Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins

When cravings for chocolate chip banana muffins coincide with extra ripe bananas there is no excuse not to bake.

Very ripe bananas make these extra sweet and extra moist.

Recipe

3 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 T baking powder 

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter softened

4 oz. cream cheese softened

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 egg

1/4 cup water

12 oz. chocolate chips

3 ripe bananas mashed

Stir flour, salt, and baking powder together. Mix sugar, butter, cream cheese, vanilla, and egg. Add 1/4 cup water and mashed bananas. Combine flour mixture with sugar mixture adding the chocolate chips. Stir until just moistened. Add a little water if the dough is too dry.

Fill either mini or regular muffin pans 3/4th the way up. Bake at 350 for 15-18  min. for mini muffins and 20-25 min. for regular muffins or until toothpick comes out clean.

Peanut Butter Cup Crispies

Next in the rice crispy series, we have peanut butter cup rice crispies. These are richer and probably more addicting than the cake batter ones so beware!

Begin with a container of peanut butter cups around 20 or so.

Cut them, smoosh them, or break them however you like.

Now for the extra peanut butter and chocolate...Spoon out about 1/2 cup of pb into a bowl and cover with 1 cup chocolate chips. Microwave until melty and stir.

Place 1/4 cup butter in a sauce pan and add one package of mini marshmallows.  Stir in peanut butter and chocolate mixture until whole mixture is smooth.

Take smooth mixture off the heat and stir in 6 cups rice crispies. Press into a cake pan (coating fingers with butter makes this easier) and top with crumbled peanut butter cups.

Being a big fan of sea salt, I recommend sprinkling these little crystals over your glorious peanut butter cup treat.

Chill in fridge for an hour or so to solidify the shape. 






Peanut Butter Cup Rice Crispy Treats


1 16 oz. Mini Marshmallows
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
6 cups rice crispy cereals
1 package peanut butter cups
Sea salt to taste