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Healthy Banana Chocolate Muffins

Written by Kathrin (Leave a Comment)

These healthy banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops are incredibly delicious - no white sugar, low-fat and clean.

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These low-fat banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops really are a great indulgent recipe without white sugar!

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Taste and Occasion

In the mood for healthy chocolate banana muffins with peanut butter? My mission for this post was to create really delicious, moist muffins with chocolate chips and peanut butter that were - and this was the challenge - as low in sugar and fat as possible but didn't taste like it. Mission impossible? No!

I spent an afternoon in the kitchen, mixing different ingredients or ingredient amounts together to tinker with the perfect result. "Perfect" is a big word, of course. But these healthier banana chocolate muffins without refined sugar and with comparatively little fat turned out great in the end. Mission completed 🙂 !

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Ingredients

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The recipe for the banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops is straightforward. And yet special. The "slim" muffin dough consists of wonderful-caramel coconut blossom sugar, banana puree, so you need less fat and still get moist muffins, peanut butter for flavor, natural yogurt and chocolate without sugar. The sugar-free chocolate drops are sweetened with xylitol and taste just like regular dark chocolate.

The muffins should be not only relatively healthy but also taste good. And these low-fat banana muffins definitely do! The banana peanut butter muffins with chocolate drops don't rise quite as much as full-fat, full-sugar chocolate muffins (which I'm sure was more due to the fat saved than the sweetener). Nevertheless, they are for me personally full enjoyment :-).

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How to make the Healthy Banana Chocolate Muffins

Let's start with preheating the oven to 360°F/180°C. Now, mash the ripe bananas to purée in a food processor or with a fork and mix well in a mixing bowl with sugar as well as all wet ingredients (egg, yogurt, milk). Then, add the peanut butter.

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It's time to mix the flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and stir briefly (!) so that no more flour lumps are visible. Fold about 60g of the chocolate drops into the dough and fill 10-12 muffin cups with the dough. In the end, sprinkle the remaining chocolate drops on top and bake muffins for 20 to 25 minutes.

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Top Tip

Coconut sugar is one of my favorite sweeteners in clean baking - and not just for these healthy banana peanut muffins. It's made from the nectar of coconut palms and contains lots of minerals and vitamins. It is not calorie-free like most sweeteners (unfortunately, just as the healthier peanut butter banana muffins in total 😉 ). But in return, coconut blossom sugar is a natural product that is also very sustainable and has a low glycemic index.

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Healthy Banana Chocolate Muffins

I love these caramel banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops. No white sugar and masses of fat, but so delicious!
Prep Time15 mins
Baking Time20 mins
Servings: 10 muffins
Calories: 263kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 bananas, large; very ripe
  • 100 grams (⅔ cup) coconut blossom sugar, alternatively: 80g brown sugar
  • 1 egg, large
  • 120 grams (½ cup) yogurt
  • 80 grams (⅓ cup) milk
  • 100 grams (⅖ cup) peanut butter, natural or crunchy
  • 220 grams (1 ⅘ cups) wheat flour, or spelt
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 80 grams (⅖ cup) chocolate drops, without sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 360°F/180°C. Mash the ripe bananas to purée in a food processor or with a fork. Mix well in a mixing bowl with sugar and all wet ingredients (egg, yogurt, milk): finally, add the peanut butter.
  • Mix the flour with baking powder, baking soda, salt. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture and stir briefly (!) so that no more flour lumps are visible.
  • Fold about 60g of the chocolate drops into the dough. Fill 10-12 muffin cups with the dough, sprinkle the remaining chocolate drops on top. Bake muffins for 20 to 25 minutes.

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Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!
These healthy banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops are incredibly delicious - no white sugar, low-fat and clean.These healthy banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops are incredibly delicious - no white sugar, low-fat and clean.These healthy banana muffins with peanut butter and chocolate drops are incredibly delicious - no white sugar, low-fat and clean.

Variations

Nice and moist, slightly chocolaty, with delicious banana, peanut and caramel flavors. Thumbs up! Maybe you guys feel like recreating my recipe for comparatively healthy banana chocolate muffins with peanut butter and report back on your experience. I highly recommend it… And if you're more into super-lush, check out my classic peanut butter cupcakes.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Healthy Banana Chocolate Muffins
Amount Per Serving
Calories 263 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 19mg6%
Sodium 125mg5%
Potassium 308mg9%
Carbohydrates 39g13%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 17g19%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 68IU1%
Vitamin C 2mg2%
Calcium 66mg7%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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