Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins

Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins- moist and delicious, those cakes style simply like chocolate cake. You would via no means guess that they’re made with out dairy, gluten, oil or delicate sugar!


I’ve been demise to share those rather delicious cakes with you guys for weeks now but I needed to wait till the time was simply right. Because I realize once January 1st arrives, we’re all at the Eat Healthier Train and that as we speak makes chocolate cakes appear similar to the devil.

But if you’re like me and will merely move so lengthy with out having chocolate on your life (cough, like 12 hours, cough) then via now you’re possible yearning it like anything serious. Well don’t you fear simply due to the fact those Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Muffins are the appropriate technique to all your problems!

Ingredients     2 ripe medium bananas     2 pasture-raised eggs     1/2 cup creamy unsalted peanut butter     2 teaspoons vanilla extract     1/3 cup natural maple syrup     3/4 cup unsweetened almond milk     2 cups rolled oats     3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder     1 teaspoon baking soda     1/2 teaspoon high-quality sea salt     1/2 cup dairy-free darkish chocolate chips Instructions     Preheat the oven to 350°F then grease a muffin tin and set aside.     In a blender, beginning with the rainy meals first, combine everything (except chocolate chips) and mix for about 30 seconds, or till a comfortable batter forms.     Add the chocolate chips to the blender and gently stir collectively by means of way of hand. Pour the batter into the muffin tin so that every is approximately 3/4 of the method full. Sprinkle just several extra chocolate chips on best then vicinity them within the oven and prepare dinner for 20 minutes.     Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes then enjoy! Store leftovers in an hermetic container for as much as four days.

Okay, I’m being just a bit dramatic. They would possibly now not be capable to remedy ALL of your troubles but perhaps a few? Like hunger, for starters.

 Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffin Ingredients

•     Rolled Oats: Whole grain rolled oats are the bottom of those cakes which packs them with a hefty punch of fiber and a serving of plant-based protein. Rather than spike your blood sugar and go away you crashing, they’ll maintain you energized for at the least a number of hours. Be certain to make use of certified gluten-free oats for allergies!
•     Unsweetened Cocoa Powder: Because chocolate.
•     Baking Soda and Salt: those supply leavening to assist the cakes rise whereas also including a trace of salt for flavor. If you’re utilizing salted peanut butter, you ought to go away out the additional salt.
•     Bananas: Ripe bananas supply moisture and herbal sweetness.
•     Creamy Unsalted Peanut Butter: Natural peanut butter adds a healthy supply of fat. Also, is there something higher than the combo of banana, peanut butter and chocolate?
•     Eggs: As a lot as I love flax and chia eggs, they simply don’t leaven like actual eggs. If you desire puffy cakes such as you spot within the pictures then you’ll need eggs for this recipe.
•     Vanilla Extract: While no longer fully necessary, vanilla extract ties everything collectively and lessens the will for delicate sugar.
•     Pure Maple syrup: Provides moisture and herbal sweetness. See doubtless transformations for substitutions.
•     Unsweetened Almond Milk: This is what I all the time have available but any sort of milk will work.
•     Dairy-Free Dark Chocolate Chips or Chopped Dark Chocolate: Double the chocolate, double the fun!

How to Make Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Muffins

•     Layer everything within the blender. Starting with rainy meals first, area all the meals  besides for the chocolate chips right into a excessive velocity blender.
•     Blend! About 10 seconds is all you ought to have to get the batter good and smooth.
•     Add the chocolate chips. Sprinkle the chocolate chips into the blender and stir via hand till they’re nicely mixed.
•     Pour into the greased muffin tin. Fill every one about 3/4 of the method full.
•     Bake. Transfer to the preheated oven and cook dinner for about 22 minutes. The tops could be good and puffy with cracks.
•     Stuff in face! Once you notice and odor them, it’s going to be difficult to withstand but make certain to await them to cool so you don’t burn your mouth. 

Possible Variations

•     Don’t have a excessive velocity blender? No problem! You could make those utilizing identical quantities oat flour (2 cups) instead. If you've a normal blender you possibly can a combine the rainy meals and mix collectively so that the banana will get flippantly distributed. Whisk the dry meals in a separate bowl then pour the rainy into the dry. Fold in chocolate chips and stir to mix earlier than including batter to a muffin tin.
•     Not into bananas? Leave them out and substitute 1 cup pumpkin or candy potato puree.
•     Want to make them nut-free? Use oat milk or liked nut-free milk and update the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter or coconut oil.
•     Don’t like maple syrup? Most liquid sweeteners will work in it’s place, akin to honey or agave nectar. I even haven't made those with stevia so I can’t provide any recommendation in that department.
•     Want to make them vegan? I haven’t had nice effects replacing eggs with flax eggs in my blender muffin recipes. They usually pop out raw within the center. That said, my Flourless Vegan Double Chocolate Banana Bread could be a huge alternative! 

Notes
Be certain to make use of certified gluten-free oats for allergies.

Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 7g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 27mg, Sodium: 91mg, Potassium: 382mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 50IU, Vitamin C: 1.7mg, Calcium: 89mg, Iron: 1.8mg