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Double chocolate banana blender muffin propped on side in metal tin.

Double Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins {Gluten-Free}

Yield: 12 muffins
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 (about 226 g) ripe medium-size bananas
  • ½ cup (113 g) sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ⅓ cup (113 g) honey, or (71 g) granulated sugar
  • ½ cup (43 g) natural, unsweetened cocoa powder (see note)
  • 2 cups (200 g) old-fashioned rolled oats (see note)
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ to 1 cup (85 to 170 g) chocolate chips + more for sprinkling

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper liners and lightly coat the liners with nonstick cooking spray (or omit the liners and grease the muffin tin).
  • Add the bananas, sour cream or yogurt, eggs, vanilla, honey, cocoa powder, oats, baking powder, baking soda and salt to a blender. Process until well-blended, scraping down the sides of the blender if needed.
  • Add the chocolate chips to the blender and stir with a spoon or spatula.
  • Portion the batter evenly into the muffin cups, about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top of each muffin (optional).
  • Bake for 15-18 minutes until the muffins spring back to the touch and are baked through (don't over bake or they might be dry!).

Notes

Gluten-Free: keep in mind you need certified GF oats to make these muffins 100% gluten-free (not all oats are gluten-free).
Cocoa Powder: the full amount (1/2 cup) cocoa powder makes for a very chocolatey muffin. If you want to dial that down just a bit, use 1/3 cup cocoa powder instead.
Sweetness: these muffins are just very lightly sweet (the ripeness of your bananas will help the sweetness factor along, too) which is how I like them for breakfast fare but if you like your quick breads a tad sweeter, increase the sugar/honey as needed.
Oats: I have not subbed quick oats in this recipe but you could certainly experiment.