Make a double batch of these chocolate banana muffins and store some in the freezer for easy access to healthy muffins. These healthy chocolate muffins are naturally sweetened, made with white whole wheat flour, and are so moist and delicious! 
We Love Coffee Shops + Chocolate Muffins!
I love coffee shops. Discovering cozy little nooks throughout the twin cities to work is one of my favorite things to do. Team Fit Foodie spends a lot of time in coffee shops when we’re not in the kitchen and there are some important things we look for in a coffee shop that will keep us coming back.
- Tables + Outlets We work for a coffee shop for a whole day and there are three of us! We need a big table and outlets!
- Nice + Respectful Staff We are people, people! There is nothing worse than being treated like you’re not wanted when you hang out at a coffee shop!
- Good Coffee Gosh darn good black coffee (preferably with free refills). We all drink our coffee black and just can’t get enough!
- FOOD Food Food FOOD! Not just granola bars or bags of chips. We love spending our money at coffee shops and we know that sometimes it’s frustrating when people take up tables that aren’t spending money. When we hunker down at a coffee shop for the work day we usually have coffee, snacks, and lunch! We love when coffee shops have healthy food options and a little something SWEET for us to enjoy. We are big cookie, balls, and muffin people, so you betcha we would spend our money on baked goods!
There are also days when we are in the kitchen or work from Lee’s home office (AKA the Ranch) that we absolutely love. Check out gorgeous photos of our office HERE! When we work from home, we still crave a little something sweet and there is a pretty good chance that there are healthy chocolate muffins on the counter or in the freezer just waiting to be eaten!
These healthy chocolate muffins are one of our favorite muffins on FFF! They are made with whole ingredients, naturally sweetened with bananas, maple syrup, and coconut sugar. We love whipping up a batch of muffins and sticking half of them in the freezer for later and keeping half out for snacking!
How to Make Healthy Chocolate Muffins
Baking muffins is a very relaxing and therapeutic activity for me! I love baking days by myself or a baking day with friends! You just can’t beat it. Sometimes baking can be a scary thing for people because of all of the science. We try to make baking accessible for everyone and I want to assure you that these healthy chocolate muffins are a great recipe to help you reboot your relationship with baking.
Favorite Baking Tools
One thing that will make baking a bit easier for anyone is having the right tools to bake! Below are some of the tools that we use every time we make these chocolate banana muffins and any other healthy muffin recipe on Fit Foodie Finds!
- Different size mixing bowls. We love these nesting bowls from Target because we can have a bowl for dry ingredients and wet ingredients. Our most favorite part of these bowls is that they are dishwasher safe!
- Hearty Muffin Tins. Get a sturdy muffin tin that doesn’t pop in the oven! We like using a nonstick muffin tin!
- Muffin tin liners. There is nothing worse than a dirty muffin tin that you can’t get clean! If you don’t have a nonstick muffin tin, get these reusable silicone muffin liners!
- Cooling Rack. A cooling rack allows your muffins to cool completely without sticking to the muffin tin or your counter!
That’s it! After you’ve got the tools you need to make these muffins, it’s all smooth sailing! When you are making these healthy chocolate muffins, feel free to put your own twist on these muffins! We love that these chocolate banana muffins are made with pureed bananas, but if you would rather not use bananas check out our post on 6 Healthy Muffins Recipe Post talks about many different ways you can substitute different sweeteners depending on your personal preferences!
Now, get you baking apron on and get these healthy chocolate muffins in the oven!
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Healthy Chocolate Muffins
These healthy chocolate muffins are the perfect healthy snack that you can meal prep for the week! Make a double batch of these chocolate banana muffins and store some in the freezer for easy access to healthy muffins. These healthy chocolate muffins are naturally sweetened, made with white whole wheat flour, and are so moist and delicious!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 1.5 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (+ more for topping)
Wet Ingredients
- 1 cup mashed banana*
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 350ºF and line a muffin tin with muffin liners. We suggest also spraying your muffin liners with cooking spray just in case.
- Next, place dry ingredients into a medium bowl and mix.
- Then, in a small bowl, mash 1 large banana. Measure it and add 1 cup to a large bowl.
- Crack 2 eggs into the large bowl and whisk with mashed banana. Add maple syrup, almond milk, and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and then mix. Then, add in melted coconut oil and mix again.
- Fill each muffin about 3/4 of the way full (these are going to be big muffins) and sprinkle on a few more chocolate chips. Then, place in the oven at 350ºF and bake for 18-22 minutes or until the center is fully cooked.
- Let cool for 5 minutes and then remove from the muffin tin to continue cooling.
Tips & Notes
- *If you don’t like bananas, feel free to use another fruit puree such as applesauce or pumpkin.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 muffin Calories: 203 Sugar: 15 Fat: 8 Carbohydrates: 31 Fiber: 4 Protein: 4Keywords: healthy chocolate muffins
These are delicious! I used skim milk and vegetable oil and reduced the sugar by 1/4 and they still came out tasting great 🙂
These turned out perfect the first time! My kids begged me to make a double batch. I was worried about making double the first time trying a recipe, but I’m so glad we have extra. We’ll be freezing some and adding this recipe to our favorites. Thanks for sharing!!
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So glad you and your fam loved these!
Thanks for the great recipe.
Should these be kept in the fridge or on the counter is fine?
Thank you!
Either works! They will last longer in the fridge, though!
Could I use cacao instead of cocoa powder?
I am not a baker and usually avoid muffins because I always mess something up. I followed this recipe exactly and the muffins were AMAZING! Sooo big, flavorful and moist. They only lasted a few days in our house!
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YESSSS!!
These are my FAVORITE muffins! They are easy to make and so yummy. I usually only like muffins fresh from the oven, but these are delicious for several days. (I keep mine in the fridge.) I sub brown sugar for the coconut sugar and they come out great.
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YAY!
These came out perfectly! Used 2 bananas, 2% milk, and added walnuts. They are moist and fluffy and not too sweet with a great flavor. Thanks!
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Can you use just regular milk instead of almond?
Hi! Just made these now so delicious!! Made a double batch, will send half to my friend who’s just home with her new baby! Used apple sauce instead of bananas as well! Thank you for this recipe it’s a winner!
Um….yes please! These chocolate muffins are DELICIOUS! I made them with unsweetened applesauce rather than the mushed banana. We used half/semisweet and half/milk chocolate chip. My 5 year old and and 3 year old boys also loved them, they both ate two right away. My batch made 18 muffins.
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I made these are they are so amazing. I rarely write reviews but it these are amazing
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YAY!! Glad you loved them Renita!
These look so good! How could you make them gluten free? Just use a gluten free flour?
We haven’t tried this, but I would recommend a gluten-free all-purpose flour!
How could you swap in almond flour to this recipe?
We wouldn’t suggest swapping almond flour for any kind of glutenous flour!
These muffins look delish! How much unsweetened applesauce do you recommend in place of 1 c mashed banana in case a ripe banana is not readily available?
Hi Donna! 1 cup of applesauce should work just fine!!
The only problem with these muffins is they are so delicious it’s hard to keep portion control. I seriously could eat 4 at one sitting.
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RIGHT?! SO GOOD.
Can I use normal all purpose flour instead of wheat flour and honey instead of maple syrup? Tnx
Yes! You can make both of those substitutions!
Just came out of the oven. Delicious! I used brown sugar in place of coconut sugar, adding it to the wet ingredients instead of the dry. I used vegetable oil in place of coconut oil. Necessary swaps since I did not want to go to the store. I made smaller muffins (19 total, baked 16 minutes). Thank you for yet another delicious recipe.
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LOVE! Thank you for sharing!