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The addition of a pudding mix makes these Banana Bread Muffins one of the best breakfast choices you could make this week.
We go through quite a few bananas every week. I eat the green ones and save the brown ones for muffins or donuts.
My kids have gotten really picky about what they will eat for breakfast. They won’t eat cereal, unless it is a bedtime snack. And toast and bagels are apparently not good anymore. Now I don’t like when they try to go to school on an empty stomach, so I have to keep bags of frozen pancakes and fresh banana muffins on hand at all times. Those two breakfast items are the only things they will eat without a fuss.
Last week I had two bunches of bananas that went from green to spotty overnight. My Facebook readers had so many great ideas on what I could make with them. While I was waiting for their answers, I decided to tweak one of my banana muffin recipes with a box of instant pudding. You will not believe how delicious these muffins turned out. They were incredibly soft, and dare I say…moist! That is not a word I like to use, but really no other word describes these Banana Bread Muffins so accurately. My kids each ate two muffins right away when they got home from school. My youngest, who is the pickiest eater all of a sudden, said they were the best ever!!!
I like to think these muffins are healthy because they have banana and yogurt in them. We will just pretend the sugar, butter, and chocolate chips are healthy too 
Haha! I know better, but it does make me feel just a little better knowing there are a few healthy items in my kids’ breakfast. Heaven forbid that I should make a banana muffin without the chocolate chips…my kids let me know when I try to leave out the chocolate. Sadly they have the same sweet tooth that I have.
It’s a good thing my kids were in love with these muffins because I don’t think I could be trusted alone in the house with them. I know because there were two left, and then they just sort of disappeared. I plead the 5th…I have no idea what happened! I went for a coffee refill and the next thing I knew…empty muffin wrappers.
Thank goodness I always have bananas in the house…these muffins are definitely being made again. Usually I want my bananas to stay green for a while so I can eat them, but not this time. I want black bananas, so we can have these delicious banana bread muffins again. Maybe the bananas should go in a brown paper bag to speed up the ripening process.
What is the best thing you have made with your brown bananas???
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Here are some other delicious ways to use up those spotty bananas on your counter:
BANANA CAKE WITH HOT FUDGE BUTTER CREAM
CARAMEL MOCHA CHIP BANANA MUFFINS
Instant pudding makes these Banana Bread Muffins the softest, most delicious muffins ever.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the eggs, vanilla, banana, and yogurt and beat again.
- Sift together the dry ingredients and slowly add to the butter mixture until it is just mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
- Fill muffin liners 3/4 full and bake at 350* for 24-25 minutes. Let cool slightly before eating. Store in a sealed container for 4-5 days. Makes 20 muffins.
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Jocelyn is the baker, photographer, and writer behind Inside BruCrew Life. She is married to her best friend, and they have three great kids. She spends her days baking sweet treats, and then trying to find ways to give the treats away without eating them all. Grab a cup of coffee and visit while she shares life from their kitchen.
I could eat Banana Bread for every meal and If I have it around, I usually do. Vanilla pudding mix is a great addition. I can only imagine how good these are.
Nicole @ youngbrokeandhungry recently posted..Cream Biscuits
Banana bread for every meal…sounds like a challenge
The pudding was the best thing ever to add!!!
Your muffins are making me hungry. Oh how I love banana bread muffins and this recipe looks fantastic. Yum! Think I know what I’m making.
Nicole @ Daily Dish Recipes recently posted..Cactus Fruit | Prickly Pear Gum Drops
I’m glad we could share the banana muffin love!! Enjoy the muffins
These look super nommy. My son would gobble them up.
I completely understand your dislike for the word “moist”, but there really is no other word. lol
ps. I love that coffee mug.
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Kids can be so picky for breakfast, can’t they? These muffins look great though and goodness in them too!
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I put pudding mix in my blueberry muffins and they are so moist. I can only imagine how delicious these are Jocelyn!!!
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I love buying banana’s just so I can use them in wonderful recipes like this! I have to try this, we need baked breakfast food ASAP!
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I would have never thought to add pudding mix – you are a genius!! And I just happen to have some spotty bananas on my counter right now!
Deborah recently posted..Green Enchiladas | Muy Bueno Review
Thanks Deborah! Sounds to me like you need some banana muffins in your oven today!!!
Jocelyn, you are the pudding mix queen! I’ve never thought to add pudding mix to bread/muffin recipes… just cookies. But this has opened the door to a whole new world. I can only imagine how delicious these muffins must be since pudding cookies are amazing. I need to try this idea asap!
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Hahaha! I am not sure about pudding queen…more like pudding addict! I have definitely been putting it in everything I can think of!!!
Great idea to add pudding mix to muffins! I just threw some brown bananas in the freezer yesterday, I should have left them out!
