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My family loves banana bread, but we love Banana Bread Mini Muffins just as much. They are easier to eat, they cook in minutes instead of an hour, and they freeze great!
Muffins make the best breakfast or snack for my whole family. These muffins are easy to make ahead of time and are freezer friendly. If you have made our Banana Bread Recipe or Cream cheese banana bread then you know these muffins will be a hit.
When I am meal prepping for the week, these mini muffins are always a part of my prep. They are even perfect to pack in your kids lunch for a treat.
What's in this post: Banana Bread Mini Muffins
Why This Recipe Works
I love that you only need 8 ingredients to make this delicious and easy moist mini banana bread muffin recipe. If you enjoy baking I bet you already have most of these ingredients in your pantry.
When I notice that I have a few bananas that are about to go bad, I make these mini banana muffins. Plus my family still gets to enjoy a delicious breakfast recipe.
Ingredients
- Ripe Bananas – These muffins taste the best when using ripe bananas. If using frozen make sure to thaw before adding.
Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe and ingredients in the recipe card.
Variations and Additions
- Mini Chocolate Chips – Make mini chocolate chip banana muffins by adding in a handful of chocolate chips when you add in the flour.
- Chopped Nuts – We even love to add in some chopped nuts to the batter for added flavor and texture.
- Sugar – You can use brown sugar if you’re out of regular sugar. I made this substitution once when I was out of sugar and the muffins turned out great.
- All Purpose Flour – Make this recipe with gluten free flour or whole wheat flour for a delicious variation.
How Do You Make Mini Banana Muffins
- Step 1 – Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pan.
- Step 2 – Peel the bananas. (these can be from the freezer, just thaw first) Mash the bananas.
- Step 3 – Stir in melted butter, large egg, sugar, vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt. Stir well in a large bowl.
- Step 4 – Add flour and stir the muffin batter well.
- Step 5 – Pour into the mini muffin pans. It makes 24.
- Step 6 – Cook for 10-15 minutes until they start to brown and set.
- Step 7 – Let cool on a wire rack before removing them.
- Step 8 – Then let them cool on a rack before removing them from the pan.
Recipe Tips
- Combining Ingredients – There is no need to use separate bowls to combine the wet ingredient and dry ingredients. You can combine everything together but make sure to not overmix the batter mixture.
- Prepare Muffin Pan – Make sure to spray the muffin pan with cooking spray to make cleanup the batter.
- Cooking Time – Cooking time will vary, so watch closely so they do not burn.
How to Store Leftover Muffins
Store any leftover muffins in an airtight container or storage bag at room temperature for up to 1 week.
I love these warm, so I usually heat the leftovers in the microwave for a few seconds before enjoying them.
How to Freeze Muffins
The great thing about these mini banana muffin recipe is how easy they are to freeze! Just place them on a cookie sheet and place the sheet in the freezer for at least 1 hour. Then place in a labeled freezer bag.
To reheat, just heat in the microwave for a few seconds and you have tasty mini muffins without all the work!
Frequently Asked Questions
Generally, I mash mine with a spoon or a meat masher. This usually works fine as I usually wait until my bananas are very ripe to make this recipe.
If your bananas do not chop easily, you can use an electric hand mixer to mash them.
You can either use mini muffin pan liners or lightly spray the muffin tin with your favorite non-stick spray. Once the muffins are cool, I place a towel over the top of the muffins. Then turn the pan over to allow them to slide out of the pan and the towel will catch all the muffins. It’s not as hard as it looks and it’s worth it to enjoy this moist and delicious banana muffins.
For this recipe and most of my other muffin recipes, I bake them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the oven. This is the perfect temperature for this recipe to make easy and moist muffins for your family.
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I hope you try it out and don’t forget to let me know what you think in the comments below. We love hearing from you.
Banana Bread Mini Muffins
Ingredients
- 3 to 4 bananas ripe bananas – if you have them in the freezer, just allow to thaw
- ⅓ cup melted butter
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- 1½ cups of flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray mini muffin pan.
- Peel the bananas. (these can be from the freezer, just thaw first) Mash the bananas.
- Stir in melted butter, egg, sugar, vanilla, baking soda, and salt. Stir well.
- Add flour and stir well.
- Pour into the mini muffin pans. It makes 24.
- Cook for 10-15 minutes until they start to brown and set.
- Let cool on a rack before removing them.
- Optional:
- Add a handful of chopped nuts or chocolate chips when you add in the flour. Those are some easy and YUMMY additions
Just made these for the first time, and they are so good. Made half with mini chocolate chips and other half with chopped up walnuts. Added cinnamon like was recommended in other comments. Used 3 medium to large bananas. Baked for about 15min as they weren’t ready at 10min. They turned out so moist and my toddler (and me) love them! Will be making again!!!
I bake for my local Meals on Wheels. I made this recipe today by making two batches, and doubling the recipe for each batch to make 96 muffins. I baked at 325 for 11 minutes in a convection oven. They turned out fantastic! Thank you!
Awesome! I love hearing this Cara – Thank you so much for sharing!
These muffins came out great! So moist and perfect. I’m not usually a fan of banana bread but these mini muffins I enjoyed beyond my expectations.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them – Thank you for sharing!
Made these a few times, add cinnamon and blueberries. Sooo yummy. Get eaten up quickly by many people.
Yum that sounds delicious – Thank you for sharing!
These are amazing! Very moist which I love.
How long can you freeze the muffins?
You can freeze them for up to 3-6 months.
Love this quick and simple recipe. I did cut the recipe in half with only having two bananas and this still made 24 mini muffins.
Amazing. I had to bake it like 5 min longer and added cinnamon and more vanilla like someone else suggested. I will be making these again and again!
Took 2 overly ripe bananas before throwing them in the garbage and followed the recipe (cut in half), added a handful of walnuts baked for 17 minutes and made 12 wonderful mini muffins. With big gulps of delicious coffee my wife swooned… A winner… Thank you.
Followed your recipe to a tee but accidentally added one extra teaspoon of vanilla and put a dash of cinnamon and wow. This is by far the best ever baked good I’ve ever made. They were incredible and just PERFECT.
These we soooo good! Will use this recipe again!
Thank you
Thank you!
These are the best muffins I’ve ever baked! They were puffy on top and springy, not my usual flat/gooey result. They were just the right amount of sweet. I live at 6,000 feel elevation and the only change I made was to put a shredded zuccchini in the batter. This recipe made 36 mini muffins. Half the batch got nuts, the other half got chocolate chips. This is now officially my go-to muffin recipe. ?
I’m so glad you love them!
literally so good i had to rate
Best and easiest recipe for mini muffins, my family ate them up in 2 days & want more! Thank you for this great, healthier recipe & instructions?
Banana bread muffins are my favorite.
I liked this recipe, but I like my own better. This recipe makes very tasty muffins, but they are a bit mushy in texture even when the tester comes out clean. The flavor is very good, though, so maybe it’s just a texture thing for me.
I love banana bread muffins but love them even more with walnuts in them!
I added mini chocolate chips and nuts to them. They were delicious and sent some with my son to college.
Banana muffins and bread are some of my families favorites. I recently made banana muffins and added mayonnaise, cinnamon, and mini chocolate chips to the recipe. The muffins were a big hit and they stayed moist and didn’t crumble. I have to say though, one of my favorite muffins is a Cranberry Orange Muffin. The flavors are bright and enjoyable anytime.