These muffins come from one of our favorite dessert recipes called monkey bars. They are sort of like banana brownies and they are really good. However, there is a ton of butter and sugar in them. So, I revamped the recipe a little and made them into muffins. My kids devour these and don't even realize how much better for them they are than the original.
3 Ripe Bananas, Mashed
1 C Honey
1/4 C Coconut Sugar or Sucanat
1/3 C Melted Coconut Oil
2 Tbl Ground Flax Meal
3 Tbl Quinoa Flakes such as these. (You can leave these out, but I swear they are the secret ingredient.)
1 Scoop Plant Based Protein Powder (Again this is optional, but you may need to adjust the flour)
1/2 C Oats
1 Tsp Vanilla
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Tsp Baking Powder
2 C Whole Wheat Flour (1/4-1/2 C more if you left out some of the other dry ingredients)
1 C Dark Chocolate Chips (optional, but not really because leaving them out would be crazy!)
Beat together honey, sugar, and oil. Add bananas, eggs, vanilla, flax, quinoa, and protein powder. Mix until just combined. In a separate bowl mix together flour salt, and baking powder, then add to the batter. Mix until just combined and stir in chocolate chips.
Bake @ 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes
