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    Home » Breakfast and Brunch » Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins

    Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins

    Jun 22, 2014 · Modified: Nov 22, 2020 · by Sarah Mir

    These muffins are a bad influence on me. The other day I was at a friends house storing some homemade ice cream I had brought over and I saw about half a dozen bananas in the freezer. I wanted them. So bad. Just so I could come home and make these muffins.

    All I have left in my freezer is one shrivelled up little banana and there are no bananas in the house right now let alone over ripe ones. Don't worry guys I resisted. Only because it's a gluten free household and I couldn't have offered her a few muffins in exchange for the bananas - yes, I did think of that.

    I was about to wax lyrical about these muffins, but really - with a name like Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins is a sales pitch really needed? You kinda get the picture right?

    Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins

    Yes, I said get the picture and then inserted a picture below that. I am so not corny.

    Okay so here are my favorite parts about this muffin - the chocolatey swirl, the caramelly undertone of the browned butter (only ¼ cup!), and that it has half a cup of brown sugar making it less sweet, but perfect for a breakfast that feels more indulgent than it is. Win win I say, win win.

    A big ol' thank you to Jess over at On Sugar Mountain for sharing these!

    Now if only I had more bananas....

    Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins
    Makes 1 dozen

    5 tbsp butter
    3 large bananas, chopped
    1 cup milk
    1 egg
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    ½ cup brown sugar
    1 tbsp baking powder
    ½ tsp salt
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    ¼ cup Nutella

    Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and grease/line one 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray or paper liners.

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    Brown your butter: add butter to small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat, stirring constantly once it’s melted. Continue heating butter and stirring constantly, until butter foams and then finally turns a rich caramel-brown. Take off heat immediately and let cool until ready to use.

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    Now roughly chop your bananas, I prefer to just  puree mine, but your call entirely. Whisk together milk, vanilla and egg in a small bowl. Once butter is cool, stir into milk and egg mixture. Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Pour wet ingredient mixture over flour mixture and stir with large wooden spoon until a few streaks of flour remain. Fold/stir in bananas.

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    Fill cupcake liners ¾ way full with muffin mixture, then add one tsp of nutella to the top of each muffin.

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    Then pretty-swirl it into the batter with a toothpick. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-22 minutes, until muffins spring back when gently pressed with your finger or a toothpick inserted in center comes out with only a few crumbs attached.

    Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins

    Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before carefully removing to wire rack to cool completely

    Nutella Swirl Banana Bread Muffins

     

     

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    Comments

    1. Faaiza.O says

      June 22, 2014 at 8:40 pm

      These look sooo unbelievably good! Can I tell you a secret? We can't buy Nutella any more, 'cause I can finish a tub in about 2 days, a week if I'm being good. My poor deprived child 🙁

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 23, 2014 at 8:25 am

        hahahah mine doesn't know what Nutella is - and this isn't the first time I have bought it 😉

        I basically started baking with Nutella to stop myself from eating it with a spoon!

        Reply
    2. Traditionally Modern Food says

      June 22, 2014 at 10:48 pm

      Awesome idea.. Muffins look yummy

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 23, 2014 at 8:23 am

        Thanks!

        Reply
    3. Anjana @ At The Corner Of Happy & Harried says

      June 22, 2014 at 11:59 pm

      Yum!!!

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 23, 2014 at 8:23 am

        you can say that again 🙂

        Reply
    4. juliaakoch says

      June 23, 2014 at 12:58 am

      These look amazing!

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 23, 2014 at 8:23 am

        Thanks Julia! They taste pretty darn good too 🙂

        Reply
    5. Namrata says

      June 23, 2014 at 6:40 am

      they look so good... my daughter wants me to make some just like these now!

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 23, 2014 at 8:22 am

        awww! please do and let me know how it goes 🙂

        Reply
    6. mysimpledelights says

      June 23, 2014 at 9:25 am

      Nutellaaaaaa!!!! ???

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 23, 2014 at 1:27 pm

        🙂

        Reply
    7. Asiya @ Chocolate & Chillies says

      June 23, 2014 at 10:02 pm

      These muffins look soooo good....I haven't bought Nutella in years 🙁 When I was in high school I would always have 1/2 a nutella sandwich along with my lunch...unfortunately I have become more health conscious so it no longer makes it into my grocery cart...My kids have never had it...if they ever do they will constantly be on me to buy it. I already have a hard time trying to avoid Froot Loops.

      Reply
    8. mommycookforme says

      June 24, 2014 at 3:16 pm

      Nutella and muffin combination absolutely look perfect, thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    9. MyNinjaNaan says

      June 24, 2014 at 11:49 pm

      Gahhhh I just gained 5 pounds looking at these pictures!

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        June 25, 2014 at 8:53 am

        It's a whole lot worse when you eat them *looking shamefaced*. I think I am also going to have to put my ice cream machine away for a bit.. it's getting a little crazy here!

        Reply
    10. salmadinani says

      June 26, 2014 at 6:41 pm

      You're actually making me drool while looking at the pictures. Again, I'm totally pinning this!

      Reply
    11. radhikasethi says

      July 02, 2014 at 4:43 pm

      Looks yum!

      Reply
      • sarahjmir says

        July 02, 2014 at 4:49 pm

        Thank you!!

        Reply
    12. Kloesunny @ Kloe's Kitchen says

      July 08, 2014 at 11:59 pm

      My word, do these look amazing! I love them! I want a muffin right now, or at least one for breakfast. Love the blog and these delicious recipes. 🙂

      Reply
    13. Mariam says

      March 06, 2017 at 4:21 am

      I can say that these are the best muffins I have ever made. Yumness overloaded!! Family loved it! Thanks a lot.

      Reply
      • [email protected] says

        March 06, 2017 at 9:14 am

        That is absolutely awesome to hear!!!! Thank you so much for letting me know 🙂 🙂

        Reply
    14. Mon says

      March 22, 2018 at 4:28 pm

      I would loooove to make this right now, but if I don't have brown sugar, can I use regular sugar instead?? What difference would it make??

      Reply
      • [email protected] says

        March 22, 2018 at 4:29 pm

        they'll be sweeter, but go for it! let me know how they turn out!

        Reply
    15. Farina says

      January 29, 2021 at 12:46 pm

      Can I bake them into cake pan? I don’t have muffin tray I wanna bake them today can’t wait to buy tray🙁

      Reply
      • [email protected] says

        February 04, 2021 at 12:08 pm

        Hi Fariha!!! In theory I think so, but I have never tried!

        Reply

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