Chocolate banana cupcakes are the perfect mix of rich chocolate and moist banana. The homemade batter is super simple to make and they taste amazing.
Rich chocolate cupcakes with bananas mixed right in. You won’t believe how easy they are to make or how delicious they are!
They are super moist, really chocolaty and oh so good. Whip up a batch to top with your favorite frosting. Or leave the frosting off and call them a muffin, I won’t judge!
Little Dude has been in a cupcake baking mood lately. I bought a big sleeve of cupcake wrappers when we were making his minion cupcakes for his birthday.
Now every time he sees them he thinks we should bake. So I finally gave in to his request.
We have been enjoying banana cupcakes recently. I thought a chocolate version would be a fabulous way to switch it up.
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Of course Little Dude wanted to help. So I narrated the recipe.
This is the perfect recipe for little helpers because it can be made in a mixing bowl with a spatula. He loves doing it himself.
His favorite part is putting the liners in the pan, though. Sometimes it’s the simple things!
We knew they would be extra tasty topped with some sweetened condensed milk buttercream. Little Dude thought they needed sprinkles, so he was in charge of decorating them.
We really enjoyed them and we hope you do too! They are such a yummy way to use up ripe bananas.
Chocolate Banana Cupcakes
Ingredients
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 Tablespoon vinegar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 bananas
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°F and put cupcake liners in a muffin tin.
- Mix milk and vinegar together, set aside.¾ cup milk, 1 Tablespoon vinegar
- In your mixer bowl, cream together bananas and sugar. Add oil, vanilla, and egg, mix until uniform2 bananas, 1 cup granulated sugar
- Add oil, vanilla, and egg, mix until uniform.¼ cup vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 egg
- In a separate bowl, mix together baking soda, flour, salt and cocoa powder.1¼ cup all-purpose flour, ¼ cup cocoa powder, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt
- Alternate adding milk mixture and flour mixture to the banana mixture until everything is added and the batter is uniform.
- Fill paper lined cupcake tins until the papers are about 2/3 full
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until completely set and inserted toothpick comes out clean
- Cool completely before frosting
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I know I do! Thank you!
I love banana cake,and chocolate so I bet I will love these too!
Aren't they so good together? Thank you!
thank you!
These sound so good! And, I love the idea of putting them in the waffle maker! Genius 🙂
They were really good waffled and topped with ice cream, but they are pretty darn good with frosting too 😉 Thank you!
I love the colors and how you added a little vinegar to the mix.
Thank you!
YUM! I love chocolate & banana together!
Me too and the banana keeps the cake so moist and yummy!
So.In.Love! Banana and chocolate, Oh My!
Thanks, Andrea!
Carlee, these look adorable and, I'm certain, taste amazing. Thanks for joining me. Can't wait to try these.
Love the chocolate and banana combination. One of my favorites.
They are great together, aren't they? Thanks!
I've always got bananas stashed in the freezer, can't wait to try these!
I usually do too! I hope you enjoy them!