These bakery style chocolate chip banana muffins are out of this world - they are super fluffy and moist, have a delicious banana flavor and are PACKED with chocolate chips. When I sought out to make these muffins I wanted to make sure they were very tall, the banana flavor really comes through, and they have the most perfect, dome-shaped top.

Why you will love these chocolate chip banana muffins
- They're super fluffy. There is nothing better than a fluffy muffin. What helps these muffins fluff up is the half hour of rest the batter gets before we bake. By resting the batter, we give the leaveners a head start. I'll go into this more later.
- Their dome tops. These muffins are SO tall with a perfectly round dome top. Alternating the muffin cups with a space between each allows the heat to evenly distribute around the muffin and gives them space to flourish and rise to create that perfect dome top.


Key ingredients
- Bananas: obviously we need bananas! They are the star ingredient. Bananas add to the flavor and they also make these muffins super moist. You want to use VERY ripe bananas, like turning black. That is when they are at their sweetest.
- Good quality chocolate: we add a lot of chocolate to this recipe, so make sure to splurge on the good stuff! Ghirardelli is a trusted brand of mine for chocolate, but I also love Nestle Tollhouse and Trader Joes chocolate. I like to use mini chocolate chips for this recipe.
- All purpose flour: all purpose flour is the flour of choice for this recipe. It yields the perfect texture for these muffins.
- Granulated sugar: granulated sugar adds just the right amount of sweetness and it allows for the tops of the muffins to get brown around the edges.

Steps
- Whisk the dry ingredients. This includes the granulated sugar.
- Whisk the wet ingredients. This includes the mashed banana.
- Combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold together until a batter forms, leaving a few streaks of flour in the batter.
- Add the chocolate. Add the chocolate chips to the batter and fold until completely incorporated and the streaks of flour have mixed in.
- Let the batter rest. Let the batter rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. It IS possible for the batter to over-rest - it will lead to very strangely shaped muffins, so make sure to only let the batter rest for 30 minutes or so.
- Bake. Line a muffin tin with cups leaving every other one empty. Fill the cups with the batter all the way to the top and then some. Bake for 8 minutes at 425 degrees Fahrenheit, then drop the temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and bake for another 8-10 minutes for regular sized muffins and 17-20 minutes for jumbo muffins.




The secret to tall muffins
There are a few tips/tricks that I discovered lead to tall muffins and now I will NEVER not do them.
- Let the batter rest. Letting the batter rest for 30 minutes gives the leaveners a head start in the rise process. You will notice that after the muffin batter rests, the batter will be very airy, light and fluffy. After the 30 minutes is up, do not mix the batter, fold the batter, or anything. That will knock out all the air and damage the work that was just done by the leaveners. All you want to do is scoop and plop the batter into the muffin tin. Nothing else! Baking soda & baking powder activate when mixed with the wet ingredients, so that is what occurs during this half hour. It IS possible for the batter to over-rest - it will lead to very strangely shaped muffins, so make sure to only let the batter rest for 30 minutes or so.
- Start the bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit. I love this trick! Baking powder has double activation, so it activates for the second time when it hits the heat in the oven. This extreme heat activates the baking powder and allows it to quickly rise, giving it that dome top.
- Alternating muffin cups. Alternating the muffin cups is another helpful tip (see picture above)! Alternating the muffin cups allows for the heat to evenly hit the muffin and gives it room to overflow over the top and create that dome-like shape.

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Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
These bakery style chocolate chip banana muffins are out of this world - they are super fluffy and moist, have a delicious banana flavor and are PACKED with chocolate chips. When I sought out to make these muffins I wanted to make sure they were very tall, the banana flavor really comes through, and they have the most perfect, dome-shaped top.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups (313 grams) all purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (113 grams) unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240 mL) whole milk room temperature
- ⅔ cup (133 grams) mashed banana about 1-2 regular sized bananas
- 1 cup (180 grams) chocolate chips I like to use mini!
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the melted and cooled butter, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, and mashed bananas.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and fold together until combined but with a few streaks of flour remaining.
- Add the chocolate and fold until the streaks of flour are gone and the chocolate is fully incorporated into the batter. Do not over mix.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the batter rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Once the batter has 5 minutes left to rest, preheat your oven to 425F and line a muffin tin with cups leaving every other one empty. This is optional but I highly recommend it - it will give the muffins room to rise. This may require baking the muffins in two batches if you only have one muffin tin.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling them all the way to the top. Be careful not to disrupt the batter too much when scooping, this will cancel out all the work the leaveners did when the batter was resting. Just scoop the batter, then plop in the muffin tin. Sprinkle more chocolate on top if desired.
- Bake at 425F for 8 minutes, then, without opening the oven door, reduce the temperature to 350F and continue to bake for another 8-10 minutes for regular sized muffins or 17-20 minutes for jumbo muffins. The muffins are finished when a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean.
- *If baking the muffins in two batches, make sure you increase the oven temperature back up to 425F for the second batch of muffins.
- Let the muffins cool in the pan for 20 minutes. These muffins are best enjoyed when still slightly warm and the chocolate is all melty. Enjoy!
- Store in an airtight container.
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David Syner
Did you do every other tin with the jumbo tun or did you do all six with the jumbo jumbo tin
Jess Italiano
I did every other with those too!
Kimberley Spraggins
Can I use popover tins & fill all the cups? What about adding walnuts?
Jess Italiano
You can definitely add walnuts! And I don't see any glaring issues with using a popover tin, but the bake time will vary.
Jaclyn Boyd
Did you use a jumbo tin or regular what brand? Struggling to find a good jumbo tin that's deep and wide thank you
Jess Italiano
Hi! I used a jumbo for these, but you can also bake them in a regular tin. Here is my jumbo pan!
Courtney
My oven typically takes like 20 mins to preheat, is 5 mins before resting is over still ok? Or shall I increase that? As I dont think my oven will be hot at all
Jess Italiano
If you need longer to preheat your oven, feel free to!
Shelley
We don’t buy whole milk, Can I use 2% ?
Jess Italiano
Yes!
Chrissy
These were wonderful! Fluffy, moist, had a nice chew and they rose better than any other banana muffin I've ever made. I cut the sugar by about 1/4 cup since my bananas were extremely ripe, used 2% milk and otherwise followed the recipe. I used two muffin tins to space them out. I did find that muffin tins with different depths affects the rise of the muffin. My deeper tin let the muffins rise more, probably by giving them more support during the rise. Love this recipe and the tips for getting a great rise from the muffins!
Jess Italiano
Thank you so much, Chrissy! I am glad you enjoyed.