My kiddos were getting tired of our cereal/waffle/toast rotation for breakfast, and I had some overripe bananas I needed to use, so these muffins were the perfect solution!  The bananas and the chocolate chips are naturally sweet enough that these require only a minimal amount of brown sugar, and you can’t even tell they are whole wheat!  These were a big hit with both kids, and Chad and I really liked them too!

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 C whole wheat flour
• 1/4 C brown sugar
• 2.5 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1.5 C chocolate chips
• 1.5 tsp Madagascar Bourbon vanilla extract*
• 1 egg
• 1/2 C milk
• 1/4 C olive oil
• 1.5 C mashed banana

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients and chocolate chips
2. Combine remaining ingredients in a separate bowl, until mixed well
3. Combine all ingredients in one bowl until moistened
4. Pour into greased muffin cups, about 2/3rds full
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes

Enjoy!

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*I’m always interested to see how different vanillas taste in recipes, so I made 2 batches – 1 batch with Madagascar Bourbon, and one batch with Mexican.  The Madagascar was definitely better!  It was much sweeter, and brought the flavors and the sweetness of the bananas out much better!