Double-Chocolate Banana Muffins

This recipe takes about 40 - 45 minutes: 10 minutes to mix up, 20 - 25 minutes to cook and 10 minutes to cool

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/3 cups ripe banana (2-3), mashed in a small bowl with a fork
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup regular or mini chocolate chips (or white chocolate chips)

Equipment
large mixing bowl
small bowl
wooden spoon or other large spoon
12- cup muffin tin (or 2 6-cup tins or 1 6-cup giant muffin tin)

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C
2. Lightly grease muffin tin cups with oil (use your fingers or a paper towel)
3. In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients
4. In a small bowl, combine bananas, oil and egg
5. Stir into dry ingredients, just until moistened
6. Fold in chocolate chips
7. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups 3/4 full
   
8. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until muffins spring back when poked lightly with your finger (if your finger leaves a dent, cook a bit longer)
   
9. Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from tin
   

Makes 12 regular sized muffins or 6 giant muffins (need special giant muffin tin).

If you have too much batter for the tins you have, bake in two batches (remove muffins from tin 10 minutes after removing from oven, wash tin and let cool completely before re-filling)