Chocolate chip banana cupcakes

Chocolate Chip Banana Cupcakes

Bananas and Chocolate - What a great combination, especially when topped with extra fluffy cream cheese frosting! Make a batch today for the kids. Heck, make them for yourself. You deserve a treat!

Chocolate Chip Banana Cupcakes Recipe

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups mashed bananas
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips or chopped chocolate chunks, semi sweet or milk chocolate

How to Make Chocolate Chip Banana Cupcakes

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. This recipe makes 24 regular size cupcakes, so line muffin pans with paper or silicone liners and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. Set aside.In another large mixing bowl with a hand-held or stand mixer, beat eggs and sugars together. Add oil, vanilla, bananas and blend well. Scrape bowl.
• With mixer on low speed, add 1/2 the flour mixture and mix. Scrape down bowl and add the remaining flour. Beat on low just until blended and the dry ingredients are incorporated into the wet ingredients.
• Fold in chocolate chips and coconut if desired.
• Fill prepared muffin cups 3/4 full with batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-22 minutes, turning once half way through baking, until pick comes out clean.
• Let sit on cooling racks for 5 minutes before removing cupcakes from pans.
• Cool completely before frosting.
• At this point, the cupcakes can be wrapped in Ziploc Bags and frozen for up to 2 months.
• Makes 24 regular size cupcakes.

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

• 1/4 cup Crisco shortening
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter
• 4 ounces softened cream cheese
• 1/4 cup marshmallow fluff
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pound (3 1/2 cups) 10X confectioners' sugar
• 1 Tablespoon water, more or less

How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting

• You can skip the shortening and increase the butter to 1/2 cup (whole stick) if you'd like.
• With electric mixer, beat shortening, butter, cream cheese and marshmallow fluff together in a large bowl until creamy. Scrape bowl.
• Add vanilla and cinnamon and beat again. Scrape bowl.
• On low speed, beat in half the confectioners' sugar. Scrape and beat in the remaining 10X sugar, adding water as needed until frosting is nice and fluffy.
• Decorate cupcakes any way you like!
• Cover and refrigerate any leftovers if there are any!