One of the little traditions we do on Gracen’s half birthday (ohmahgerd, I have a two and a half year old) is make a fresh batch of muffins (aka ‘cupcakes’) to top with freshly whipped cream and candles later in the evening. So today we used our usual no sugar added banana muffin recipe, tweaked it just a little bit, and came up with these delicious chocolate coconut creations. They are super yummy and truly do feel like a cupcake instead of a healthy muffin… Especially if you add the dark chocolate chips I added to the adult half of the batch (with which I doubt they can be remain in the ‘healthy’ category, but hey – I try my best). ☺
Here’s the recipe…
Healthy Banana Chocolate Coconut Muffins
- 4 large ripe bananas
- 1 organic egg
- 1/3 cups of coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons of pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa
- 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups of wholewheat flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened coconut shavings
- dark chocolate chips (optional – we used 1/3 of a cup in half the batter)
Preheat oven to 350° . Prepare a 12 cup muffin pan by brushing it with coconut oil.
Mix the bananas, other wet ingredients, and cocoa until the mixture is mostly smooth and only slightly chunky. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients (save the coconut and chocolate chips) well. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Slowly stir in the coconut (and chocolate chips if adding them). Fill greased muffin tin with the mixture and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let cool.
Enjoy!
We have a similar tradition…only it’s chocolate chocolate chip muffins for my son’s stuffed meerkat’s “birthday.” He keeps trying to convince me to play Meekat’s birthday again…I think I’ll let him if he’ll try this recipe with me. :)
Haha! So cute Jessica! If I got to make chocolate chip muffins with my mom, I’d want to celebrate Meekat’s birthday EVERY day. Such a cute tradition! :)
FANTASTIC!!!!!
I added 1 cup of rolled oats as well.
Om nom nom.. Yummy!
Thanks for sharing :)
Oh, so glad you enjoyed them, Chelsea! And love the addition of oats. :)
I have been meaning to try these for a while and this weekend my toddler and I made a batch. They are so yummy! He LOVES them! This recipe is a keeper for sure!
I have been making these for occassions and just for fun for a year now, so thank you so much for this great recipe! It is a huge hit not only in my hourse, but in our friend’s houses as well!
Hi! Could you substitute the flour for almond meal or coconut flour? If so… How much would you recommend? Cheers! :)
my 2 year old loved it :)…it was a hit with her papa and grandpa too :) topped it with fresh cream and maple syrup :)
I made these tonight and they were delicious. I made it with an egg substitute to make the recipe vegan!
I will definitely be trying these recipes they sound very sensible, healthy and delicious!
Delicious! My fussy eater 3 year old loved this! We made it as a cake rather than cupcakes.
About as healthy as cake gets ☺
Those look amazing!
Can i use honey instead of maple syrup?