Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins (Light)

"Kids will ask for more! If you love the mix of banana and chocolate you will love these light muffins! A R. Reisman recipe. I have made this recipe both with plain yogurt and sour cream and they always turn out great."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
12 muffins
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
  • In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat together bananas, sugar, oil, egg, and vanilla until well mixed.
  • In another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and baking soda; stir flour mixture into banana mixture.
  • Stir in yogurt.
  • Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Divide among prepared muffin cups.
  • Bake in centre of oven for 15 minutes or until a tester inserted in centre of muffins comes out clean.

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Reviews

  1. Great light sweet treat!! I used applesauce in place of the oil and low fat vanilla yogurt. VERY moist! Thanks.
     
  2. Amazing recipe , my son loves McDonald's banana chocolate chip muffin but this recipe turns out better than those muffins. I usually substitute flour with quinoa flour & white whole wheat flour
     
  3. I was so surprised how moist these turned out! Only yogurt in the fridge was pomegranate greek yogurt but it worked beautifully nonetheless! Definitely a keeper recipe.
     
  4. Made double version. Got 18 muffins that were good size. I divided double version without addition of chocolate chips and divided it in three bolls. In one I added chocolate chips; Another coconut flakes and last raisins. Chocolate chips went first. Coconut addition was OK, more for adults; raisins went in school lunches as chocolate is not allowed. <br/>I was worried that muffins would be too heavy or overly moist, but it had a nice light texture without being crumbly. My family loved it.
     
  5. Fantastic! These muffins came out light and moist. I used low fat sour cream and dark chocolate chips, they got rave reviews from my family and disappeared very quickly!
     
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  1. Great light sweet treat!! I used applesauce in place of the oil and low fat vanilla yogurt. VERY moist! Thanks.
     
  2. These make a great after-school snack. I used all whole wheat pastry flour and 1/3c sucanat instead of the sugar. I also used silken tofu (blended first) instead of yogurt. Topping each muffin with coarse raw (turbinado) sugar before baking makes a great crunchy crust.
     
  3. These were so moist and delicious. I substituted apple sauce for the oil and used low fat banana yogurt. I'm making more tomorrow!
     
  4. These were just terrific and enjoyed both by me and my non-calorie counting family. In general, my target for baked goods is about 125 calories and 3-4 grams of fat so I made a couple of substitutions. With my very sweet overripe bananas, I was able to reduce the sugar by a tablespoon, also replaced half the oil with applesauce, used non-fat sour cream and 1/3 of the white flour for whole wheat to add a little fiber. The muffins were moist and light and tender and had lots of good flavor. I used mini chips which also help me spread the 1/4 cup of chips around the full dozen. Thanks Redsie, will cerainly make these again.
     

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