If you’ve well and truly mastered baking banana bread by now, why not mix things up a bit with Deliciously Ella’s recipe for chocolate banana muffins?
With plant-based substitutions of almond milk, coconut oil and dark chocolate, they’re arguably a healthier version of the regular sweet treat – but that doesn’t mean they’ll taste any less rich or delicious.
Chocolate banana muffins
Equipment
- 12-hole muffin tray with cases
- Bowl
Ingredients
- 3 large overripe bananas (about 350g, peeled weight)
- 150 ml almond or oat milk
- 3 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 4 tbsp cacao powder
- 200 g spelt flour
- 100 g coconut (or brown) sugar
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 80 g dark chocolate (we like 70% cocoa solids)
- About 12 walnuts (or pecans), roughly chopped or broken (if you want to make these nut free leave these out)
Method
- Preheat the oven to fan 180°C fan and line a 12-hole muffin tray with cases.
- Chop the dark chocolate into chunks, roughly the size of a chocolate chip.
- Mash the bananas in a large bowl using a fork, until smooth and creamy.
- Add the almond milk, coconut oil, cacao powder, spelt flour, coconut sugar, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt, then stir until a smooth batter forms.
- Stir the dark chocolate into the mixture. I always keep a small handful of it back so that I can put it on top of the muffins, as it makes them look even more chocolatey and delicious.
- Spoon two tablespoons of mixture into each muffin case, scatter over some walnuts, if using, and add a little piece of chocolate to the top.
- Bake for 25 minutes, then leave the muffins to cool for 10–15 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
Deliciously Ella Quick & Easy: Plant-based Deliciousness by Ella Mills, recipe photography by Nassima Rothacker, is published by Yellow Kite.
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