Thursday, November 10, 2011

Monkey Muffins


             I'm a muffin kinda gal....I just love breakfast food. These are tiny and packed full
          of flavor, a little banana, chocolate and a touch of peanut butter. A triple win! Avery
          had a play date and we brought these yummy muffins over...A yummy snack for -
          little one's. Enjoy.

                                                                   Monkey Muffins

          1/2 cup butter, softened
          1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
          2 eggs
          1 cup mashed ripe bananas
          2/3 cup peanut butter
          1 tablespoon milk
          1 teaspoon vanilla extract
          2 cups all-purpose flour
          1 teaspoon baking soda
          1/2 teaspoon salt
          1 cup chocolate chips

         1) In a large bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy, Add eggs,
         one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the bananas, peanut butter,
         milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda ad salt. Add to creamed mixture
         just until moistened. Fold in chips.
         2) Fill greased or paper lined miniature muffin cups three fourths full. Sprinkle
         with remaining sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 14 to 16 minutes. Cool for 5
         minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
         "Note, you can also make them in a regular muffin tin..if you don't have a mini.


 

55 comments:

  1. Yummy! I agree, this is a triple win :)

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  2. These sound GOOD! And I think I can find all the ingredients here ;)

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  3. Fabulous! Great for the lunchboxes as well!:)
    ~Anne

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  4. i adore banana-chocolate anything...add peanut butter and i think i'm in love. :) i will definitely be making these! plus i just got a mini muffin tin so i'll have to christen it with these babies! marissa @ the boot

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  5. These look so good. Interesting to add peanut butter.

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  6. I could pop around ten of those babies in my mouth. My boys would love them too.

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  7. Those muffins look delish!!! Avery's friends must have been so happy! Can't wait to have them at home...

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  8. Why are mini muffins so cute? You packed the perfect flavors in a little package lucky plateaus friends.

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  9. Baked treats are my weakness. I can eat them morning and night! Sounds good with my coffee right now too :)

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  10. I'm a total breakfast fanatic too...and even more so with brunch! So good. These muffins sound yummy. Yayy for that nana chocolate combo!

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  11. I am not a huge fan of bananas but these little cuties look awesome.

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  12. That's definitely a triple threat! These look delish!!

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  13. These sound sooo good. I love muffins too! They are great for breakfast.

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  14. Me too. And these look and sound FAB!!

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  15. I love muffins. They are so quick and easy to grab on your way out the door. This recipe looks great!

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  16. so adorable and so tasty i bet! yum :)

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  17. Looks great! I have company coming soon and this would be good for breakfast. Man, I would love a day in your kitchen...eating, that is. :)

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  18. Trying these for sure!! They look amazing!!

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  19. What a lovely photo! These muffins look delish!

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  20. Yum, those look delish!! Love the banana/choc chip combo!

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  21. I'm so glad I found your blog! I LOVE new recipe's and your beer cheese broccoli soup is now on my To Do list! Maybe we'll have these for dessert!

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  22. Those look fab! You always share the coolest recipes. Maybe this weekend I'll put up a blog post other than a giveaway.

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  23. Yep, muffins are awesome. Especially when monkey is in their name :-)

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  24. I will take 5 please..not kidding!

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  25. i love the name of those muffins val so cute monkey muffins!

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  26. HAHA, what a cute name!! My fave. Will have to try these! have a great weekend!

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  27. Totally making these tonight! Both kids have croup, so this will cheer them up. P.S. I left a long list of things we like from T.J.'s, but it never posted. :(

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  28. Love that Monkey muffins name...too cute. I love yummy muffins for breakfast. :)

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  29. Wow, those little muffins are packed with all the nummy things - banana, peanut butter and chocolate chips. Sounds like my kind of breakfast as long as I didn't have to eat it early in the day. I love breakfast foods but not at breakfast time!

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  30. yum! I've made a variation of these before but will have to try these

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  31. What's all this monkey business around here? LOL! Sorry I just had to say it- these look super cute and super delicious and why don't I have any at my door waiting on me to try? Hummmm?

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  32. Beautiful pictures! And you know I love muffins, so I will have to try these! :)

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  33. These look great, but could I skip the banana? Would i have to increase anything else if I did?

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  34. You had me at chocolate chips. They look so yummy and how could anything called "Monkey Muffins" not be good?! :)

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  35. oh i would love to gobble these up, how yummy!

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  36. I really want muffins now!!! I don't have any bananas!

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  37. these look like perfect treats for the kiddos!

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  38. Delicious and adorable. Love these Val!!

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  39. I love that they have pb, yammers. I want you to have a play date with you guys!!

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  40. These have all my favorite things! Wouldn't hate starting my morning off with one of these!

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  41. These look delicious! I love the pb in them.

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  42. I'm definitely a breakfast gal too. Loooove the combo of chocolate, banana, and pb!

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  43. Lovely! and great Blog! Well done my dear!
    Have a nice day!

    (www.the-parisienne.com)
    ...and maybe we can follow each others!?

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  44. Love the name of these! I always look forward to seeing what fun recipes you have come up with.

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  45. Oh wow these muffins look amazing!! What a great recipe! :)

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  46. These are most surely going on my to-make list: they have all my favorite ingredients and they are mini!!! What's not to love?

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  47. these look amazing - something different than banana bread!

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