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That’s ok. Pull the bananas out of the freezer, thaw them, and they are ready for pudding muffin goodness!!!
Pudding in your muffins – LOVE it! They look fabulous Jocelyn!
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Thanks Trish
I have yet to make banana bread/muffins with pudding mix yet. Looks like I need to stop procrastinating. If only my bananas were brown instead of ugly old bright yellow!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen recently posted..Oat Flour Banana Bread
Put those yellow nanners in a brown paper bag so you can have muffins soon!!! You are going to love the texture that pudding gives these muffins!!!
I ALMOST bought pudding today at the store, but didn’t. Now I am kicking myself! I have bananas I need to use up, like yesterday, and these would be perfect!
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Run, don’t walk, to the nearest store and get some pudding! Those bananas need to be muffins stat!!!
I just made chocolate chip banana bread (as a loaf) over the weekend Jocelyn! And I can’t wait to post about it. I am loving the individual-sized portions though.
Love the pudding hiding in there!
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I have been hiding pudding in everything lately. It is kind of an addiction. I can’t wait to check out your banana bread. You always make the best stuff!!
I LOVE MUFFINS!!! If I could I’d eat them all the time heehee. I never thought to throw pudding into mine – now the possibilities are endless. They look fantastic – no wonder you have to plead the fifth!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain recently posted..Chocolate Dipped Potato Chip Cookies
PUdding definitely opens so many windows for baking! I am so tempted to make more of these, but I know I would eat them all with the kids at school
I am so excited to make these for my kids! Thank you for sharing the recipe! I would love it if you would share this recipe on Thrifty Thursday link party tomorrow @ http://fromnature-tonurture.blogspot.com/ Hope to see you there!
Hello Jocelyn, Wow, your food looks fantastic. Great job on your pictures. I saw you at BYB & I’m popping by your great blog to say “hello”. Can I just say that you are so gorgeous? I’ve seen some photos of you here & there & you look so good in all of them! It was really nice to meet you & I hope to see you again soon.
Warmly, Michelle
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Hi, Michelle. Well, you have me blushing right now. Thank you so much for the absolute sweetest comment. I am so glad I had a chance to meet you too! Are you headed to any other blog conferences this year?
These look really yummy. Send some east ASAP!
I would send some but…your grandkids devoured these!!!!
These sound amazing!! I’ve noticed that you’ve been using pudding a lot here lately…sounds like I need to take your word and give it a try!!
Kayla recently posted..Pumpkin {Ice Cream} Pie
haha! I must be addicted to pudding if others are noticing it too
wow, ok. so i’ve never had banana bread with vanilla pudding mix in it – i can only imagine how MOIST and delicious this is. anything with pudding mix in it is SO good – especially cookies, so i really must make these asap cause they sound and look wonderful!!
Julie @ Table for Two recently posted..Turkey, Kale, Onion, & Sundried Tomato Frittata
Oh my word, Julie, you wouldn’t believe how stinking moist and delicious these muffins were. Totally our new favorite way to eat banana bread.
Pudding muffins! Now we can put pudding in breakfast foods. These rock Jocelyn!
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I know!!! Isn’t it awesome? Pudding is becoming my new favorite add in!!!
These look divine, thank you.
This looks so good! I have never baked anything with pudding in it so am curious as to what it is like! Thanks for the recipe!
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oh, yay!! I love playing, let’s pretend. Let’s also pretend that popcorn you made is super healthy too. BOOYAH! Now I can have ten servings of that too! Love that you adding pudding. I bet these are so tender.
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Oh my! I love recipes that are made with pudding in the mix. Do you think I could use banana pudding and raisins in place of vanilla pudding and choc. chips?
Yes, you could definitely change out the pudding flavor and chocolate chips. It will still have that fabulous texture but with a slightly different taste. I can’t wait to hear how they turn out.
You know I love banana bread – and the idea of adding pudding mix to these is brilliant! I’m totally trying this next time–I always have brown bananas on my counter.
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl recently posted..Review: Cantina Steak Burrito
Glad to know I’m not the only one with brown bananas like always. You definitely need to try the pudding mix next time you make muffins…you won’t regret it.
I don’t know why I’ve never added chocolate chips to banana bread, but that has to change! Thanks for sharing at Pin It Thursday, I featured you this week
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Those look SO delicious!! I’ve pinned to my breakfast board– can’t wait to try them!
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I cant eat yogurt can I replace with something else like sour cream or applesauce or something? Thanks I will be having to make it gluten free as well but I am pretty good at doing that.
Yes, you can substitute sour cream for the yogurt. I hope that works for you. Let me know what you think
Can I use plain greek yogurt for this recipe?
Yes, that is what I actually used. I’m not sure why I didn’t put that in the recipe…I’ll fix that
I hope you like them!!!
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best muffins will definetly make these again!!!!