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Healthy Rich Chocolate Banana Muffins

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  • Author: Alexis Joseph, MS, RD
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 24 minutes
  • Total Time: 34 minutes
  • Yield: 12 muffins 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

Whenever I have overripe bananas, this is what I make. Introducing my favorite ever chocolate banana muffins with almond and oat flour and lightly sweetened with maple syrup. My kiddos adore them, too! Gluten-free and dairy-free.


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 3 medium over-ripe bananas (very brown and spotty is best)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/4 cup avocado oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups packed super fine blanched almond flour (163g)
  • 3/4 cup oat flour* (75g), certified gluten free if needed
  • 1/2 cup cocoa or cacao powder (36g)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a muffin tin with cooking spray (I like to line with paper liners and spray those too).
  2. Place bananas, eggs, maple syrup, oil and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl and whisk until smooth (or you can blend in a blender or Nutribullet until smooth.)
  3. Place almond flour, oat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl, stirring to combine.
  4. Add wet ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon just until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
  5. Using a 1/4 measuring cup, spoon mixture evenly into muffin tin. Top with additional chocolate chips if you're feeling fancy. Bake for about 24 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing and transferring to a wire rack to cool.