Jumbo Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Muffins
These jumbo pumpkin banana chocolate muffins are the perfect snack, dessert or brunch item. Made from scratch with winter spices, applesauce, pure pumpkin, banana puree, and melted chocolate, these muffins are topped with as much pecan chocolate chunk streusel as you can fit on a muffin.
Equipment
- 1 (6-cavity) jumbo muffin pan
Ingredients
Streusel:
- 90 grams all-purpose flour (3/4 cup)
- 50 grams granulated sugar (1/4 cup)
- 50 grams packed light or dark brown sugar (1/4 cup)
- 1 gram ground cinnamon (1/2 teaspoon)
- 1 gram ground nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
- 1 gram ground ginger (1/4 teaspoon)
- 84 grams unsalted butter (6 tablespoons), melted
- 45 grams chopped dark chocolate (1/4 cup)
- 50 grams chopped pecans (1/2 cup)
Muffins:
- 220 grams all-purpose flour (1-3/4 cups)
- 5 grams baking soda (1 teaspoon)
- 3 grams ground cinnamon (1 teaspoon)
- 1 gram ground nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
- 1 gram ground ginger (1/4 teaspoon)
- 1 gram fine sea salt (1/4 teaspoon)
- 60 grams vegetable oil (1/4 cup)
- 60 grams applesauce (1/4 cup)
- 50 grams granulated sugar (1/4 cup)
- 150 grams packed light or dark brown sugar (3/4 cup)
- 280 grams pure pumpkin (1-1/4 cups)
- 60 grams banana puree (1/4 cup)
- 50 grams chopped dark chocolate (1/4 cup), melted + cooled
- 100 grams egg (2 large), room temperature + lightly beaten
- 60 grams milk (1/4 cup OR 60 ml), room temperature
Instructions
Streusel:
- Add all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and melted butter to small bowl. Stir with a fork to combine.
- Add chopped dark chocolate chunks and rough chopped pecans to sugar mixture. Stir to combine. Set aside.
Muffins:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a 6-cavity jumbo muffin pan with paper liners.
- Add all-purpose flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and fine sea salt to a small mixing bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
- Add vegetable oil, applesauce, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar to large mixing bowl. Whisk until the mixture is smooth.
- Add pumpkin puree and banana puree to sugar mixture. Whisk to combine.
- Add melted chocolate to pumpkin mixture. Whisk to combine.
- Add lightly beaten eggs to pumpkin mixture. Whisk until completely incorporated.
- Add milk to pumpkin mixture. Whisk until completely incorporated.
- Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture. Fold in gently with a large spatula.
- Divide pumpkin muffin batter between jumbo muffin liners.
- Sprinkle streusel over muffin batter.
- Bake muffins in preheated oven for 28-32 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove muffin pan from oven and place on wire rack to cool for several minutes. Remove muffins from pan and cool completely.