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Paleo Chocolate Banana Muffins Recipe
How can a muffin taste indulgent enough to be a dessert, yet be healthy enough that you'd eat it for breakfast? Enter: Paleo chocolate banana muffins! These moist and fluffy delights are made from whole ingredients like bananas, ground almonds, and eggs, then finished up with a triple dose of chocolate to make them irresistible. They offer the perfect balance between indulgence and nutrition!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 12 muffins
Calories: 287 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- 2 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 4 4 large bananas mashed
- 4 4 large eggs
- 1 1 cup almond flour or almond meal
- ¼ ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Optional: 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- 1 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 1 cup toasted walnuts chopped
- 1 1 cup paleo chocolate chips
- Optional: ¼ cup cacao nibs
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with muffin liners. Melt the coconut oil in a small pan over medium heat. Note: If your walnuts are not toasted, pop them in the oven to toast while the oven is heating.
- In a large bowl, add the mashed bananas, eggs, almond flour, cocoa powder, vanilla, baking powder, sea salt, (if using) espresso powder, and the melted coconut oil. Beat well using an electric mixer. Stir through the walnuts, chocolate chips, and (if using) the cacao nibs.
- Divide the batter between the 12 muffin liners, filling each to the very top. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes in the tin, then remove them and let them finish cooling on a cooling rack.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1 muffin
Calories
287kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
23g
(8%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
5g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
62mg
(21%)
Sodium
173mg
(7%)
Potassium
346mg
(10%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
126IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
105mg
(11%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 287
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 muffin | |
| Calories | 287kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 62mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 173mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 346mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 126IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 105mg | 11% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.