Healthy Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins | Vegan + Gluten Free
Quick & easy healthy chocolate banana muffins made in the blender with oats and naturally sweetened with maple syrup. These vegan chocolate banana muffins are fluffy, tender and so satisfying! (Gluten free, oil free, eggless + refined sugar free)
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 23 minutes
- Total Time: 33 minutes
- Yield: 10 muffins 1x
- Category: breakfast
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: vegan, gluten free, north american
Ingredients
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- 2 medium very ripe bananas (about 1 cup mashed // 300g)
- 1/4 cup nut or seed butter (65g // I use almond butter or peanut butter)
- 1/3 cup maple syrup (100g)
- 3/4 cup non-dairy milk (180ml // plus more as needed, see notes below)
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar (15g // or apple cider vinegar)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract, optional (5g)
- 2 cups gluten free rolled oats (200g)
- 2/3 cup cocoa or cacao powder (58g)
- 2 tsp baking powder (10g)
- 1 tsp baking soda (5g)
- 1/4 tsp salt (1g)
- 1/3-1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips, optional (50-80g)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 F (210 C). Line or grease 10 muffin cups.
- Add the ingredients into a high speed blender in the order listed above. Start at a low speed and slowly increase. If at any point the blender is not blending, pause and scrape down the sides with a spatula to help the batter get moving. Once the oats are grounded up and the batter is smooth you can let the batter rest for 10 minutes which will yield softer muffins or bake straight away.
- If making double chocolate muffins, add the chocolate chips to the blender and stir with the spatula. If your batter is warm, scoop the batter into 10 muffin cups and then swirl chocolate chips in. Top with more chocolate chips if desired.
- Bake for 5 minutes. Drop the temperature to 350 F (180 C) and bake for another 18-20 minutes or until muffins are fully cooked. Test by inserting a toothpick into the middle of one of the muffins, it should come out mostly clean.
- Let the muffins to cool in the pan for 3-5 minutes. Transfer the muffins onto a wire rack and allow them to cool completely before eating.
Notes
- Helpful Equipment: high speed blender, spatula, 9 or 12 cup muffin tin, muffin liners
- Nutritional Information Disclaimer: Nutrition information is a rough estimate calculated on an online tool (Cronometer).
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 muffin
- Calories: 190
- Sugar: 10.4g
- Sodium: 223mg
- Fat: 5.3g
- Saturated Fat: 1.3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3.3g
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 31.1g
- Fiber: 4.8g
- Protein: 5.8g
- Cholesterol: 0
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