Cake Mix Pumpkin Banana Muffins

Our 4 ingredient cake mix pumpkin banana muffins recipe is so easy to make! Tastes like homemade, fluffy, moist breakfast or dessert If you loved our pumpkin zucchini muffins you’re in for a treat.

Cake Mix Muffins

If you have never tweaked yellow, white, spice, or this kind of mix into something other than cupcakes you should. There are SO many things way beyond the “normal” uses. We shared our 2 ingredient pumpkin muffins last Fall, but this combines two of our favorite flavors. You could add 1-2 ripe bananas into that as well.

Combined with the ease of our 4 ingredient banana bread idea, these came out great. An experiment for sure but even my picky husband gave them two thumbs up. You can add mini chocolate chips inside or leave “plain”.

We have made all sorts of different boxed cake mix recipes over the years. From dump cakes, to pumpkin cake mix cookies, the list goes on and on. The great thing about this is you can use the flavor(s) you love. This time it was September so I was looking to eat and drink all things pumpkin. It would be delicious with spice mix too though.

There are tons of different brands out there that make this. They’re easier to find around this time of year but you could find it online almost year round nowadays. I even found it at Costco today and bought a bunch because I know I’ll be making all the things here soon.

Ingredient Notes

You are going to want to start with a box of cake mix. Pumpkin is best but for Fall spice is great too if that is all you can find. You could use a gluten free option for baked goods that way

Your large eggs should be closer to room temperature when added so they become as fluffy as possible.

Vegetable oil will make them super moist with a bit of added fat. You could substitute with Greek yogurt or pumpkin puree instead.

You want a few large Overripe bananas, meaning they are browned with speckles but not black

With this you can bake regular size or faster as mini pumpkin muffins. If you wanted to add 1/2 cup – 3/4 cup of crushed nuts and/or 1/4 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips you could fold those in at the end. A sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice could amp up the flavor if you wanted.

Cake Mix Pumpkin Muffins

I hate wasting food and we had a few in the fridge that were very ripe bananas and these I knew the girls wouldn’t eat because of their color. You need 5 brown ones which I don’t always have but when I buy in bulk and they end up sitting I make these before they need to be pitched.

Sometimes when they are getting too too dark and I’m not ready to bake I put them in the fridge. That will slow down the process and give me a few extra days. I’ve been known to freeze them too, defrost the night before and then you have to use them then and there.

Tips

When mashing don’t pulverize them. Allow a little bit of chunk to remain. That will give them added moisture in each bite and a bit of texture too. You really just do that and then add everything else. Stir until the batter is just a little lumpy but incorporated well and then fill muffin liners 3/4 of the way full.

Preheat your oven and mash bananas mostly and add other wet and dry ingredients. Gently fold everything mix together until well combined but leave small chunks of fruit in it for some texture (my preference vs. smooth). Fold in nuts or mini chocolate chips if you are adding them.

Line pan with muffin cups and fill 3/4 of the way full and bake until they bounce back when touched gently in the center of them. Using a toothpick inserted, take out when some crumbs are still sticking to it. Remove immediately from the muffin tin so they don’t continue cooking and drying out. Place on a cooling rack.

Banana Muffins with Cake Mix

If you yank them out right when they spring back they will be SO moist. NO more measuring out all the brown sugar, all purpose flour, and using half of a pumpkin puree can only to have the other wasted. You can create just as tasty muffins with just 4 things.

In the Fall we love this sweet potato muffin recipe too.

Banana and chocolate are a great combo if you want to try banana nutella muffins after your pumpkin. Both are a really great combinations. If you haven’t tried them before don’t doubt the “science”, try it yourself and decide.