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A super easy recipe for moist, fluffy vegan gluten-free chocolate banana muffins that are perfect for snacks or lunch box treats. They’re overflowing with rich chocolate and banana flavours and will become a new chocolaty favourite to make and devour!
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I had some bananas that were well past their prime as well as some frozen bananas that needed to be used, so I thought, why not make some vegan gluten-free chocolate banana muffins? You can never go wrong with muffins, right? (Click this link to see all of my muffin recipes!)
Everything about these muffins turned out so right, the results were SO GOOD. I'm glad I decided to go in this direction!
These muffins are soft, moist, and fluffy, but at the same time, they're rich and chocolaty with banana flavour and chocolate chips in every bite. It's a crave-worthy combination of flavours contained in a little muffin.
Does that sound good? If so, read on and I'll walk you through everything you need to know to make them, too!
Are you new to vegan gluten-free baking? If so, be sure to read all of my vegan gluten-free baking tips!
Ingredients You'll Need
Just a few simple ingredients are all you need for this recipe:
Flax eggs, gluten-free flour blend (the Bob's Red Mill blend in the red bag, and make sure you measure it correctly, like this!), Dutch process cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, baking soda, oil, sugar, puréed bananas, vanilla, and mini chocolate chips.
How to Make Them
(Note: I’ve outlined the step-by-step on how to make this recipe here, but find the full recipe, ingredients, and directions at the end of this post.)
Preparing the Bananas
For all of my recipes that call for bananas, I prefer to purée them so no chunks remain. I do this with a stick blender, but if you don't have one, you can use a blender, a NutriBullet, or mash them with a fork and be sure that it's as smooth as you can get it and no chunks or pieces remain.
To make the muffins, it's as simple as mixing the dry ingredients together, then the wet and combine the two.
After that, stir in the mini chocolate chips.
Next, scoop the batter into your muffin pan and if you want a little extra chocolate (because who doesn't!), you can sprinkle some mini chocolate chips on top. This is optional (but highly recommended!). That will take them from double chocolate to triple chocolate banana muffins!
The next step is to bake them and once they're finished, you'll have 12 perfect dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free chocolate banana muffins.
Remove them from the muffin pan and place them on a cooling rack. Once cooled slightly, they'll be ready to serve.
They're great with hot chocolate, a glass of your favourite non-dairy milk, or just on their own.
Storing Leftovers
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days, after that, move them into the refrigerator for another 3-4 days. When you're ready to serve, bring them up to room temperature, and you can warm them up slightly, if you'd like, before serving.
To freeze, fully cool and wrap them tightly so they are airtight. Place in an airtight container and freeze for up to one month.
When you’re ready to serve them, thaw at room temperature and serve. Just before serving, you can warm them up a bit in the microwave.
And...What's the Texture Like?
Soft, fluffy, moist, and when they're still warm, the melty chocolate chips make them gooey and even more delicious.
Take a look at the picture below, no one will know these are vegan AND gluten-free!
If You Make This Recipe...
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Vegan Gluten-Free Chocolate Banana Muffins
Suggested Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1 ½ cups (210g) gluten free flour blend **please see important notes about flour below**
- ¼ cup (21g) Dutch-process cocoa powder sifted
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup (80ml) melted coconut oil (plus extra for greasing muffin tin)
- ⅓ cup (50g) coconut sugar
- 1 cup (240ml) banana purée (approximately 2 large or 3 small bananas, see note below)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup (135g) mini chocolate chips (plus more for sprinkling on top (optional))
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350° F (177° C).
- Prepare your flax eggs by whisking together ground flax seeds and water. Set aside to thicken.
- Line a muffin tin with liners or generously grease the inside of each cup with coconut oil.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, mix the flax eggs, coconut oil, coconut sugar, banana purée, and vanilla together until blended.
- Slowly add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Using a spoon or a large scoop, divide batter into the 12 muffin cups.
- If using, sprinkle optional chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle of the largest muffin comes out clean.
- Let muffins cool in muffin pan for a few minutes and then remove and place them on a cooling rack.
Watch How to Make It:
Recipe Notes:
- Please read all of the information above and below before making this recipe.
- It’s important to know that different gluten-free flour blends use different ingredients and ratios, so results will always vary if you substitute. I have never used any other brand of flour to make this recipe (other than Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour (Amazon link) in the red bag, NOT the blue bag), so please know that your results may not be the same as mine if you substitute with another gluten-free flour blend. The weight listed above is for this specific flour.
