Healthy Chocolate Banana Muffins (sneakily turned into cupcakes!)
My son turns 2 on Friday, and instead of making him "real" cupcakes (where the sugar content would surely turn him into the Tasmanian Devil), I decided to take this healthy chocolate banana muffin recipe (gluten, dairy and refined sugar free) and top it with a healthy coconut milk frosting! #momwinfosho!
The kids loved them and the adults didn't have to peel their kids off the ceiling after they were consumed. Saa-weet! (pun intended).
You can either do as I did, and combine these two recipes to make healthy cupcakes, or you can skip the frosting and just make the muffins as a healthy breakfast option or as a healthy afternoon snack. Both recipes are ridiculously easy and require next to no time to make.
Healthy Chocolate Banana Muffins
Source: fitnessista.com
Ingredients:
1 cup almond meal
1 cup gluten free oatmeal
1/4 cup raw cacao powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (Camino is a good brand)
Pinch of sea salt
2 medium bananas
2 eggs
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp coconut oil (Nutiva is a good brand)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a muffin tin with coconut oil (or use muffin liners)
In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients.
In a smaller bowl, mash bananas and then whisk in eggs, maple syrup, vanilla and coconut oil