These banana chocolate chip streusel muffins are moist, buttery, and cake-like. (And dessert-like!) Fill and top each with a delicious streusel made of brown sugar, cinnamon, walnuts, and chocolate chips. They’re like portioned banana crumb cakes with gooey chocolate chips and cinnamon swirl inside!
Think of regular banana muffins as a pair of cozy, dependable sweatpants and today’s chocolate chip-studded, brown sugar-streuseled version as your over-the-top, sequins- and feathers-bedazzled blazer. (What, you don’t have one of those?!)
Today’s recipe originally came from my dear friend Amy, who makes them for Christmas breakfast. The recipe has certainly stood the test of time, and they taste every bit as indulgent as they look.
Banana Chocolate Chip Streusel Muffins Are:
- Satisfying, buttery, moist, and soft.
- Like regular banana muffins, but with a texture upgrade from crunchy walnuts and melty-soft chocolate chips.
- Layered and swirled with cinnamon and sugar, just like this cinnamon swirl quick bread.
- A great way to use up over-ripe bananas.
- Pretty easy, including the streusel—you don’t need to cut in butter like you do for the layers in cinnamon coffee cake, just mix a few ingredients together.
- A delicious treat for breakfast, snack, or dessert.
Basic Baking Ingredients Required:
The banana batter is pretty straightforward and uses many of the same ingredients as banana bread. Note that we use creamed butter and sugar like we do in chocolate banana bread to produce a cakier-style muffin, vs. melted butter (or oil) in these banana muffins, which are denser and heartier.
You need a mixer for today’s recipe.
Let’s Layer It All Together
Now comes the (somewhat) messy part: layering the batter and the streusel. Grab a standard 12-count muffin pan, either greased or lined with cupcake liners. If you need a recommendation, this muffin pan has held up well with very regular use.
Spoon some of the batter into each muffin cup—a scant 1.5 Tablespoons each. Next, sprinkle on a scant Tablespoon of streusel in top. Top that with another large spoonful of batter, and finish by topping with more streusel. Use a toothpick or knife to gently swirl it together.
The entire process is very similar to how we assemble snickerdoodle cupcakes.
My #1 Muffin Success Tip:
Bake at an initially high oven temperature. Bake the muffins for 5 minutes in a very hot oven. Then, keeping the muffins in the oven, lower the oven temperature. This initial high oven temperature quickly lifts up the muffin tops. Once the temperature is lowered, the centers of the muffins bake. I do this in all my muffin recipes.
Banana Chocolate Chip Streusel Muffins Recipe
Ingredients You’ll Need
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C). Spray a 12-count muffin pan with nonstick spray or line with cupcake liners. Set aside.
- Mix all the streusel ingredients together in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on medium-high speed in a large bowl until creamed, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the egg and beat until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the mashed bananas and yogurt, and then beat on high speed until combined; mixture will look curdled and that’s ok.
- Add the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until combined. Batter is thick. Do not overmix.
- Layer a large spoonful (about 1.5 Tablespoons) of batter into each muffin cup. Sprinkle with 1 scant Tablespoon of streusel. Layer another large spoonful of batter over each, using up the remaining batter, then finish by sprinkling remaining streusel on top of each muffin. The 12 muffin cups should be filled all the way to the very top. With a toothpick or knife, gently swirl the streusel topping with the batter.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 425°F, then, keeping the muffins in the oven, reduce the oven temperature to 350°F (177°C). Bake for an additional 15–16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. The total time these muffins take in the oven is about 20–21 minutes. Allow the muffins to cool for 5 minutes in the muffin pan, and then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling, or enjoy warm.
- Muffins stay fresh covered at room temperature for a few days, then transfer to the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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