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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Very tasty! I subbed sunflower seed butter for almond butter since that’s what i had on hand. BAD IDEA! the tops turned a horrific shade of green by the afternoon. I ventured to eat one, still good, but super ugly. Thanks for the recipe!
What is your favorite almond butter to use in recipes?
Julie, all of your recipes are a life-saver for me since my boyfriend and I have tried making the switch to paleo (I made the almost 5 ingredient pizza spaghetti pie last night). I made these muffins yesterday and left out the chocolate chips and instead used the chocolate frosting recipe from Bill and Haley at primalpalate.com — the best idea I’ve ever had! They are already gone and I have to make more tonight! Thanks for being a great paleo inspiration!
This recipe looks awesome! I want to try it out but, also add in some protein powder to give it an extra kick of protein (obv). Any suggestions for adding it in but, not messing with the consistency too much? Thanks 🙂
hmmmm that’s a good question. i’ve found that protein powder works similar to coconut flour. so you could probably sub 1/4 cup protein powder instead of the coconut flour. i’m not hands down sure this would work the same, but it might!
Julie – Do you think using a regular muffin tin with liners would work for these? I need to buy a silicone mold!
absolutely!
Hi Julie! Love this site and your recipes! I’ m new to baking with coconut and almond flours. Just wondering how long these keep? Can you freeze them?
up to a week in the fridge. and you could definitely freeze them, i’m just not sure how they defrost. i haven’t tried it
I made these over the weekend and holy shit balls they’re so good! They taste and puffed up like a real cupcake! I skipped the walnuts and topped them with coconut whipped cream and sprinkled with chopped pecans…..I was in paleo heaven. I’m wondering if I can replace the maple syrup with dates? Has anyone tried that?
i’m sure you could but i haven’t tried that so i wouldn’t know how many
I don’t have any maple syrup can honey be used as a substitute? Also, will the consistency change if i don’t use nuts or chocolate chips?
absolutely!! and it should be fine without nuts and chocolate chips!
This. Recipe. Rocks! Thank you!
I made your cauliflower chorizo casserole last night—-aweeeesome. It makes me want to try many more of your recipes! Do you think I could substitute honey 1:1 in these banana nut choc chip muffins? I have tons of honey at home, and would like to use some of that up if possible. Thanks!!