These delicious muffins are a cross between oatmeal and banana bread. They are packed with oats, peanut butter, maple syrup, bananas, and chocolate chips. Enjoy for breakfast or as a healthy snack.
Although we love a traditional muffin (like lemon blueberry muffins and banana nut muffins), for those times we want a more wholesome option, we now have these tasty banana oatmeal muffins! Prefer a different flavor? Try our healthy applesauce oatmeal muffins.
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These muffins are
Made with whole food ingredients: oats, nut butter, bananas, pure maple syrup!
Moist, soft, and dense. The texture is a bit different than a traditional muffin, they’re like a cross between baked oatmeal and a muffin.
Gluten free! No wheat flour in this recipe and the option to use gluten free oats, if necessary.
Naturally sweetened with bananas and pure maple syrup.
Great for breakfast, snacking, or lunch boxes.
Ingredients needed
Bananas: Make sure they are overripe, they’ll be extra sweet.
Peanut butter: Feel free to swap for another nut butter.
Eggs: You’ll need two large eggs.
Maple syrup: This adds natural sweetness. Be sure to use real maple syrup.
Vanilla extract: Works beautifully with all the other flavors.
Milk: Dairy or plant based milk, your choice!
Oats: Use regular old-fashioned oats for the best texture.
Baking powder, cinnamon, and salt: For flavor, texture, and to help the muffins rise.
Chocolate chips: The chocolate chips make this recipe a bit indulgent. Feel free to leave them out, if you’d prefer.
Recipe overview
*Full recipe below in recipe card*
This recipes uses a blender to quickly and easily assemble the batter.
- Blend up the wet ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Add to the muffin pan.
- Bake!
Recipe tips
Use overripe speckled bananas. They’ll be extra soft and sweet.
Pulse the oats in the blender (step 1) to break them down a bit. This keeps the muffins from being dry and heavy.
Play around with the nut butter or spices to suit your taste.
Serving and storage
Serve warm or room temperature. Optional toppings: salted butter, peanut butter, honey, or just as is!
Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
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Recipe
Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 3 medium-sized overripe bananas
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup chocolate chips, plus more, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 12-count muffin pan with paper liners and lightly spritz the inside of the liners with nonstick spray.
- In a blender, pulse the oats several times until they broken up into small pieces. Remove the oats from the blender.
- Add bananas, peanut butter, eggs, syrup, vanilla, and milk to the blender and blend until combined. Add the ground oats, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon to the blender and blend briefly, until just combined (don't over mix it). Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon.
- Pour the batter into the prepared muffin cups. I stir the batter periodically as I'm adding it to the cups to be sure the chocolate chips are evenly distributed. If desired, ad a few additional chocolate chips to the top of each muffin.
- Bake for 20-23 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean (melted chocolate is ok). Place the pan on a wire rack to cool, they will firm up as they cool.
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Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
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Jocelyn @BruCrew Life
I love that you gave these muffins a peanut butter crumble. I will have to look for that peanut butter powder the next time I’m at the store. I have another brand, but I do love JIF, so I want to try that one too!
Celebrating Sweets
Thanks, Jocelyn! The peanut butter crumble is SO good. I’m already thinking of all the things I could put it on. 🙂
Taylor@Food Faith Fitness
Breakfast is served!
Celebrating Sweets
Yes, it is! Eat up. 🙂
Stephanie
I just made banana bread muffins yesterday… darn, looks like I’ll need to make another batch to try out this delicious recipe with peanut powder and a crumble top! YUM! {client}
Celebrating Sweets
Your muffins looked tasty too (I saw them on Instagram). 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Stephanie!
allie @ Through Her Looking Glass
These are the prettiest peanut butter muffins ever. I love the crumble! De-lish! I’ll take a baker’s dozen please!
Celebrating Sweets
Thanks, Allie!
Fay zipperer
Can you sub regular whole wheat flour?
Celebrating Sweets
Absolutely! 🙂
Dee
Has anyone calculated nutrition info on these? They look delicious!
Celebrating Sweets
I have not, Dee. You can try entering the recipe into an online nutritional calculator. Thanks for stopping by!
Tina E
Is there nutritional information (fat content, calories, etc) for this recipe? Thanks – looks great
Celebrating Sweets
Hi Tina. I do not typically provide nutritional information. If desired, you can enter the ingredients into an online nutrition calculator. Thanks for stopping by!
Jullia
I love peanut butter and I love banana bread so I will be making these within the upcoming week for sure! Thanks so much for sharing these look amazing!
Lynda@fitnessmomwinecountry
Perfect breakfast snack or after sports. Love it.
Joanie @ Zagleft
I love the crumble! I’ll have to look for the peanut butter powder in the store, these look so good!