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Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Muffins

Chocolate Banana Peanut Butter Muffins

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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana, chocolate chip, muffin, peanut butter
Servings: 12 muffin

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup white whole wheat flour
  • 1/3 cup peanut flour or peanut butter powder
  • 2 tablespoon flax seed ground
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch ground cloves
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
  • 1/3 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1/4 cup extra light olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 4 tablespoon peanut butter
  • 4 tablespoon Nutella

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare standard 12-cup muffin pan with liners; set aside.
  • In a small bowl combine the peanut butter and Nutella until smooth and uniform in color; set aside in the refrigerator.
  • In a medium bowl, sift together flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.
  • Toss the chocolate chips in the flour mixture until coated and evenly distributed.
  • In a large bowl, whisk mashed bananas and yogurt until smooth. Whisk in the egg, sugar, oil and vanilla until well blended.
  • Add the flour mixture and fold gently until just combined.
  • Fill each muffin cup about 1/2 full with the batter.
  • Spoon about 2 teaspoons of the peanut butter and Nutella mixture into the center of each cup.
  • Evenly divide remaining batter to cover the peanut butter mixture.
  • Bake 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Let cool for 5 minutes in pan before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

If you would like to make a chocolate muffin with a peanut butter center replace the peanut flour with 1/3 cup cocoa powder and replace the Nutella with an additional 4 tbsp peanut butter.