Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are made with whole grains, naturally sweetened and contain no butter. Made in one bowl, these Banana Muffins are ready under 30 minutes!
Try my Healthy Banana Bread next. Find all Healthy Desserts here.
Muffins: Taste & Texture
- Super soft and moist
- Dotted with mini chocolate chips through out
- Tastes like banana bread but better
- These have a light crumb that you'll love
Recipe Ingredients:
- Ripen Banana: You will need 3 of those (medium sized ones). If you are unsure, measure about 1 ½ cups of mashed banana.
- Honey: Honey is the ultimate moist muffin maker here, but you can also use brown sugar instead! Muffins will still be beautifully moist.
- Coconut Oil: Any flavorless oil works here. Also melted butter works like a charm and makes muffin taste all buttery.
- Leaveners: 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- Flour: I used 100% whole wheat flour to make these. But you can use all purpose flour. Or half wheat and half all purpose flour too.
- Egg: 1 egg at room temp will give muffins their structure.
How to make Banana Muffins:
You only need one bowl to make this batter and no special equipments are needed to whip these up!
- Mash bananas, add and whisk egg, honey, oil and vanilla.
- I like to sift all dry ingredients over wet for light textured muffins.
- Time for add ins of your choice!
- Pour in liners and bake initially at 425 deg f for 5 mins and then at 350 deg F till done!
What can I do with lots of ripe bananas?
Bake these muffins! 😉 Or these Cinnamon Sugar Banana Muffins. Try baking banana cupcakes, banana cake or good ol banana bread!
How many calories are in a banana muffin?
When using all healthy ingredients, a banana muffin contains around 190 calories.
How do you know when banana muffins are done?
When they pass tooth pick test, muffins are done. Keep an eye on them, when close to the baking time. You don't want to over bake them. No one likes dry muffins!
How do you store banana bread muffins?
Muffins stay good at room temp for a few days or in refrigerator for a week. For longer storage you can freeze them for up to 2 months.
Do banana muffins need to be refrigerated?
If you wish to store muffins for more than 2-3 days, refrigerate them.
How long do banana muffins last in the fridge?
Muffins stay good for a week in the refrigerator.
More Muffin Recipes:
Banana Muffins with Greek Yogurt
Blueberry Muffins with Streusel
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Recipe
Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Equipment
- Muffin Tray
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups Banana (Ripen, 3 medium)
- 1 Large Egg
- â…” Cup Honey (or â…” Cup Brown sugar)
- 6 Tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1 ½ tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 ½ (190 gms) Cups Flour (Whole wheat or All Purpose Flour)
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F (218°C) and line a 12 count muffin pan with muffin liners and set it aside.
- In a mixing bowl, mash bananas using a fork. Add egg, oil, honey and vanilla. Whisk them all for a minute using a hand whisk. Sift all dry ingredients over wet and fold only till combined.
- Mix chocolate chips or any other mix ins like (nuts, poppy seeds, blueberries or raisins) in the batter.
- Divide batter among the prepared liners and bake them at 425°F for 5 minutes. Then keeping muffins in the oven, reduce oven temp to 350 deg F and continue to bake them for 15-18 minutes. Total time to bake these muffins is 22-23 minutes. Always make sure muffins pass toothpick test.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes in the pan and cool down further on a wire rack.
Notes
- You may store muffins at room temperature in an air tight container for up to 3 days. In fridge for up to 5 days.
- Also they are freezer friendly and store well for up to 2 months. Thaw on counter top or overnight in the refrigerator before enjoying.
Amanda Marie Boyle
these looks so good, can't wait to try.
Andrea Metlika
Two of my favorite muffins in one! They look awesome!
Veronika
Love banana muffins! and chocolate chips just make everything better! I think I'm going to make them this weekend!
veenaazmanov
So easy and yet so healthy too. Love that it has Honey as a combination with Banana. Yum. Looks delicious and perfect with my Tea.
Emily
These banana chocolate chip muffins were a huge hit in our house! My kids especially loved the chocolate chips!
Alexandra
These are absolutely delicious, and made for a perfect weekend breakfast. The muffins are easy to make and taste wonderful!
Marta
I'm always looking for healthier ways to make my favorite breakfast foods, so I'm really looking forward to baking these banana chocolate chip muffins.
Eva
Less than 200 calories per muffins and they have chocolate?!? I'm in! Thank you, thank you! I am a sweet breakfast person and sometimes I just have way too many calories with my first meal of the day. These are perfect and I've got some frozen bananas that will serve this recipe really well!
Candice
Yay for these muffins!! They came out great... I was looking for a recipe that uses coconut oil and honey. These are a winner!
Andrea Howe
Wonderful easy banana muffins! Love that these are healthy too 🙂
Shelley
Oh, these look just wonderful! My son just left for college, and I'm always on the lookout for treats to tuck into little care packages. I love that these are not only delicious, but healthier, too - that's so perfect - thank you!
Alyssa
According to my girls, these muffins have the perfect amount of chocolate chips because they get chocolate in each bite. Moist and delicious!
Lynda
Wow! Absolutely amazing recipe with healthy ingredients. Our family absolutely loved the muffins!
Already on our second batch. Thank you for sharing this gem of the recipe with the world.
Erika
I love all these chocolate chips! These muffins are delicious!
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Easy to make, perfectly moist, and my kids LOVED them!
Jessica Formicola
I'm always looking for new breakfast ideas, and this looks right up my alley! Can't wait to try these muffins!
Rachna
I love making banana chocolate chip bread but haven't tried the muffins till now. Such an easy and delicious recipe. Will definitely try it out.
Alisha Rodrigues
That texture is so perfect .. Loving the golden brown color it has. Anything chocolate chip is always the best
Jacqueline Meldrum
I make banana bread every week but never think of making muffins. They look so fluffy and fabulous.
Dannii
Now this is my kind of breakfast. I think the kids would love it too.