Chocolate Banana Bread Muffins
Easily one of my favorite muffins to enjoy for breakfast, a snack or dessert.
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.