Healthy Banana Chocolate Oat Muffins

Banana chocolate muffins on a wire cooling rack.

Healthy Banana Chocolate Oat Muffins

These Healthy Banana Chocolate Oat Muffins are made with simple, good-for-you ingredients like oats, bananas, and maple syrup. They're gluten-free and can easily be made dairy-free & refined-sugar free. Whip up a batch using those brown bananas on your counter for an easy breakfast or healthy snack on the go!

Course Muffin

Cuisine Healthy Food

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings muffins

Calories 180kcal

Author Stephanie Simmons

Ingredients

2 large overripe bananas About 1 cup
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 large eggs
3/4 cup milk Dairy or non-dairy both work fine
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 and 1/4 cups whole rolled oats, divided
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup chocolate chunks Use dairy-free if needed

Instructions

Prep: Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a muffin tin with nonstick spray or line it with muffin papers.
Make the Oat Flour: Add 1 and 1/4 cups of the whole rolled oats to a food processor, and pulse until they are pulverized and flour-like. You just made oat flour!
Make the Muffin Batter: Mash your bananas in a large mixing bowl using a fork, until there are no lumps. Add the maple syrup, eggs, milk, and vanilla to the mashed bananas and whisk together until combined. Add the dry ingredients - the oat flour, whole oats, baking powder and soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Whisk until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chunks last.
Bake: Spoon batter into your muffin cups (I filled each a little more than 3/4 of the way full). Sprinkle some extra chocolate chunks on top before baking, if desired.
Bake for 15-18 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin should have some moist crumbs on it but should NOT have wet batter on it.
Serve + Store: Enjoy while warm from the oven, with a pinch of flaky sea salt. Let leftovers cool and store in an airtight container at room temp fo 2-3 days, or in the fridge for 5-7. Reheat in the microwave for warm muffin goodness.

Notes

NOTE: You don't need to buy oat flour - simply process 1 1/5 cups whole oats in a blender or food processor to make your own oat flour!

NOTE: The one type of milk I would NOT recommend using here is canned coconut milk. I think any type of milk in a carton, whether dairy or non-dairy (almond, cashew, etc.) will work just fine.

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