Friday 6 January 2017

Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter Banana Muffins


I set out to bake a Chocolate Chips & Peanut Butter Banana Bread and used a smaller loaf pan instead of a bigger one. That of course left me with excess batter.

So. I baked the one in the loaf pan first and then baked the remaining batter in the form of 6 muffins.

One, two, three, four, five. Eh? Six? Shhhh....

Those were a lot more convenient to eat and store compared to the one in the pan which I had to slice.


This cake/muffin is what is commonly known as a quick bread and is a breeze to bake. It's just a matter of preparing the wet and dry ingredients separately and them combining them together. Just do it by hand. No cake mixers required.


Chocolate, bananas and peanut butter - be it baked in a loaf or muffin pan, this quick bread does not disappoint. In fact I had two this morning (defrosted overnight and reheated in the microwave oven) and it was a great breakfast!

Chocolate Chips Peanut Butter and Banana Muffins
Recipe source : Adapted from Pengs's Kitchen

Ingredients :
- 240g self-raising flour
- 100ml extra virgin coconut oil
- 150g creamy peanut butter
- 50g brown sugar
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1 egg
- 240ml milk
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, tossed with a tablespoon of flour
- extra chocolate chips for topping (optional)

Method :
1. Sift flour into a mixing bowl and set aside.
2. Cream butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until combined.
3. Add egg and continue to mix.
4. Add milk and stir to mix.
5. Fold in mashed bananas.
6. Pour the banana mixture into the flour and gently fold to combine.
7. Lastly fold in chocolate chips.
8. Scoop batter into muffin pans lined with cupcake liners and bake for 22-25 minutes until skewer inserted into center of the muffin comes out clean. Alternatively, bake in a loaf pan for 50-60 minutes.

42 comments:

  1. Good morning Phong Hong, a healthy delicious muffin from your kitchen.
    Can I have cup of it to enegitic my day, pls:)

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    1. Of course, Aunty Young! Please help yourself to the muffins :)

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  2. My girl has been experimenting making cakes and bread using other types of flour other than wheat but she has not been very successful, poor thing.

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    1. I have come across such recipes using almond flour and coconut flour. But I haven't been able to find those ingredients. I am actually quite curious how the bakes will turn out.

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  3. Your muffins are fully loaded and studded with chocolate chips I see ;) I couldn't help but notice the link files at the bottom and realised that you must love banana and chocolate chips very much as they feature quite a lot in your muffin recipes...haha! ;D And today's muffin is the marriage of two of your earlier recipes...Peanut Butter Banana and Banana Chocolate Chip. If there's banana in anything...I like :)

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    1. Oh yes, I love bananas and chocolate! Add peanut butter and it gets even better :)

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  4. Nice to have it to go with coffee, hehe...

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  5. 2 muffins and a glass of iced coffee, please.....

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  6. Wow, so cute. Sure nice with a cup of black coffee.

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    1. Yes, Kimmy. But I forgot about it when I was having coffee. So I had it with water hah...hah...

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  7. Wow! So much goodness in the cake and muffins.

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  8. looks good. can you taste the peanut butter in the muffin? which taste is the most distinct - banana, peanut butter or chocolate chip?

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    1. The dominant taste was chocolate and bananas. Perhaps I need to go slow on the choc chips and add more peanut butter.

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  9. The ingredients sounds rich! hahahaa... The chocolate chips and peanut butter plus extra virgin coconut oil.. yummy! But I really don't mind eating one piece per day... good for the soul... LOL...

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    1. I agree - good for the soul. But not the waistline! hah..hah..

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  10. Lama i tak membaking PH....feeling nak membaking belum sampai lagi hihi...

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    1. Tak apa Hainom. Lama2 sampai lah ia....Meantime, beli aje lah kat kedai. hah..hah..

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  11. Cantiknya! Nak bawa lari 2 ketul!

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  12. Hi Phong Hong,
    Feel like having these chocolate chips peanut butter banana quick bread as my supper. Can't resist. .. they look great :)

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    1. Hi Karen! They are very satisfying for breakfast. I just had another 2. Oh dear. LOL!

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  13. Good texture on your baked goods. I take it you are not baking for CNY.

    My comment in your previous post has gone astray.

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    1. Thanks, Corina. No, no CNY baking. I am just not in the right frame of mind.

      Oh, sorry about your missing comment. It wasn't in the spam folder either.

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  14. wah, chocolate chips AND peanut butter - you sure like your muffins doubly rich! :D

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  15. I baked banana bread this week, but I love your idea of adding peanut butter and chocolate chips! What a yummy treat!

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  16. You had me at peanut butter! Love.

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  17. A heavenly combo - banana and chocolate.

    I think I'll go dip a banana in chocolate later (too lazy to bake a muffin! Hahaha)

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    1. Banana dipped in chocolate is heavenly!

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  18. WOW! I love to eat muffins! With chocolate chips it will be yummy!

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  19. Tu biskut utk tahun baru china ke PH..
    Boleh CH.. terjah dtg raya 😎😎

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    1. Jemput jemput Yati. Siap ada angpow hee..hee..

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  20. My daughter will definitely happy to pick and eat the chocolate chips on top :P

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