Easy, delicious & healthy, these (Healthier) Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are ready in 30 minutes, making a great breakfast or snack.
It’s the New Year, and some of us – probably a large majority – have made some sort of New Year’s resolution. My husband is usually not one for these because he feels if you have to wait until a New Year to start something new, the likelihood for follow-through is slim to none. That was until 2018.
What changed this year? Well, being foodies and having a food blog for four years, we have tested, tried and devoured many, many recipes. And while we are believers in eating what you want in moderation, well, that is where we struggled in 2017 – the moderation part. So that is our theme for this year.
Grateful to be collaborating with Safeway today to bring you this recipe for Healthier Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. All opinions expressed are my own.
Honestly, for me, thoughts of a resolution for a healthier foodie lifestyle started a month or so ago when I looked at some habits I’ve been wanting to change my entire life, mainly my sugar addiction. In fact, the two months leading up to the holidays, I started to have one cleanse day a week and making better decisions on what I consumed. I slowly started eating less sugar. Now that doesn’t mean I will or did give up Starbucks, but everything else was great. I was feeling good, really good.
As I sat feeling oh so proud of myself, I watched my kids a little more closely. I had developed five little sugar addicts, and this needed to change.
While I am not about to eliminate sugar, I will start taking some of our favorite recipes and giving them a healthy facelift like these HHealthier Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.
I know these will become an after school/afternoon treat when you or others have a little sweet-tooth and need something to kick the craving. I love that it is still packed with flavor, and of course, the mom in me added some flaxseed (but no one needs to know about that).
If you read my German Chocolate Cheesecake Ball recipe from last month, you will know how much I love the O Organics® chocolate. It is the best baking chocolate I have used in a long time. So I ran up to my Safeway, and while I was grabbing the O Organics® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, I also grabbed O Organics Whole Wheat Flour and O Organics honey. I already had O Organics pure maple syrup on hand along with the olive oil, which I used in this recipe as well. I have been extremely happy with all of my O Organics purchases, and this line is carried exclusively at Safeway and at any of the other Albertsons Companies family of stores, including Albertsons, ACME Markets, Jewel-Osco, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Shaw’s, Star Market, United, United Express and Carrs/Safeway.
I am excited for you to join us on our 2018 journey of making healthier eating choices. Now don’t fret; we are still sharing all of our favorite dishes, and we will still be eating all the same delicious foods – just a little more balanced, because this year I am all about moderation. Happy New Year friends. XOXO San
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Healthier Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups O Organics Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/4 cup O Organics honey
- 1 tablespoon O Organics Unsweetened Almond Milk
- 1 tablespoon O Organics olive oil (extra virgin works too)
- 1 1/2 cups ripened bananas, smashed - about 3 whole
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or O Organics Pure Maple Syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup O Organics Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 1/4 cup O Organics Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips for topping, optional
- 2 tablespoons flax seed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 12 cup muffin tin with olive oil cooking spray & set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, flax seed and salt.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together bananas, almond milk, egg, yogurt (or sour cream), olive oil, honey, and vanilla extract (or maple syrup). Whisk until well combined & then stir into flour mixture.
- Stir flour and yogurt mixture until well combined. Fold in 1/3 cup of chocolate chips.
- Divide batter evenly into muffin tin & top with remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips, sprinkling a few onto of each muffin batter. Place in preheated oven and bake for 20-22 minutes.
- Allow muffins to cool for 5-10 minutes in muffin tin. Then remove and cool on a baking rack. Devour immediately or store in a sealed container once cooled.
Notes
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Albertsons Companies. The opinions and text are all mine.
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I bet the little ones will never know these are a “healthier” option!
These muffins look delicious!