Chocolate Banana Muffins

For awhile now I’ve been wanting to have a go at replicating these delicious Chocolate Banana Muffins that I love from a downtown Guelph coffee shop called Capistrano’s.  Now before eating these muffins I wouldn’t have called myself a big fan of banana related baked goods, but these muffins managed to change my mind.

My favourite part about their muffins is the dried banana chips on top, they’re just that little extra that puts them over the top.  I tried replicating the crystal-y sugar they have on top of their with white sugar, not sure I quite got the same effect, but they still turned out pretty awesome.

Makes 12 – 18 muffins

Ingredients

• 3 whole bananas
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
• dried banana chips

Heat the oven to 400F

First start by mashing up the bananas pretty well in a mixing bowl, then mix in the rest of the listed ingredients except the dried banana chips.  Mix until batter is smooth.

Grease the muffin tray, then add the muffin cup to each spot.  Spoon in batter into each cup.  Add 2 or 3 banana chips to the top of each muffin cup, then sprinkle with a bit of white sugar.

Cook for 15-20 minutes or until you can poke a toothpick through and it comes out clean.

Let sit for 5 minutes before removing from tray, then let them cool on a plate