Quick & Easy Chocolate Avocado Banana Muffins
Chocolate Avocado Banana Muffins. Fluffy, moist muffins with banana, avocado and chocolate chips. Great for dessert or as a snack! These muffins are naturally sweetened and contain fibre for those picky eaters. (Gluten-free adaptable).
Ingredients
- ½ cup chocolate chips mini or regular kind both work
Dry
- 1 cup all-purpose flour or sub with gluten-free baking flour
- 1 ¼ cup rolled oats or sub with gluten-free rolled oats
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
Wet
- 3 ripened banana
- 1 ripened avocado
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 large egg
- 1⁄3 cup coconut oil melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Into a blender or food processor, blend rolled oats until very finely grounded. It should have the same texture as flour.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients with the oat flour.
- Then in another large bowl, mash your bananas and avocado with a potato masher or puree them in a clean blender or food processor. Mix in remaining wet ingredients.
- Then mix in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients just until combined. Do not over mix batter or this will make your muffins dense.
- Lastly, gently fold in your chocolate chips with a spatula.
- Fill a greased or lined muffin tin tray ¾ full with the muffin batter. Bake for 15-19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.
- Immediately remove cooked muffins from tin to prevent overcooking and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 2155
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 2155kcal | 108% |
| Carbohydrates | 36g | 12% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 239g | 368% |
| Saturated Fat | 196g | 980% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 17g | 85% |
| Trans Fat | 0.002g | 0% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 2868mg | 120% |
| Potassium | 266mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 63IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 66mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.