Easy Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 box yellow cake mix

• 3 very ripe bananas (abt. 1 1/2 C)

• 1/2 cup water

• 1/4 cup margarine or butter, softened

• 3 large eggs

• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

• 1 cup chocolate chips (mini or regular)

1. Preheat oven to 375 Mix everything but the chocolate chips for three minutes.

2. Stir in the chocolate chips.

3. Line 2 cupcake pans with liners. Fill 3/4 full.

4. Bake for 18-22 minutes.

• Notes: Change up the recipe with a different cake mix such as strawberry or chocolate. Both are winners. Let me know what you try and how it turns out.

• Other variations Carrot cake cupcakes: Change the bananas to grated carrots; either use a spice cake mix or add 2 tsp. cinnamon and 1/2 tsp. nutmeg to the yellow cake mix. The chocolate chips are optional.

• These are great with or without cream cheese frosting.

|| Prep 5 min. || Cook 20 min. || Total 25 min.||

||Servings 24 || Cost $0.28 per serving ||

Bump up the flavor on a boxed cake mix.