Do you know what happens when you add candy bars to muffins? You get Loaded Butterfinger Banana Muffins!
Oh, don't act all surprised that I put sweets in my breakfast food!!! It's kind of a thing I do around these parts. I mean there are cookies in these berry burst Oreo scones!
Back to these muffins...if you add candy to them, you and everyone in your house will eat them for breakfast, morning snack, lunch, after lunch snack, dinner, and bed time snack. Basically those candy filled muffins disappear like hot cakes. It will make you feel all warm and cozy inside because missing muffins means this is a good recipe...a really, REALLY good one!!!
And because they have banana in them, I like to count them as one of the healthy foods from the food pyramid. Isn't that how it works?
Have you guys been to Target in the past few days? Swimwear!!! It's like 28* outside, and they are shoving the itsy bitsy polkadots at us!!! Don't they know that I have already failed at the resolution and will not be able to squeeze into one of those anytime soon? Probably the candy laden muffins fault...not mine, no, not mine at all.
I haven't posted very many "get skinny" recipes here. Oh, I like to change it up a little every once in a while, and I will add applesauce and yogurt to some of my baked goodies. That's about as healthy as it gets around here. And if that's what you are after...you might like these Tropical Smoothie Muffins instead.
Maybe all the skimpwear is trying to tell me I need to mend my baking ways...I'll think about it and get back to you. But in the mean time ,if you are after a yummy banana muffin with pockets of melted chips and candy pieces. I've got you covered. You are very welcome!
And if you are after a plain banana muffin ( who are you anyway?) just leave out the candy bars and chocolate chips. These banana muffins are good on their own...but I recommend the extras. But that's me boycotting the bathing suit craze right now.
Stick with me die hard sugar fans...I'll keep shoving chocolate chips and candy bars into muffins and scones like there's no tomorrow.
Well, there will be a tomorrow. It will just involve another candy laden treat...
and NO swimwear!!!
Recipe
Loaded Butterfinger Banana Muffins
Easy banana muffins loaded with chocolate chips and Butterfinger candy bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 brown bananas
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup miniature chocolate chips
- 1 cup crushed Butterfinger candy bars
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a muffin tin with 20 cupcake liners.
- Cream the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again.
- Smash the bananas and stir in to the butter mixture gently.
- Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Slowly add to butter mixture.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and candy bars by hand. Fill muffin liners about ¾ full and bake for 25 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 249Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 213mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 1gSugar: 18gProtein: 3g
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I had a surplus of butterfingers leftover from an overestimated Halloween candy buy, and some browning bananas on my counter, and wondered if any awesome recipe wizards had had the same idea… and lo and behold! This published recipe was the confirmation I needed that it was a sound idea! I left out the white sugar entirely, and only had 3/4 of a cup of butter on hand, but with everything else the same, these are absolutely delicious!!! And I have at least half as many butterfingers in my pantry thanks to you! I’ll definitely be making these again in a couple weeks! Thanks so much 😀
Hailey
These turned out so well!! Thank you!
Lucas
What a good combo! Thanks for sharing!!
Winnie
These look FANTASTIC
I'd love to try this recipe
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
Girrrrrrrrl, banana muffins/bread is my favorite sweet bread, and Butterfingers are my fave candy bar. These have my name written all over them.
Jocelyn Brubaker
Sounds to me like you need some of these in your kitchen very very soon 🙂