Air fryer Chocolate Banana muffins are so moist and delicious and the perfect treat for chocolate lovers. It’s super easy to make and comes together quickly in one bowl. It’s a double chocolate upgrade to my favorite Banana bread muffins in the Air fryer.
Table of Contents
- 1 Chocolate Banana muffins in Air fryer!
- 2 Is Banana Bread a Dessert or Breakfast?
- 3 Tools & Ingredients needed to make Air fryer Chocolate Banana muffins
- 4 How to make Double Chocolate bananas muffins in the Air fryer
- 5 Love these? Awesome! We have more Air fryer muffins.
- 6 Tips for Success
- 7 Air fryers we recommend
- 8 Air fryer Chocolate Banana Muffins
Chocolate Banana muffins in Air fryer!
Oh yes chocolate lover! This is your jam. Just like these chocolate zucchini muffins, my chocolate loving 5 year old asks for these chocolate banana muffins all the time and her elder sister can literally whip it up in minutes in the air fryer from start to finish.
Even when the bananas are not yet spotty and mushy, we simply ripen the bananas in the air fryer, let them cool, mash them and use them to make these goodies.
Is Banana Bread a Dessert or Breakfast?
Good question! I was wondering the same. This is one of those kind of recipes that get caught in between and here’s my take on it.
Banana bread can be breakfast when it’s your good ol’ bread without all the bells and whistles that come with sweet additions like chocolate chips.
When you begin to add things like cocoa and and chocolate chips to the mix, we would have to agree we are moving towards a dessert kind of breakfast. So I would say use plain yummy banana bread and muffins for breakfast and keep the chocolate chip ones for snacks and desserts.
Tools & Ingredients needed to make Air fryer Chocolate Banana muffins
You need a few baking tools to make this moist and yummy quick bread.
Tools
- Air fryer
- Silicon muffins liners
- Spatula
- Mixing bowls
- Cookie scoop
Ingredients
- Ripe bananas
- Sugar or sweetener of choice
- Butter
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Cocoa powder
- Chocolate chips
- All purpose flour
Ingredients substitutions
All purpose Flour: You can use gluten free flour that substitutes 1 for 1 with all purpose flour. You can also use self rising flour in this recipe. If using self rising flour, skip the baking powder and baking soda.
Eggs: You can swap out the eggs for sour cream or use flax eggs for vegan chocolate bread muffins.
Butter: Use cooking oil of choice or vegan butter.
How to make Double Chocolate bananas muffins in the Air fryer
Just like these banana bread muffins. This recipe is dump and bake.
- Mash bananas
- Add the other ingredients
- Mix to combine
- Scoop into Silicon muffin cup and bake
Make it in the oven!
Don’t have an air fryer just yet? Don’t worry I’ve got you covered. It will take a little longer but you can definitely make these on the oven and I am happy to show you how. Please follow steps below.
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Mix ingredients according to recruit below to get batter
- Scoop batter into lined 12 muffin tins
- Bake for 18 to 20 mins till tooth pick comes out clean.
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Tips for Success
- No need to preheat the air fryer, however the second batch will cook at a faster time.
- Do not over fill the muffin cups or it will overflow while baking.
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Air fryer Chocolate Banana Muffins
Equipment
- Air fryer
- Silicon muffin liners
Ingredients
- 3 medium Very ripe bananas
- 2 large eggs
- 113g (½ cup) salted butter (melted)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Spray silicon muffin liners with oil spray and set aside
- Mash Bananas in a bowl add melted butter, eggs, vanilla extract and mix to combine.
- Add sugar, cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and baking soda and mix to combine.
- Add chocolate chips, reserve some for the top of muffins
- Scoop batter into prepared muffin liners. Top off with remaining chocolate chips.
- Transfer to air fryer basket
- Bake at 330°F / 165°C for 14 mins or until tooth pick comes out clean.
Video
Notes
- Please in the video there is an error in the quantity of the flour and cocoa powder. The quantity in the recipe card is the correct one.
- No need to preheat the air fryer, however the second batch will cook at a faster time.
- Do not over fill the muffin cups or it will overflow while baking.
Recipe instructions doesn’t say where to add the 1 cup of sugar; assume it’s with the dry ingredients?
Hi WL,
Thank you for your observation. You are right it should be included with the dry ingredients. It’s been updated. Hope you enjoyed the recipe.
Hi, sorry I meant to add that if I can use a round or log pan what temp and time, please?
I've bought two 20X11cm log, 15cm round, also a 17.5cm in an AF accessory set, also my 18 and 21cm round cake pans fit my Air Fryer as I bought an XXL Air Fryer. Thank you.
330°F / 165°C for up to 25 mins. Cover with foil in the first 20 mins then remove the foil and continue baking till a tooth pick or cake tester comes out clean.
Hi, I'm in Australia and just came across your site and love the thought of using Bananas and Chocolate together. I'm a newbie to Air Frying and wondering if I could make this recipe into a round or log cake? Thank you.
Hi Josephine!
Thank you for stopping by. Yes you can make this in a loaf tin or round cake tin. However it will cook longer. I have banana cake made in a cake pan (bundt cake pan) please check it out for more info!
https://www.airfryeryum.com/air-fryer-banana-bread-bundt-cake/
The main difference is that you will cook for longer. Hope that helps. Feel free to ask any further questions if you need help. Welcome to Air Fryer Yum
I'm definitely going to try these. Can you use a sugar substitute that measures 1 for 1?
Hi Carol,
You can definitely use any sugar substitute that’s subs 1:1 with sugar. I usually use the monk fruit-erythritol blend. You could also use sugar free chocolate chips if you prefer. Please let me know how it goes cos I know you’ll love it.😊
My daughter will love this, can't wait to try the recipe with her!
Hi Obii,
I know she would. My kids love it too. Enjoy making this with her. Thank you for stopping by.