2 Ingredient Banana Muffins (with Cake Mix!)
Made with only 2 ingredients, these 2 Ingredient Banana Muffins are so easy to make and perfect for when you are in a pinch! When you need delicious muffins fast, this recipe is for you!
You won't believe how easy it is to make these delicious muffins! They will make your whole house smell like fresh baked banana bread! The best part is, there's no oil in these muffins! No coconut oil, no canola oil, no vegetable oil, no melted butter! The bananas are magic in this perfect recipe!
I love recipes with only 2 ingredients, and who wouldn't! You can make 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins, 2 Ingredient Lemon Bars, 2 ingredient peanut butter fudge, 2 ingredient honey mustard, and 2 ingredient sweet potato rolls! Don't forget about these 3 Ingredient Banana Oatmeal Bars or 3 Ingredient Apple Muffins which have just one more ingredient!
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- You only need two simple ingredients! All you need is yellow cake mix and overripe bananas for these easy cake mix banana muffins. That's it!
- They are easy to make! On busy mornings, you don't want to be struggling with with lots of ingredients to get your family fed. This easy recipe is the way to go!
- They are versatile! Feel free to add any of your favorite add ins to this recipe! More on that later!
Ingredients To Gather
- Box of cake mix. We are using yellow cake mix today. Cake mix has all purpose flour in it already, about ¼ cup sugar, and your leavening ingredients already.
- Overripe bananas. They will give a little bit of banana flavor to the muffins, but they will really be replacing the large eggs that you would normally include in muffins.
How To Make 2 Ingredient Banana Muffins
Tips and Tricks
- The cake mix and the bananas will look dry when first mixed, but as you continue mixing it will come together and look like a muffin batter.
- Feel free to use a hand mixer if you prefer to make it easier to mix the ingredients together.
- The muffins are done when a toothpick is inserted into the center of the muffin and comes out clean.
- An ice cream scoop is a helpful tool to use to make sure the muffin batter is equally divided among the muffin tins. A ¼ cup measuring cup can also be used if you don't have an ice cream scoop handy.
- Allow the muffins to cool to room temperature on a wire rack before serving. If they are served to hot, they may stick to the wrapper.
- Muffin cups ensures that the muffins will easily come out from the muffin tin. You can use silicone wrappers or paper liners for these muffins.
Variations
- Add a streusel topping to the top of the muffin! There's nothing a brown sugar streusel topping can't make more delicious! This streusel topping on my cinnamon streusel banana bread is so good!
- Add peanut butter! Instead of chocolate chips, swirl in your favorite peanut butter or add peanut butter chips!
- Add nuts! Make banana nut muffins but adding chopped walnuts or chopped pecans to the batter.
- Make them mini! Pour the batter into mini muffin tins for smaller version of these easy banana muffins!
Recipe FAQs
Place leftover muffins in an airtight container. They should be kept on the counter for up to 4 days. Do not store them in the refrigerator or they will go stale.
To ripen bananas faster than they normally would, place the bananas in a brown bag with an apple. The gases from the skin of the apple speeds up the ripening process. This way will take about a day to ripen.
If you are in a pinch and want to ripen bananas quickly, preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Place the whole banana on a baking sheet and place them in the oven for 15 minutes. When the skins turn completely black they are ready! Carefully peel the banana and let it cool, then proceed with the recipe.
Yes! Wrap the muffins in plastic wrap and place them in a gallon sized Ziploc bag and freeze them for up to 3 months.
Yes! You can use yellow cake mix, white cake mix, chocolate cake mix, or even cinnamon cake mix. Whatever you favorite flavor of cake mix is will work in this recipe!
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📖 Recipe
2 Ingredient Banana Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Bananas Brown and Spotty
- 1 Box Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 ½ cups Chocolate Chips OPTIONAL
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. Set that aside.
- Peel the bananas and mash them well in a large bowl. Mash them until they are pureed.
- Open the cake mix and pour it into the bowl. Mix the dry ingredients into the bananas and mix well.
- Add the chocolate chips to the bowls and mix well.
- Scoop the muffin batter into the prepared pan. Bake the muffins for 18-20 minutes and allow them to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
- The cake mix and the bananas will look dry when first mixed, but as you continue mixing it will come together and look like a muffin batter.
- Feel free to use a hand mixer if you prefer to make it easier to mix the ingredients together.
- An ice cream scoop is a helpful tool to use to make sure the muffin batter is equally divided among the muffin tins. A ¼ cup measuring cup can also be used if you don't have an ice cream scoop handy.
Just made these muffins. Easy, impressive, and delicious. Thank you