Nutella Banana Muffins (Printable)
Soft banana muffins with swirling Nutella ribbons throughout. Ready in just 35 minutes.
# What You'll Need:
→ Wet Ingredients
01 - 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
02 - 2 large eggs
03 - ½ cup vegetable oil
04 - ½ cup plain yogurt
05 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
06 - 1⅔ cups all-purpose flour
07 - ⅔ cup granulated sugar
08 - 1 teaspoon baking powder
09 - ½ teaspoon baking soda
10 - ¼ teaspoon salt
→ Swirl
11 - ½ cup Nutella, softened
# Steps:
01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
02 - In a large bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, eggs, oil, yogurt, and vanilla extract until smooth.
03 - In a separate bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
04 - Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined. Do not overmix.
05 - Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling each about ⅔ full.
06 - Warm the Nutella slightly if needed to make it easier to swirl. Drop about 1 teaspoon of Nutella on top of each muffin and use a skewer or toothpick to swirl it into the batter.
07 - Bake for 18–22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (except for melted Nutella).
08 - Let the muffins cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- The texture is impossibly moist, almost like cake but somehow lighter
- That moment when your knife hits a warm pocket of melted Nutella is pure breakfast magic
- These come together in under 40 minutes with ingredients you probably have right now
02 -
- Overmixing is the enemy—fold the flour in gently until you just barely see it disappear
- Warm Nutella swirls like a dream, cold Nutella sinks straight to the bottom
- These freeze beautifully wrapped individually—just thaw and reheat for 20 seconds
03 -
- Spray your paper liners with cooking spray for absolutely no sticking
- Let the batter rest for 10 minutes before baking for fluffier muffins