{"id":25696,"date":"2019-08-19T13:26:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=25696"},"modified":"2019-08-19T13:26:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T17:26:16","slug":"chocolate-banana-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/08\/19\/chocolate-banana-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Banana Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/08\/19\/chocolate-banana-muffins\/chocbananamuffins\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ChocBananaMuffins.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"ChocBananaMuffins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ChocBananaMuffins.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ChocBananaMuffins.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ChocBananaMuffins.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/ChocBananaMuffins.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I buy bananas, and two days later, they&#8217;re covered in brown spots due to the heat wave we&#8217;re having. I was going to make a banana bread, but muffins take less time to bake, and I had to do something with the half bag of chocolate chips in the cupboard! Great with coffee for breakfast. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups mashed bananas &#8211; about 3 medium bananas<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>1 cup granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon white vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Line a muffin pan with 12 cupcake liners, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, mash bananas, add oil and egg.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder. Stir in sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Add flour to banana mixture, stir to combine, being careful not to over-mix.<\/li>\n<li>In a small bowl, add baking soda and vinegar. Add vinegar mixture and vanilla to the batter, stir to combine, then add chocolate chips.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon batter into the muffin pan, fill them 2\/3 from the top. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, checking with a toothpick after 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I buy bananas, and two days later, they&#8217;re covered in brown spots due to the heat wave we&#8217;re having. I was going to make a banana bread, but muffins take less time to bake, and I had to do something &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/08\/19\/chocolate-banana-muffins\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[97,2528,4126,2441],"class_list":["post-25696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-bananas","tag-chocolate-chips","tag-muffins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6Gs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37534,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/05\/16\/peanut-butter-banana-muffins\/","url_meta":{"origin":25696,"position":0},"title":"Peanut Butter Banana Muffins","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"May 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm always looking for a way to use up the spotted bananas in the fruit bowl. 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