Soft chocolate muffins studded with chocolate chips are a chocolate-lover’s ideal breakfast or snack. Moist from the bananas with the perfect texture no one will guess these are free from the most common allergens: gluten, dairy, egg, soy, peanut & tree nuts.Â
If there is a way to sneak chocolate into breakfast–I will do it!
One of my favorite recipes from my site is my Double Chocolate Banana Bread. I make it at least once a month. I actually hope that my kids won’t want bananas, just so I have some over-ripe ones to use up. We never tire of this treat.
However, the bread does take close to an hour to bake–as most sweet breads do–and I wanted something quick and portable to enjoy at breakfast time. So, I set out to see if the batter would work, and how long to bake them for. I’m happy to report the batter didn’t let me down and worked beautifully. Plus, the baking time was pretty much in half.
I did find, much like the sweet bread, that the texture improves if you have the patience to let them cool. The banana is just still a bit mushy if you can’t wait like I do. It’s fine–just prepare for some sticky fingers and for a little more ooey-gooey-ness.
Also, because of the pervasiveness of coconut oil, I find I like to take mine out of the pan and let them cool on a paper towel, to make sure to soak up any excess oil. These also bake well with or without wrappers, as I tried both options. Just be sure to grease your muffin tin well.
Other than that, this is a pretty simple recipe that you can throw in your mixer and have on your breakfast table within a half hour!
Feel free to add additional chocolate chips to the top of the muffins once you’ve poured them in the tin, if you want the top to have extra chocolate chips. I did and well, I’ve never thought extra chocolate was a bad idea. I always take the measurement for chocolate chips with a grain of salt and do it to my eye’s liking as I stir it into the batter.
The poor chocolate chips I used as “spilled” props in the photos totally got melted! It was a hot morning, and with the sunlight directly on them for proper lighting they melted onto the board. Not to worry though–those precious dairy-free chocolate chips did not go to waste as my youngest had no problems using his fingers to swipe up that goodness. Like mother like son!
So, the next time you’re wanting chocolate for breakfast, an easy muffin recipe, or something to give you or your kids as a snack that is vegan and allergy-friendly–make these muffins. You might find you too make them at least once a month!
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Vegan & Gluten-free Double Chocolate Banana Muffins (Gluten, dairy, egg, soy, peanut & tree nut free; top-8-free; vegan)
Soft chocolate muffins studded with chocolate chips are a chocolate-lover's ideal breakfast or snack. Moist from the bananas with the perfect texture no one will guess these are free from the most common allergens: gluten, dairy, egg, soy, peanut & tree nuts. These double chocolate banana muffins are also vegan too!
Ingredients
- 2 large overripe bananas, mashed until smooth
- â…“ cup coconut oil
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup vanilla or plain rice milk
- 1½ cups gluten free flour
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ tsp xanthan gum
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup non-dairy chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Either line a cupcake tin with liners or spray it generously with non-stick spray.
- In a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat together bananas, oil, sugar, vanilla, and rice milk until smooth.
- Turn the stand mixer to low and slowly add: flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, xanthan and salt one at a time until it's fully incorporated, scraping the sides as necessary. Fold in chocolate chips, then pour into the prepared muffin tin. You'll either have 12 very full muffins (which is how I like them) or 15ish regular sized muffins.
- Bake about 20-25 minutes, or until cake has risen and is slightly cracked, and bounces back when you touch it slightly with your finger.
- Let cool in the muffin tin for about 10 minutes, then move the muffins to a paper towel to soak up any remaining coconut oil and cool completely. The texture is best when cooled. After you've initially eaten the cooled muffins, if there are any left, store them room temperature, covered in a towel (air tight makes them too moist).
Adapted from my Double Chocolate Banana Bread
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Banana Yogurt Muffins (Gluten, dairy, egg, peanut & tree nut free)
Blender Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins (Gluten, dairy, soy, peanut & tree nut free)
Hi! I’m Megan, a mom to four kids, two with multiple food allergies & one with EOE. I’m a published cookbook author that constantly tweaks recipes to make them allergy friendly–it’s an addiction. I share every recipe & tip with you, to help you eat like you did before food allergies & dietary restrictions. You can still be awesome, even with food allergies!
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Liana
Can these or any of your muffins be frozen? With only one allergy kid I don’t think they would be eaten fast enough although I’m sure he would give it a good go!
Megan Lavin
Hi–you can. I do often feel like with gluten-free items, they can tend to get a little gummy when thawing, but nothing horrible. I’d try to error more on the side of halving the batch.
Lisa
I’m so glad I found this website! I just made these muffins and they are delicious. I didn’t have coconut oil so I used a smaller amount of olive oil and it tasted great and the texture is just fine. Thank you for all your great recipes. I look forward to trying more!
Megan Lavin
Lisa–thanks for letting us know olive oil worked well. I’m so happy to hear you liked the muffins. Eat an extra one for me!
Abby D
Hi, I don’t have a gluten allergy so would I be able to use the same amount of all purpose flour and then omit the xantham gum?
Megan Lavin
Yes! Exactly. And this goes for all my recipes too. Happy baking.
Michele Theberge
Another winner. I didn’t have the guar gum but with Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Flour Mix they rose Just fine and have good texture. Subbed Lakanto for the sugar. My husband loves them. HE ate 4 and I had one and we have to FREEZE THEM ASAP so we don’t devour the rest!!
Thanks again. I’ve been looking for a long time for good allergy recipes!
Megan Lavin
Yay! I’m so glad that you and your husband liked it. Thanks for letting us know which substitutes you used to help future readers.
Jill
Delicious! Made mini muffins so only baked for 15 mins. Yum.
Megan Lavin
So glad you liked them Jill. Thanks for the feedback.
Gluten Free With Emily
These sounds delicious as does the bread version of these. I seriously feel like I can smell the delciousness! If I use bananas in my gluten free recipes the end product ends up being gooey, how do you avoid this?
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Emily–I don’t like to use bananas as an egg replacer for this very reason. I only use them in recipes that typically call for a banana, so the recipe is already tweaked for that extra moisture. I’ve found the best way to avoid this with this particular recipe is to allow the muffins to cool completely before you eat them. This allows them to set up and the extra moisture to not be so gummy. Good luck!
Alisa Fleming
You know, I’m not a big chocolate muffin fan, but there is something about chocolate banana muffins that wins me over. And these look spot on!
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Yes the banana totally helps it not seem overly chocolaty–you’ll have to try them. Thanks!
Lindsey
I really love how creative you are. These look so great! My kids would eat these up!!
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Thanks! That means a lot coming from you–I feel like you have the best creativity!
Ella
Can I substitute the rice milk for almond milk or another dairy free milk?
Megan Lavin
Yes, though it will give more of an after taste, which is why I prefer rice milk, but it shouldn’t affect the texture or bake.
Tasting Page
So much chocolately goodness in here, and hooray for allergy friendly!
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Thanks! Yes, allergy-friendly is the way to go!
Brenda Ward
Love your recipes! Thanks
Megan Lavin
you’re so very welcome. thanks for the comment!
Strength and Sunshine
Nothing like a fantastic fluffy muffin…with chocolate!
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Yes, chocolate never hurts!