So the other day, when the Broncos game was starting, I decided I should probably watch at least 5 minutes of it. Mostly because it keeps me social. It seems that all of my friends like sports, or at least act like they like sports to fit in, and I like still having friends on Sundays. Since some of my friends were at a friend’s house watching the game, I decided I would first make some muffins for them. Making muffins would kill time within the first hour of the game and then my friends would enjoy my presence more since I brought them a gift. So I made these muffins on a whim, brought them over to their house, worked on my computer the rest of the game and still had friends! It was a win-win situation. And these muffins are freaking awesome. They might not puff up super high, but they are soft and sorry, moist, and delicious.
Even though I don’t like sports, I’ll definitely still be making some Super Bowl snacks for you next week. When I think about it, football isn’t football without snacks. And I love snacks. So I guess I kind of love football. Ok, not really. But I tried.
In other exciting news, I was extremely excited to get a new OvenArt silicone muffin pan in the mail the other day. I’ve used a ton of different silicone muffin liners, but this has to be my favorite. Especially since the pan is smooth so you don’t get any ridges in your muffins. That may be OCD, but it looks way better in pictures. And they look better when you’re handing them off to friends as bribery so they don’t care that you’re not partaking in sports watching activities. Anywho, I didn’t even grease the pan and they all popped out perfect. I love them. This is not some paid advertisement. I seriously want to make muffins and cupcakes all.the.time now.
I’m getting so excited to move into my new place!! I don’t move for a little longer but all I can seem to do is clean and pack. How is organizing so unappealing when you’ve lived somewhere for 3 years but so thrilling when you’re moving? I don’t get it.
Banana Nut Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Yield: 9 1x
Ingredients
- 3 bananas, mashed with a fork
- 3 eggs, whisked
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup smooth almond butter
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup 72% Eating Evolved Baking Chocolate, chopped into pieces (or other chocolate chips you like)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mash bananas in a large bowl. Add eggs, maple syrup, almond butter, and vanilla extract and mix together.
- Then add coconut flour, cinnamon, baking soda and powder and a pinch of salt and mix well.
- Lastly, fold in walnuts and chocolate chips.
- Use an ice cream scoop to scoop batter into 9 cups of a silicone muffin pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool before removing from silicone pan.
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I turned this into a loaf since the muffin tin wouldn’t fit in my toaster oven (oven’s broken…it’s a short story.) Deelish!!
I’m assuming you can just use a regular muffin pan for these? And the almond butter is the almond butter type that’s taking the place of peanut butter? (not the formally baking kind of butter?) Sorry – still a little new to Paleo
Yes and yes!
OMG. I literally just made these and burned my fingers because I couldn’t wait to eat them. They are AMAZING! I had to make two modifications. I used pecans since I don’t really like walnuts and I didn’t have chocolate chips so I just didn’t add them. Seriously, these are the best!
Hi thanks for this recipe. Can they also be made with almond meal instead of coconut flour? Thnx!
yes but i’m not sure how much you would need to use to get the right consistency
Hi Juli~ love your website!! I just made these and I did not have any syrup………I left it out completely and they were great!! I will be staring my sugar detox Feb 1:} I’ve done it before and I hope I can do it again!!
Not sure if my 1st comment worked? These look AMAZING! And I have all the ingredients on hand! Question – can you taste the almond butter or does it blend well into the batter? Can’t seem to enjoy the taste of almond butter. (Lame.)
I think it blends pretty well, but I enjoy that flavor so maybe I’m not the best to ask haha
Hi, Can I use date puree as a sweetener instead of the maple syrup? How much would you recommend?
honey. same amount
So if I don’t have a silicone muffin pan, should I make these with muffin liners? Or do you think I can just grease my pan a bit? Thanks!
greased pan or muffin liners
I made a batch in an 8 x 8 baking pan, and they came out great. Took about 35 minutes. Kids and hubby loved them. (I’m doing a Whole30, but will definitely make again when I can have some!)
These are the best Paleo muffins I have had yet! Amazing! I made 3 batches of them for my daughters basketball tournament out of town and between games set them out for the girls. They were gone immediately and my daughter said they girls were saying “How did your mom make these so good?” My niece has a ritual of cereal and a muffin before her game, the hotel didn’t serve muffins so I ran and got her one of these, her response, “Can you give my mom this recipe?” FANTASTIC!