If you have been wanting an easy, healthy, grab-n-go breakfast that the whole family will love, look no further! These simple Banana Oatmeal Muffin Cups are just that (and then some!).
I love topping them with chocolate chips, but you can really use any topping or stir in you love. Literally ANYthing you would stir into your oatmeal will work in the muffin cups. Just think of them as a bowl of oats on the go.
Banana Oatmeal Muffin Cups
Yield: Makes 12 muffins
Prep Time:15 minutes
Cook Time:25 minutes
Total Time:40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8th teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup mashed banana (2-3 bananas depending on their size)
- 2 pastured eggs
- 1.5 cups of unsweetened almond milk (or any milk you prefer)
- 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 12 cup muffin tin with cooking spray or coat with coconut oil or butter.
- In a large bowl combine oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
- In a separate bowl mix together mashed bananas, eggs, and milk until well combined.
- Pour milk mixture over oat mixture and stir well to combine.
- Evenly divide the oat mixture between all 12 muffin cup and then top each one with a sprinkle of chocolate chips.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until set and cooked though. Allow to cool and then store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
*I like these muffins best warm or room temperature so if I am eating them from the fridge, I will either heat them on the microwave for 30-45 seconds or pop them in the toaster oven until warm.
*I rely on the bananas to keep this recipe naturally sweet. If you like a sweeter flavor you can add a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar or coconut sugar along with the dry ingredients.
*I top each muffin with chocolate chips because my kids demand them. Feel free to use other mix-ins like blueberries, walnuts, raisins or raspberries. Stirring them into the batter is certainly an option if you want more flavor thought the muffin cup.Nutrients per muffin: Calories: 124; Total Fat: 3.2g; Saturated Fat: 0.8g; Cholesterol: 29mg; Sodium: 112mg Carbohydrate: 21.5g; Dietary Fiber: 2.8g; Sugars: 5g; Protein: 3.8g
These look delicious and I can’t wait to try them. One question: Why are you doing your videos now without showing your face? You have great expressions and make watching them fun 🙂
Dear Dani,
could we change the bananas to appel sauce? How much shold I use?
Thanks so much 🙂 from Belgium
I’m not sure because I havent tried it, but you can certainly try!! I would love to hear how it goes if you do.
I make these muffins with 1 cup of applesauce instead of bananas. It works really well!
Great tip! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Dani! Instead of using chocolate chips, could I add some unsweetened cocoa powder for that extra chocolate flavour? Or would that make it taste bitter? And how much cocoa powder would I add?
You can certainly try… I would start with a couple of tablespoons and then taste and adjust.
I made these today for diabetic husband. So far, they are a great coffee companion, thank you Dani. Would love to see more diabetes or low carb snacks to have with coffee :).
So glad you enjoyed them!!
Dani—-I made these today and they were wonderful! Would you have a good recipe for Homemade unsweeten Almond milk? Thank you so much! I just found you yesterday and Iam so glad I did! Thanks again,Elizabeth
Hi! Yes.. you can find it here – > https://cleananddelicious.com/how-to-make-almond-milk-video/
Thank you very much Dani! Elizabeth
Anytime!! Glad you enjoyed them.
I made this yesterday and tried it this morning. It tasted perfect and i felt pretty full with only one muffin. 🙂
Yay!! So glad to hear that you enjoyed them.
Hey Dani, do you think these would taste sweet/palatable enough without the chocolate chips?
It really depends on you. They will not be super sweet, but if you like a natural light sweet flavor, they can definitely work.
Hey Dani is it possible to make it into a loaf form?
I haven’t done this myself, but I bet it would work. Just beware, that they are a bit dense, so won’t make a fluffy loaf:)
These were delicious. I love baked oatmeal. And these were the perfect size. I also love that there was no need for any additional sweetener or flour. Excellent recipe. I love your whole approach to food. No rules or picky restrictions or complicated combinations — just enjoy a steady diet of real food most of the time, and taste matters as much as nutrition. Thanks.
Love these! I made a few changes: Added 1 C blueberries (instead of choc. chips), 1 C chopped pecans, 1 tsp vanilla and omitted the nutmeg (didn’t have any) Thanks for this recipe and your helpful website.
SO glad you enjoyed them!!
Hi Dani,
These were amazing. I am struggling to determine if they are done or not. We used the time frame of 25 minutes at 350 degrees. It’s just not the golden brown as it is on the outside. We are considering the fact that the banana won’t turn as brown. We know this is a silly question, but we wanted your opinion 🙂
It’s so hard to say without seeing them… but my guess is if they are set in the middle, then they are done.
I just recently discovered your Youtube channel and decided to try this recipe because I had some bananas and eggs that needed using. I added some grated carrot to supplement the banana and then raisins instead of chocolate. It was like a delicious quick carrot cake. My boyfriend, who usually says my recipes aren’t sweet enough, loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
YUM!! That sounds great. I want to try this with the carrots as well. Thanks for sharing.
I made these last night! absolutely delicious!! Thankyou so much for the inspiration to get into healthy cooking, i havent found a recipe more healthy and delicious then this one! I was wondering, how many calories are roughly in each muffin? 🙂
I have made these a bunch of times and they are a real hit in my family at breakfast time. I wanted to know if you have tried freezing this if because maybe you made too many cos you had too many bananas?
I haven’t but my guess is that they would freeze really well.
I suck at baking! But I made these twice now and they turned out perfect each time!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi and can’t wait to make these. I’m making them for my college student for a good breakfast on the go. Have you tried freezing them? I was hoping she could freeze them then pop in micro in the am? Thx!
Yes!! The are great for the freezer.
Thanks for this recipe Dani…. long time viewer and I decided to make something for once! Wife loved it…. I added some cacao nibs instead of choc chips in the mix and put some blueberries and hazelnuts on top….
So glad you decided to try a recipe Nathan!! I hope you enjoyed it.
Thank you for the recipe. My 9 year old picky eater loves them for breakfast or after school snack. We mix extra chocolate chips into the batter. I’m going to try peanut butter chips next time.
Peanut butter chips sound like a great idea. SO glad you are enjoying this recipe… thanks for letting me know.
Hi Dani, I recently saw this recipe on Facebook & saved it! I have quick oats I use for other baked recipes, so going to try it with them. Not sure it will make any difference, but wondering? Thanks for the recipe, can’t wait to try it!
Quick Oats should works just fine! Enjoy 🙂
Yum, they turned out great definitely I will make this recipe regularly. Thanks Dani!!
So glad to hear it! Enjoy them.
Just made these. Awesome recipe. Thank you. Happy New Year!
So glad you enjoyed them Pearl!! thanks for letting me know 🙂
Just found your channel on Youtube and no your website. I’m excited to try your recipes. I was wondering if you ever include nutritional values to your recipes, specifially your baked goods? I am a type 2 diabetic, so I’m always reading labels and paying attention to carbs. Your baked goods look absulutely delish and I’m always in search of diabetic friendly sweet treats.
Hi Christina, welcome! SO happy to have you here. I usually post nutritional data below the recipes 🙂
Added vanilla extract, powdered peanut butter and peanut butter chips – awesome! Give these to my daughter as a snack before swim practice and I will often have them with a cup of coffee
That sounds great Natasha! Thanks for sharing.