These chocolate banana bread muffins are topped with an easy-to-make creamy and smooth peanut butter frosting.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins

This banana bread is all decked out.

It’s made with cocoa powder, oatmeal, and of course bananas, then topped with a quick and easy peanut butter frosting that’s slightly thicker than a glaze.

This chocolate banana bread is so good on its own, but when topped with peanut butter frosting, it’s even better.

The peanut butter frosting tastes wonderful along with each bite of the chocolate muffin.

It even doubles for a dessert when fancied up with decorative muffin liners and sprinkles.

Let’s check out the ingredients.

Chocolate Banana Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting ingredients

Muffins – very ripe bananas, unsweetened cocoa powder, flour, quick or old-fashioned oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, egg, canola oil, milk and vanilla extract

Frosting – powdered sugar, creamy peanut butter, milk and vanilla extract. And candy sprinkles for garnish (optional)

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE

A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.

For the Muffins:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients except for the bananas.

Mix Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins batter in mixing bowl

Mix the ingredients together.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffin batter in mixing bowl

Next,

Peeled bananas in bowl

Mashed bananas in bowl

to the mixing bowl,

Add mashed bananas to muffin batter in bowl

add mashed bananas.

Mashed bananas in muffin batter in bowl

Using a spatula,

Mix mashed bananas in bowl with muffing batter in bowl

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffin batter in bowl

gently stir the bananas into the batter.

Muffin paper liners in baking pan

Add cupcake/muffin liners to a muffin tin.

Transfer the batter into a large pouring measuring cup and….

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffin batter in baking cups

…pour the batter into the muffin liners filling each one two thirds full.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins in baking pan

Bake in a preheated oven until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of a muffin (about 20 minutes).

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins in baking pan

Carefully transfer the muffins to a cooling rack.

Let cool before frosting them.

For the Frosting:

Peanut butter and powdered sugar in bowl

In a medium size bowl, add powdered sugar, creamy peanut butter, vanilla extract, and milk.

Stir peanut butter frosting in bowl

With a spoon, stir until creamy.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting on plate

Top each muffin with frosting.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting on plate

Add candy sprinkles right after frosting each muffin so they’ll stick.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting on plate

Then…

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting on plate

…grab a fork…

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting on plate

…peel the muffin liner back and…

Fork in Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting

Fork in Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting

…dig right in.

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins with Peanut Butter Frosting on plate

Or forget about the fork, just take a big old bite.

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Chocolate Banana Bread Muffin

Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins

Easily one of my favorite muffins to enjoy for breakfast, a snack or dessert.
5 from 2 votes

Ingredients

For the Muffins:

  • 1-1/4 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup quick or old-fashioned oats
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 2-1/2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
  • 3 small very ripe bananas, peeled and mashed
  • Frosting

For the Frosting:

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons milk

Instructions

For the Muffins:

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add all ingredients except for the bananas. Mix the ingredients together. Using a spatula, gently stir the mashed bananas into the batter. Transfer the batter into a large pouring measuring cup.
  • Add cupcake/muffin liners to a muffin tin. Pour the batter into the muffin liners filling each one two thirds full. 
  • Bake in a preheated oven until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of a muffin (about 20 minutes).
  • Carefully transfer the muffins to a cooling rack. Let cool before frosting them. 
  • Top each muffin with frosting and add candy sprinkles (optional) right after frosting each muffin so that they’ll stick.

For the Frosting:

  • In a medium size bowl, add all ingredients and stir until creamy.

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