Chunky Monkey Muffins
Once a month I engage in a standoff with the bananas on my kitchen counter. I spend up to 2 weeks waiting for them to reach the perfect ripeness (mostly brown spots with only the tinniest bits of yellow left) which lasts for a short period of time before they turn to the dark side and begin to resemble compost. I get a bit obsessive, daily monitoring their progress and yelling at anyone who even thinks about eating one or throwing them away.
If you aren’t able to find unsweetened banana chips in store you can make them at home. Slice 2 bananas and lay them out evenly on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake in the oven at 100 degrees celsius for 2½ hours or alternatively you can also use a dehydrator.
These muffins are the result of a freezer full of banana bread, 4 perfectly ripe bananas and the need for a bit of creativity.
There is a lot going on here, shredded coconut, crunchy walnuts, collops of almond butter, chunks of banana and a topping of chewy pieces of dried banana. These muffins are very moist, and packed with different textures and flavours. Try to only use ripe bananas, they don’t have to be perfectly ripe, but just make sure they aren’t hard as you will miss out on some amazing banana flavour.
You can store the muffins in a sealed container for a week or freeze them for over a month. I find that almond flour products freeze very well and remain moist when thawed, unlike wheat flour products which often dry out (that’s another point on the board for almond flour!).
These chunky monkey muffins are great for breakfast, as a snack or even dessert and with so many different flavours in each bite there is no need to smother them with jam or any other unhealthy spread, au natural is the way to go.
Here are a few other way muffin recipes that you might enjoy:
- Lemon Blueberry Muffins
- Apple Cinnamon Muffins
- Zucchini, Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins
- Rhubarb & Orange Muffins
- Cranberry, Orange & Pecan Muffins
If you make this recipe let me know in the comment section below, I would love to hear what you think or take a photo and tag me (@everylastbite_) on Instagram, I love seeing your photos!
Chunky Monkey Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups almond flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup walnuts roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp almond butter
- 1/4 cup dried unsweetened banana chips * cut into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) and line a muffin tray with liners
- In a bowl combine the almond flour, salt and baking soda
- Add in the eggs, vanilla, honey, apple cider vinegar, coconut oil, 2 bananas and shredded coconut and using an electric mixer blend until well combined
- Break the remaining banana into pieces and add to the batter along with the walnuts, stir lightly until just combined but do not over mix as you want the banana to remain in chunks
- Fill each muffin cup half full with batter and then place two small dollops of almond butter on top and then top with more batter. Fill the muffin cups to the top with batter and make sure that it is really firmly packed in. Top each muffins with the banana chips.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Notes
I am not a low-carb dieter but prefer the less sweet baked goods these eating plans offer. These muffins were really tasty! I will make them again!
Oh my goodness!! I have been trying for a few months, to find a really good Grain Free muffin recipe. This is IT!!! It came out perfectly!!! I think, even if you weren’t on this diet, you would still love it!! They are not huge muffins, in size, but they they are delicious and they fill you up as much (or more than!) an extra-large mega-muffin (Because of the Almond Flour)!! I made them more for their being gluten-free, grain free and they were perfect! (My GI System struggles with grains). I didn’t have banana chips, so I diced up 1/2 of the second banana and put that into the recipe instead. I sprinkled 1/2 of the chopped nuts on top of each muffin. Again, they were perfect! Thank you for this great recipe!
I’ve been considering this diet (with trepidation), as I’m looking at a new course of Crohn’s treatment. I have a couple of questions. a) Do you have any advice or cautions for a person who has autoimmune diabetes as well as Crohn’s? b) So many of your recipes contain banana, which I can’t eat. Is there a reasonable substitute?
Low carb? I don’t think so.
I followed the recipe exactly.
Here is the nutritional breakdown per muffin:
370 kcal
Net Carbs 18.1 g
Fat 28.4 g
Protein 10.1 g
It is a Paleo recipe. Definitely not low carb. Extremely delicious!
Thanks for including the nutritional info!
Do you have the nutritional values for these beautiful muffins?
I prefer not to include nutritional information for recipes and instead focus on just using wholesome ingredients but if you do want to know the nutritional information I recommend using this app RecipeIQ all you have to do is enter the recipe URL or take a photo of the recipe and it outputs the information.
Could you sub out the eggs for flax eggs instead?
To be honest my experience with flax eggs is very limited so I couldn’t say for sure but I think that it would likely turn out ok. Let me know how it goes!
Amanda, did you try? Did they turn out okay?
Do you know the nutritional info, specifically carbs,proteins & calories?? Please email me the info-bobojay55@yahoo.com
These are great, I didn’t think I could become a baker until coming across your website. These are another great recipe. I just worry I might become a chunky monkey if i keep making them!!!!