Description
When life gives you ripe bananas you make banana bread.. WRONG!!! Make these amazing chocolate banana muffins instead!! These muffins are so fudgy and wholesome, they’ll have you thinking how are these healthy again! They’re made with no oil or butter, and obviously no eggs or dairy because they are vegan. You dont need any special equipment to mix the batter, it can all be made in one bowl! These muffins taste like a bite of heaven or a chocolate cake, perfect for breakfast, snacks or dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 bananas ripe
- 1 & ¼ cups flour all purpose flour
- ½ cup coco powder
- ½ cup chocolate chips extra handful for sprinkling the tops
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ cup almond milk any milk of choice
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 6 tbsp nut butter any choice of any nut butter
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¾ tsp salt
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 425°F and grease or line your muffin tins.
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Mash the bananas really well with a fork or potato masher until it turns into a lumpy puree.
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Add the cashew butter, maple syrup, vanilla extract, almond milk, sugar and salt to the bananas and whisk together until really well combined.
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Next add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder and fold it in gently until everything is just combined. Do not over mix this batter, it does affect the texture and rise of the muffins.
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Add the chocolate chips and fold them in. Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared muffin pan and sprinkle the tops of each with a few more chocolate chips if desired.
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Place them in the oven and set a timer for 5 minutes. Once the 5 minutes has passed, immediately turn the oven down to 375°F without opening the door and cook for a further 14– 18 minutes. Check them with a toothpick and if it comes out mostly clean then they are done. Remove them from the pan cool them on a wire rack.
Notes
- Don’t skip out on the maple syrup or replace it with honey, because of the maple syrup the muffins will stay fudgy and moist.
- These muffins keep for 4-5 days in a sealed container.They also freeze very well.
- You can use vegan chocolate chips to make this recipe full vegan.
- The science be hide the perfect domed shaped “muffin top” has to do with the perfect oven tempt. The muffins needs a very hot tempt increase in the beginning which creates steam that will raise those muffin tops in the air! Once they have risen, your going to turn the tempt down so the inside of the muffin can fully cook.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: chocolate banana muffins