- This recipe will NOT work with coconut flour or any other single gluten-free flour, it must be a blend, preferably the one listed above for the very best results.
- If you don't need this recipe to be gluten-free, all-purpose white flour can be used instead. Use .
- For the best results, always measure your flour correctly.
- Any type of neutral-flavoured oil can be used in place of coconut oil, such as avocado or safflower.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days, after that, move them into the refrigerator for another 3-4 days. When you're ready to serve, bring them up to room temperature, and you can warm them up slightly, if you'd like, before serving.
- To freeze, fully cool and wrap them tightly so they are airtight. Place in an airtight container and freeze for up to one month. When you’re ready to serve them, thaw at room temperature and serve. Just before serving, you can warm them up a bit in the microwave.
- Nutrition info is based on 1 muffin made as the recipe is written. Nutrition info is only to be used as a rough guide. Click to learn how nutrition info is calculated on this website.
Lynn says
Hi Gwen - I have just found your site and am excited to see vegan, gluten free recipes. I noted that you use Bob's RedMill gluten free flour, as well as your comments about NO substitutions. I only buy ingredients made here in Canada. If I follow your direction, that means I can't make any of your recipes. I have been struggling with baking since I learned that I have sensitivities to wheat, eggs and dairy. Every recipe I have made so far has been a failure.
My hopes were high when I found your site, until I read your explicit instructions on using the same flour as you use. Can you help?
Gwen Leron says
Hi Lynn! I’m so glad you found my site, and I completely understand wanting to buy products made here in Canada. I’m Canadian too, so I really do get that.
When I started creating vegan gluten free recipes over 10 years ago, there were very few flour options available, so I chose the one most readily available and started developing my recipes around it. Gluten free flour blends can behave very differently from each other, so swapping brands can sometimes work and sometimes lead to disappointing results. That’s why I recommend using the same flour I use, so you have the best chance of success and don’t waste expensive ingredients. I wrote about this in my article about gluten-free baking: Gluten Free Vegan Baking Tips
As far as I know, there isn’t a Canadian blend that comes close to using the same ingredients as the Bob's Red Mill gf flour in the red bag. The 1 to 1 flour in the blue bag may be a little easier to replace because there are a few blends on the market with similar ingredients. If you’d like to try a Canadian brand, the best approach is to compare ingredients and look for something as close as possible to the one mentioned in the recipe. Some people also mix their own blends at home using copycat recipes for the blends, though I haven’t personally tested those myself.
Please don’t feel discouraged. Vegan gluten free baking does have a learning curve, and figuring out the flour is one of the biggest parts, but once you find one that works for you, things get much easier. I also have several recipes on my site that don’t use those specific blends at all, and I’d be happy to point you toward some of them if you’d like.
You’re absolutely welcome here, and I’m always glad to help. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions. I hope this helps!
Samantha R says
All of your muffin recipes have been amazing! I started making these and realized I didn’t have cocoa powder. So I used vegan chocolate protein and they came out amazing (it only needed a little more liquid because of the protein powder). These were so good. I doubles the recipe and between two boys and my husband they ate them quickly.
Gwen Leron says
Thanks, Samantha! I'm so glad you have been enjoying the muffin recipes and that things worked out with your substitution! Enjoy what's left 🙂
Niamh says
Thank you so much for the recipe! The muffins are so tasty, fluffy, and honestly the best muffin recipe I have found. I ate four of these already today. Oops, but not really! These will definitely be on repeat. Thank you SO much for brightening up my day! I will have to make and check out all of the other recipes in your blog.
Gwen Leron says
You're welcome, Niamh! I'm so glad to hear you are enjoying the muffins! Enjoy the rest of the recipes and please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions about any of them.
Mary says
These turned out delicious! My only deviation was to use grapeseed oil instead of coconut oil. I can always count on your recipes to turn out great!
Thank you Gwen!
Gwen Leron says
You're welcome, Mary! I'm happy to know you have been enjoying the recipes. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your comment, I appreciate it!
Becky says
Holy moly these are good! I needed to use up some leftover bananas, and I’m so glad I found this recipe. It was easy to make and the muffins turned out soft and fudgy and so perfect!
Gwen Leron says
I'm so happy to hear you liked them, Becky! They really are the perfect thing to make with leftover bananas 🙂