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11/11/12

Chunky Monkey Muffins

Super easy muffins with banana, pecans, coconut made with a cake mix! Perfect recipe for overripe bananas!


One day I was looking at these four overripe bananas today thinking that I NEEDED to make banana bread with them but I REALLY didn't feel like dragging out the flour, baking soda, etc. when I spied a box of Golden Butter cake mix.

hmmmm......

Then I spotted a bag of pecans.... and a bag of coconut.... and the wheels started turning. I threw together what I thought the cake mix would need to turn in to muffins and hoped for the best.

Chunky Monkey Muffins! Super easy muffins with banana, pecans, coconut made with a cake mix! Perfect recipe for overripe bananas!


The results? In a word? Amazeballs. Plus easy. And chunky. Also chewy. And moist.

I haven't made banana bread in years because we love these muffins so much more! You can switch up and switch out the pecans and coconut to suite your fancy.

If I have a piece of a bag of chocolate chips (or butterscotch or peanut butter or white chocolate...), I throw them in there too!

Macadamia nuts and walnuts are perfect in this recipe too. Just use whatever you have on-hand!

Super easy muffins with banana, pecans, coconut made with a cake mix! Perfect recipe for overripe bananas!


Chunky Monkey Muffins


Chunky Monkey Muffins
Yield: 24 Muffins
Author:
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 20 Mtotal time: 30 M
Super easy muffins with banana, pecans, coconut made with a cake mix! Perfect recipe for overripe bananas!

ingredients:

  • 4 ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 Golden Butter cake mix
  • 1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 cups shredded coconut

instructions:

How to cook Chunky Monkey Muffins

  1. Add bananas, butter, eggs and vanilla to a large bowl or stand mixer and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for one minute.
  2. Add milk, sugar and cinnamon and continue mixing for one additional minute. Add cake mix and beat until just combined. Fold in pecans and coconut.
  3. Line 2 muffin tins with 24 cupcake liners and divide batter evenly into each. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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If you're looking for a from-scratch, moist, delicious recipe for homemade banana bread, try this recipe for The Best Banana Bread from my pal, Brandie, over at The Country Cook!

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2 comments:

  1. Unknown10/26/17, 1:00 AM

    HI THERE MANDY! your site is amazzing!!!!

    What could I subsitute for the cake mix?

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  2. Unknown8/14/18, 9:42 AM

    Amazing. Made them fresh this morning for a friend's birthday. All my co-workers were in love.

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Hi there! While I’m not able to respond to every comment, I try hard to answer any questions that haven’t been addressed in the post, recipe or in other comments.

I can tell you now 1) I have no idea if you can substitute Minute Rice or brown rice in my recipes because I’ve never used them and 2) If I know how to convert a recipe to a Crock Pot version, I will make a note about it (otherwise, I don’t know).

And though I may not respond to them all, I do read each and every comment and I LOVE to hear from you guys! Thanks, y’all! - Mandy