Healthy Banana Muffins that are flavorful and moist and just over 100 calories each. They're low in sugar and fat, have no oil, but taste amazing.
Looking for more muffin recipes? Try Healthy Pumpkin Muffins, Skinny Chocolate Muffins, Healthy Applesauce Oat Muffins, or Blueberry Muffins!
Why I love this recipe:
- Healthier – These are muffins you can feel good about eating or giving your kids. They have no oil, are low sugar, and just over 100 calories each!
- Freezer Friendly – I love keeping a few different muffin options in my freezer. They make my life easier when I need a quick and easy snack for my family, or something to add to my kids school lunch.
- Delicious – While this banana muffin recipe is healthier, they don't sacrifice in flavor or texture one bit.
How to make Banana Bread Muffins:
Combine Wet Ingredients: Mash bananas in a mixing bowl then add egg, vanilla, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon and stir well to combine.
Stir Dry Ingredients: In a separate small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt then add to banana mixture and stir, just to combine.
Add Butter: Gently stir in melted butter, but don't over-mix the batter.
Bake: Spoon the batter into prepared muffin pan then bake these healthy banana bread muffins for 18-25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
Enjoy: Eat warm from the oven (my favorite), or let cool and freeze for an easy breakfast, snack, or a kid's school lunch!
Tips for Perfect Banana Muffins:
- Use Extra-Ripe Bananas: Use really ripe bananas because the riper the banana, the sweeter it is, the easier it is to mash, and the more sweetness it adds to the bread.
- How to Ripen Bananas: If your bananas are not overly ripe, place them, peel on, on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degree F for about 6-8 minutes, or until the banana skin is dark.
- Don't Over-Mix the Batter: The more you mix the batter, the more gluten will develop, which can make the muffins rubbery and dense.
Storage and Freezing Instructions:
To Store: These easy banana muffins will keep at room temperature for 3-5 days.
To Freeze: Cool completely then store in a freezer safe bag in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw on the counter or in the microwave. I love to add them to my kid's school lunches.
Recipe Variations:
- Mix-Ins: Feel free to stir in ¾ cup of you favorite chopped nuts, chocolate chips, or raisins, at the end, before adding the batter to the muffin pan.
- Make my Healthy Banana Bread by baking in loaf pans instead of muffins tins.
More Healthy Snacks for Kids:
- Skinny Chocolate Muffins
- No Bake Granola Bars
- Applesauce
- Easy Healthy Granola
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Chocolate Overnight Oats
- Granola Bites
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Recipe
Healthy Banana Muffins
Ingredients
- 4 bananas , about 1 ⅓ cups, mashed (320 g)
- 1 large egg
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract (15 ml)
- 3 Tablespoons light brown sugar (40 g)
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar (25 g)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (2.5 g)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (5 g)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda (5 g)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (2.5 g)
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (white or whole wheat) (180 g)
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter , melted (28 g)
Instructions
- Grease a standard muffin pan (or line with paper muffin liners). Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mash bananas in a mixing bowl. Add egg, vanilla, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon and stir well to combine.
- In a separate small bowl stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to banana mixture and stir, just to combine.
- Gently stir in melted butter. Don't over-mix the batter.
- Spoon the batter into prepared muffin pan and bake for 18-25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.
Notes
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I originally shared this recipe March 2018. Updated August 2023.
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This is so yummy. Just made this for my kids and they LOVE IT wow!!! Thank you.
Not being a cinnamon fan, I omitted this ingredient and the muffins were delicious with a rich banana flavour! I appreciate your cautionary note about over-mixing the batter. It can become thick quite easily.
I’ve cut way back on added sugar and needed a new recipe for banana bread. My first attempt at low/no sugar banana muffins was almost inedible so I cautious about these. I followed the recipe exactly and they turned out absolutely delicious, with a nice crumb and yummy bits of banana inside. 5 tablespoons of sugar for 12 muffins means 5.2 g of added sugar per muffin which isn’t bad for something that tastes like a treat. Next time I want to try an alternate flour, I picked up barley flour at the Asian supermarket today, I think I’ll give that a try at 50% (recommended by King Arthur flour). Thanks for the great recipe!
How long does it take to cook the mini muffins
Mini muffins would probably bake in 8-11 minute or so. 🙂
Made these for breakfast this morning. Added a few chopped walnuts for crunch; turned out yummy! Will definitely make them again! ☺
I Made these and they turned out Absolutely beautiful.. I Brought them to Our Vintage Tea Morning for Charity & Everyone loved them. My Husband Brought some to work& they all loved them also.. Thank u so much for a lovely recipe. I wondered if u know the Smartpoint Values Hope its ok to ask that. ?
Thanks for you comment. I’m so happy everyone at your event loved them! I just used the WW website and it calculated 5 smart points per muffin. Hope that helps.
Thank you so much.. 🙂
How many grams of mashed banana should I use,I googled an all of the converters say different things.
I think about 400 grams.
Thank you:)
I made this recipe last week and unfortunately it was raw in the middle even though the cake tester came out clean. It did have a great taste so I will try it again and maybe do the muffins then give the loaf another try. Thanks
Hi Elizabeth, that’s strange that a cake tester came out without crumbs if the batter was still raw…Are you sure it wasn’t a large piece of unmashed banana you were tasting?
This seemed like a great recipe at first. When the muffins came out of the oven, they looked great. However, when I peeled off the muffin liner, half of the muffin stuck to it so I could only eat basically half of the muffin. Also, I used 4 bananas for this and the banana flavor was barely tasted in the cupcake.
Followed the directions exactly as written but omitted cinnamon and added mini chocolate chips. I used white whole wheat flour. Perfect texture, sweetness, and flavor! So yummy fresh out of the oven!
Yum! Love you adaptions!
I baked them with gluten free flour (and guar gum) and vegan margarine. Baked at 350 for 15 minutes and they were divine!
Thanks so much for sharing! I’m so happy to hear you were able to make it gluten-free and vegan!
Hi, can I use coconut flour in this recipe?? I’m tying to stay away from wheat and white flou?
I think that should work fine 🙂
Kim,
You could use coconut flour to substitute for wheat/white flour but you would need to look up the proper substitution amounts. Coconut flour is extremely absorbent so a little goes a long way, it would not be the same amount as wheat/white flour and you may need to add additional eggs or a liquid ingredient to balance it out and keep it from becoming overly dry or dense. Good luck!
Thanks for you advice!
3/4 cup of coconut flour instead of 1 1/2 cup of all purpose or wheat. With almond flour no change is made. You might need to add 1 tbsp of psyllium powder to help with the texture. If not the muffins would be really dry. I’ve made coconut roti and without it there were hard.