Vegan Chocolate Banana Muffins

I love making simple, healthy vegan muffins of all sorts, especially kid-friendly ones, like my Vegan Spinach Muffins, 3-Ingredient Banana Muffins, and Vegan Strawberry Muffins. These Vegan Chocolate Banana Muffins are easy, healthy muffins made with plant-based ingredients and use bananas as the main ingredient. Bananas bring a touch of natural sweetness and an almost fudgy texture to the muffins.

Ingredients and Substitutions

Ripe Bananas – Use bananas with many black spots on their skin to increase the muffin’s natural sweetness. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – Unsweetened makes it easier to balance the sweetness. All-Purpose Flour – Don’t use almond flour, coconut flour, or oat flour for this muffin recipe. These flours won’t work. The batter will never firm up. This vegan double chocolate banana recipe is not gluten-free. You must use all-purpose flour or spelt flour in this recipe to create fluffy vegan muffins that raise. Coconut Sugar – Or any granulated sugar you have on hand. Don’t replace it with any other liquid sweeteners like maple syrup, or your muffins will be gummy. Vanilla Extract – For flavor. Unsweetened Almond Milk or plant milk you love. Melted Coconut Oil – or any other vegetable oil like canola oil or avocado oil. Baking Powder and Baking Soda – You need a combination of both raising agents to create fluffy muffins. Vegan Dark Chocolate Chips are optional and delicious to boost the chocolate flavor and create vegan double chocolate banana muffins.

How To Make Vegan Chocolate Banana Muffins

These chocolate banana vegan muffins are very easy to make with few ingredients and the best recipe to use ripe bananas. They are refined sugar-free and low in sugar, with only 8 grams of carbs per serving, mostly from bananas. Banana recipes must be accurately measured! Not all bananas are equal. There are small, medium, and large bananas.

Muffin Toppings

I recommend adding a few extra chocolate chips on top of the baked muffins when they are still hot. The melted chocolate chips are absolutely delicious and add a double chocolate flavor. Another option is to add a drizzle of nut butter on top of the muffins. Peanut butter or almond butter marries well with banana and chocolate muffins. If you want to turn these muffins into cupcakes, you can also prepare one of my frosting recipes:

Protein Powder Frosting Cashew Frosting Vegan Chocolate Frosting 3-Ingredient Vegan Coconut Cream Frosting

Storage Instructions

These vegan banana muffins have no eggs and dairy, so you may be tempted to store them at room temperature. However, I highly recommend you store them in the fridge. Baked banana goods turn bad very quickly, and they store better in the fridge. Always place the vegan banana chocolate chip muffins in an airtight box. Then, refrigerate for up to 1 week.