Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are moist, soft, and ready in 30 minutes. No refined sugars, yet kids still consider them healthy treat.
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 180kcal
Ingredients
- 3 large ripe with brown spots bananas 1 1/2 cups mashed
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt 2%+ fat
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
- 3 tbsp olive, avocado or coconut oil (melted)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/3 cups whole wheat flour or spelt flour
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips more for topping (if you wish)
- Cooking spray I use Misto
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F, line 12 muffin tin with parchment paper liners and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add bananas and mash with a fork. Add the egg, yogurt, maple syrup, oil, vanilla extract, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt; whisk well to combine.
- Add flour, gently stir until well incorporated but do not overmix. Let batter sit for a few minutes to absorb the flour, add chocolate chips and stir a few times.
- Using an ice cream scoop, fill each opening of a muffin tin 3/4 full and add a few extra chocolate chips on top (optional). Bake on a middle rack for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let muffins cool for about 5 minutes and enjoy!
Notes
- Store: Covered in a cool dry place for 2 days. Then refrigerate in an airtight container for another 3 days.
- Freeze: Freeze for up to 3 months. To thaw just remove muffins from the freezer and let defrost for a few hours or overnight on a counter.
- Bananas: Choose very ripe bananas that are yellow with many brown spots to brown patches. Bruised bananas are even better. Scary looking brown bananas are awesome.
- Liquid sweetener: Not dry sweetener like sugar please. You have to keep dry to wet ingredients ratio.
- Yogurt: You can use 0% yogurt, however muffins will be less moist. Regular (not Greek) yogurt will work as well, so will sweetened or unsweetened applesauce.
- Other sizes: Bake mini banana muffins for 15 minutes and do a toothpick test. Bake longer, if necessary.
Nutrition
Serving: 1muffin | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 147mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 13g