk, these muffins are full of the favorite flavors of peanut butter, banana, and chocolate. A couple of things that I like about these muffins over other banana muffins that I have had is the chunks of banana and the evenly distributed chocolate. When adding the bananas to the batter, I made sure not to mash them too much so that you are able to bite into a chunk of banana instead just having the banana flavor. I also use mini chips because you can use fewer of them while still having a taste of chocolate in every bite (and we all know that having chocolate in every bite is important!). Throw in some peanut butter and you have your new favorite muffin!
I hope you all have a great weekend! If you need me, I’ll be sitting inside watching the snow fall and eating these muffins!
- ¼ C butter, softened
- ½ C sugar
- ½ C no-stir natural peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ C mashed bananas, about 3 large
- 1¼ C whole wheat flour
- 1 C all-purpose flour
- 2½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¾ C non-fat milk
- ⅓ C mini chocolate chips, plus additional for sprinkling on tops
- Preheat oven to 375. Lightly spray muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray or line with cupcake liners.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using an electric mixer), cream together butter and sugar. Add in peanut butter, eggs, vanilla, bananas, and milk. Mix until well-combined. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
- Stir in mini chocolate chips.
- Fill each muffin cup about ¾ full. Bake for 8-11 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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These sound and look delicious!!! My son would love these too and frankly so would the rest of us. 🙂
I love the combination of the muffins – I find bananas always keep muffins and bread so moist. You can never go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter either – this weekend I’m making a Reese’s Peanut Butter Pie for my son’s birthday. I can’t wait to eat it! Have a great weekend 🙂
Oh, send me a slice! 😉
Yummmm. I love peanut butter and banana, chocolate and banana, and peanut butter and chocolate…so this is the ultimate trifecta!
I love the chunks of banana rather than being evenly distributed. So smart 😀 I have some really ripe bananas that need to be used! I need some of these!!!
Yes, you do need these muffins!
Jessica, I’m loving the combo of flavors in these beautiful muffins! I’m looking at some very ripe bananas right now, that may have just found where to go! 🙂
These look delicious! 🙂
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No better way to enjoy cold weather than with a warm, comforting muffin! These look lovely Jessica 😀
Enjoy your snowy Friday!
These look fantastic Jessica-my favourite flavour combination ever! 🙂
in my world…. you cannot go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate. and BONUS if there’s banana involved. 🙂 This is like the world’s most perfect muffin 😉
I’ll trade you my banana muffins for some of your banana bread that you just posted!
So jealous you are getting snow : ) We haven’t really had any snow this year… booo! These muffins look gorgeous! Love peanut butter and chocolate anything
There just isn’t a better flavor combination!!
My kids would devour these! Who am I kidding…I would too!
I love every ingredient in these muffins. Peanut butter, banana, chocolate. Sold!
Ooh, I have some ripe bananas that were just waiting for a recipe like this!
Have a lovely weekend!!
These look so yum! And I LOVE your cupcake tin. It’s pink!
Thanks Amber! I was pretty excited when I found it! 🙂
Peanut butter, bananas and chocolate? You had me at peanut butter. What a taste combo. Droolicious!
I’m ready for the baltic weather to be gone now. I wouldn’t mind it being so cold if we actually had snow but petty random flakes is crappiness.
What an outstanding combination! Yum!
Bookmarking this post will make it so much faster
I happen to have a banana muffin recipe coming soon…and yours…with PB & Choc chips are perfection!
Can’t wait to see your recipe, Averie!
I love eating peanut butter and banana sandwiches! Now I can have those flavors for breakfast with pb and chocolate chips! Heavaen!
Peanut butter, banana *and* chocolate in one muffin? Now that is my kind of breakfast – these look amazing!!
I juts might have to whip these up this weekend! Love banana muffins!
Oh my goodness I am so in love with muffins right now and these look amazing! I love the peanut butter banana and chocolate combo! mmmmm…
these muffins sound amazing!! i bet a few PB chips sprinkled in wouldn’t hurt anything either… 🙂
Oh, peanut butter chips would be perfect!
I’m making these!
I have tons of old bananas right now… might just need to whip up a batch of these!
Is it okay to use creamy peanut butter? 🙂
Yes, that would work great!