Way back when, in a land far, far away, I posted this Banana Nut Muffins recipe.
And it was truly amazing – it even became one of the most popular posts on this blog and has been pinned a TON of times on Pinterest, and shared all across them interwebs.
I think the reason why my Easy Banana Nut Muffins recipe was so successful is because it is so super duper easy and virtually fail-proof. I mean – it’s one bowl of stuff you mix together, and then bake. And the result is delicious.
So many times over the years, though, you guys have asked me to share a new recipe that included chocolate chips. Because bananas and chocolate chips NEED to be in muffin form, peeps. It’s like a rule, I’m told. 😉
So, I went to work on making a new and improved banana chocolate chip muffin recipe.
BUT…I needed to make a few tweaks in the old recipe.
First off: they needed to be healthier. Really, they needed to be clean. While the original Easy Banana Nut Muffins are extremely tasty, they are not clean as written. That’s because, when I created that recipe, I hadn’t yet fallen in LOVE with a clean eating lifestyle.
In fact, when I originally created the recipe, way back in 2009, I hadn’t even ever heard of clean eating. I also happened to be struggling with this issue.
In order to make them healthier, I replaced the all-purpose flour with whole wheat spelt flour — which, if you haven’t ever heard of before, spoiler alert: it’s AMAZING. It’s everything a clean eating person could dream of for baked goods. It’s slightly sweet, full of nutritious vitamins, fiber, and protein, and completely unrefined. Oh, and it bakes up as tenderly and as lightly as all-purpose flour, which is just so very awesome.
I also wanted to remove ALL added sweeteners to this muffin recipe. That means no added sweetener of any kind. I wanted to see if I could make a sweet, delicious muffin without anything but the natural sweetness of the bananas. So, I added in 5 ripe bananas and, to my happy surprise, it turned out beautifully.
The addition of the extra bananas also removed the need to add any oil to the muffins, too. While I do use a tiny bit of coconut oil to grease the pan, you could always avoid this if you used cupcake liners since there’s none that’s needed for the recipe.
So: no refined flour, no added sweeteners, and no added oils.
How friggin’ cool is that?
And, if you are with me and you think this is, in fact, “friggin’ cool,” then, my friend, you are gonna LOVE these healthy banana chocolate chip muffins.
Like…love LOVE them.
Oh! And for the chocolate, don’t make these super healthy banana chocolate chip muffins right here and and make the mistake of using an unhealthy-ish chocolate. Get the most out of your chocolate with a 70% cacao dark chocolate. At that level of cacao, you’ll get the maximum health benefits with the least amount of additives and processing. It’s a chocolate win-win here, peeps!
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
So, for all you out there who asked for a healthy banana chocolate chip muffin recipe, I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.
And thanks SO MUCH for the suggestion!
- 5 ripe bananas
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups spelt flour whole wheat
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup 70% cacao dark chocolate morsels
- Coconut oil for greasing muffin tin
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease muffin tin with coconut oil.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mash the bananas using a fork or potato masher. Add the egg and vanilla and stir to combine. Set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine the spelt flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and kosher salt. Mix well.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir to combine. Do not over mix.
- Fold in the chocolate morsels.
- Pour the mix into the prepared muffin pan, approximately 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and tops are golden brown.
- Remove and let cool on cooling rack.
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These are incredible. Love them!!!! I feel good eating them.
OMG …. so yummy! Thans for sharing this awesome recipe. I can’t wait to whip up a batch for the next office potluck.
This recipe sounds amazing! I’m just about to make it, but I was wondering what size bananas you used, or how many cups of mashed banana you should have. I don’t want to have too little or too much!
I am 14 and I just made these and they were so so so simple and AMAZING. I wasn’t expecting them to taste good but they were delicious. I love this recipe we are definitely keeping it
I had doubts at first, but these we’re truly mazing!! Since I was making a half batch, I added a full egg instead of half an egg. It didn’t seem to affect the recipe at all. These were gone within a half hour!
Yay!! That’s a good sign 🙂
I’ve tried these! I also added some shredded carrots and some raisins and it turned out super moist. No oil and refined sugars. Healthiest recipe I ever found on youtube!
Thank you!
Anna
YUM love those additions 🙂