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Chocolate Banana Cupcakes - this is an easy baking recipe to make. Use cocoa powder,dark chocolate chips and chopped pecans.

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes - this is an easy baking recipe to make. Use cocoa powder,dark chocolate chips and chopped pecans. 

Course Dessert
Keyword chocolate banana cupcakes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Author Theresa Huse © 2015 DearCreatives.com

Ingredients

  • 1 stick /cube equal to 1/2 cup or 4 oz. butter (softened)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 3 bananas ripe
  • 1- 8 oz. vanilla yogurt I used Yoplait
  • 1-1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp.baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder Ghiradelli
  • 1/3 + cup chopped pecans
  • 1/4-1/2 cup dark chocolate chips for topping cupcakes

Instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 375*
  2. Mix brown sugar and white sugar with softened butter.
  3. Add one egg into the sugar mixture and the vanilla, then the yogurt and mix together.
  4. Next Smash the bananas in a medium size bowl, mixing them in.
  5. In a separate bowl add all the dry ingredients except the chopped nuts. Slowly stir the flour with the ingredients, then little by little add it to the wet ingredients.
  6. Lastly add the chopped nuts. Reserving a little for the top of cupcakes.
  7. Next line 2 cup cake pans with liners and scoop 1 large scoop into each. Top with nuts and chips.
  8. Bake at 375 for 13-15 minutes.

Recipe Notes

I put a small amount of chopped nuts and chips on the top of the cupcakes right before baking. Add more if you like. I didn't use the mini size, they were medium sized.
Do not over bake. Use a toothpick to check, they should be almost clean but, a little gooey is fine as you don't want them cooked dry.

Adapted from Chiquita Bananas