Chocolate Banana Muffins

Since I posted my tried-and-true chocolate chip banana bread bread recipe a few weeks ago, in the spirit of trying new things I sought out a new banana-based treat for this week's snack. I'm so glad I did because this recipe is destined to be in my regular rotation now. Added bonus is that my toddler thinks she is eating chocolate cake when really these muffins are (relatively) healthy.  I found the recipe here but made a few tweaks of my own. In the future I might even dial back the sugar even more than I did because they are very flavorful and delicious and need not be overly sweet. Still moist and fresh-tasting on day 3! I liked having the walnuts in this recipe but it goes without saying that they could be made more decadent if you used 1 cup of chocolate chips and skipped the nuts.

3 ripe bananas
1/3 cup coconut oil
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar (could probably do 1/2 cup for equally delicious results)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350.

Combine bananas, oil, and egg in mixer.

In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add to banana mixture.

Stir in chips and nuts until just combined.

Spoon into greased or lined muffin tins. This yielded 15 muffins for me.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Tasty!