Muffin Tuesday: To Nutella, or Not to Nutella

My sister-in-law requested that I try out some banana Nutella recipes to see if they were worth her wrangling Em and making muffins, so I went on the hunt.

I found a recipe that seemed promising here but when it came time to make them I didn't have the sour cream that it called for so I did an experiment.

The experiment: Take my beloved Banana Nut Muffin Recipe and take out the nuts and then swirl in some Nutella at the end.

The results:

I did half without Nutella b/c if it came out bad I didn't want to ruin ALL the tasty muffins.

And the other half got a dollop of Nutella on top and I swirled it around with a chop stick.


Now, I tried both of them....many of them. My conclusion, if you like chocolate and bananas together the Nutella makes these kind of taste like a chocolate covered banana. Now me, I absolutely love the banana muffins as they are so adding Nutella took away from the pure banana of the others.

I think the other recipe would be good to try if I can remember to get sour cream next time I'm at the store. More of a balance between the two worlds instead of the ones I made that have a LOT of banana (which is why they are so tasty.)

Now I don't often tell people what to do...but if you like banana nut muffins, or just banana, MAKE THESE MUFFINS! I swear, they are absolutely amazing, you will not regret it. I think the secret that makes them different than others is the chunky bananas that get folded in at the end so that there are little banana pieces in the final muffin.

Seriously. Make these. Sooo good.