Chocolate Marble Banana Muffins

These gorgeous marbled chocolate muffins are a lovely way to use those brown bananas on the kitchen counter.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup all purpose flour (128g)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed (100g)
• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk (can sub milk or apple sauce)
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• chocolate chips (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350F.

Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners.

Mix everything except cocoa powder until batter is just comes together. Spoon 3/4 of the mixture into the muffin tin. 

Add cocoa powder to the remaining batter and stir well to combine.

Distribute the chocolate batter evenly among the muffin cups. Run a toothpick through each muffin to make a marble pattern. 

Top each muffin with 2-3 chocolate chips (optional).

Bake for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the biggest muffin comes out clean. 

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Makes 12 muffins
Calories per muffin 121
Total Fat 2.6g
Saturated Fat 1.4g
Cholesterol 19mg
Sodium 179mg
Total Carbohydrate 23.3g
Dietary Fiber 1.2g
Total Sugars 11.9g  
Protein 2.1g  
Vitamin D 3mcg
Calcium 16mg
Iron 1mg
Potassium 149mg