Healthy Breakfast Muffins
on Jul 10, 2022, Updated Jan 06, 2024
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Rise and shine, breakfast lovers! Are you tired of the same old breakfast routine? Well, my healthy breakfast muffins 🧁 will make you want to jump out of bed every morning. With over 13 million views, this recipe is not only easy, but so delicious that you’ll forget these muffins are actually good for you!
Why You’ll Love Healthy Breakfast Muffins
These muffins are so versatile and only have a few ingredients that you probably have on hand. You can add any fillings you like such as nuts, berries, or 🍫 chocolate chips. Feel free to experiment and make these to taste. I love enjoying them with some salted butter and honey while they are warm, but you can top them off with extra nut or seed butter or even jam. Feel free to double or triple the recipe as this recipe only makes 4 medium-sized muffins.
How to Prepare Healthy Breakfast Muffins
🔥 Preheat the oven to 375°F.
🍌 Mash one ripe banana, then add an egg, natural peanut butter, and pure vanilla extract. Stir well.
🥣 Then add rolled oats and baking powder to the mixture, and stir again.
🌟 Pour the mixture into a muffin tin lined with parchment paper cupcake liners.
♨️ Bake for 22-25 minutes or until the muffins are light and golden.
🧈 Now, enjoy the muffins with salted butter or any topping of your choice.
Nonna’s Tip
If you have allergies, feel free to use seed butter instead.
Variations and Substitutions for Healthy Breakfast Muffins
One of my favorite things about these muffins is how much you can customize them! They’re simple and delicious and lend themselves to whatever variation you want (or need) based on what you have on hand, your dietary restrictions, or your taste preference.
- If you want to make this recipe 🥚 egg-free, you can try just leaving it out or using a flax egg (1 tablespoon ground flaxseed + 3 tablespoons water per egg). I have not tried this, so you will have to experiment at your own risk.
- Experiment with a different 🥜 nut or seed butter like almond butter, cashew butter, or sunflower seed butter.
- For a sweeter muffin you could add sweetener such as 🍯 honey, maple syrup, or agave syrup.
- Change up the flavor of your healthy breakfast muffins with spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, or even a pinch of 🧂 salt.
- Feel free to use whatever mix-ins you’d like, such as chopped fresh 🫐 fruits, nuts, or chocolate chips.
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Healthy Breakfast Muffins Are Best Served With
- A high protein option like my Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites or Egg-White Bites
- A fruit salad with berries 🍓 and melon
- Some Greek yogurt with honey 🍯
- A spread, jam or even cream cheese
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Common Questions
If you are allergic to nuts, please use seed butter instead.
I used quick-cooking rolled oats as the texture is best, but you can use any you have on hand.
Yes, you can certainly use gluten-free rolled oats if you are sensitive to gluten.
If you cannot tolerate bananas, you are more than welcome to use apple sauce instead.
I have not tried this recipe without egg, so you will have to experiment.
The riper the banana, the sweeter the muffins will be.
If you use a small banana, you may need to use more rolled oats instead, so please adjust.
You can store these on the counter, but they don’t last more than a day in my house. You could also freeze them for later!
I love these muffins with salted butter when they are hot out of the oven, but you can also enjoy them with some nut butter and jam.
If you want a sweet chocolate breakfast muffin feel free to add mini chocolate chips to the batter before you bake them.
Healthy Breakfast Muffins
Ingredients
- 1 large mashed banana
- ⅓ cup natural peanut butter
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- ¾ cup rolled oats, I used quick cooking
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375F. Mash one ripe banana, add the egg, natural peanut butter and pure vanilla extract. Give it a stir and add the rolled oats and baking powder.
- Stir again and pour into a muffin tin lined with parchment paper cupcake liners. I get 4 medium muffins out of this recipe so feel free to double or triple it.
- Bake for 22-25 minutes or until light and golden.
- Enjoy with salted butter or anything you like.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Very simple and healthy as well. Next time I will add dried cranberries or golden raisins for extra texture.
Sounds like a perfect addition Alicia! Happy baking!
Great results with your recipe! I used some sliced bananas I had in the freezer (thawed out!) so it was a little more than 1 banana and ended up with 5 muffins. Very yummy and I will definitely make these again. Thank you!
Love it, Sarah! Thanks for your review ❤️
What can I replace the peanut butter or not butters with? Multiple nut allergies
Hi Vanessa, I would recommend sunflower seed butter.
If I substitute the banana for applesauce, any suggestions on how much applesauce to use. 1/2 cup?
Hi Tanya, use 1/2 cup applesauce.
Love these, make them all the time! Do you know if they can be frozen? I want to make a big batch for postpartum breakfast. Thanks!
Hi Michelle, congratulations! Yes, they freeze well!
Is the 230 calories per muffin? Just started counting calories and wanted to be able to add it in correctly. They are delicious!
Hi Michelle, the calories are per serving, so please check how many servings in a recipe (on the recipe card)
By far the best healthy muffin I’ve ever had (I have tried lots of different recipes). These were just perfect. Even the time in the oven was accurate and on point. That never happens I always have to bake stuff for longer or less time than what the recipe asks for. I used regular old-fashioned oats because I was out of quick oats and they still turned out amazing!! Also, I added 1/16 cup of maple syrup. The consistency, the flavor, the look everything was perfect!!! Thank you!!!
You’re very welcome, Linka! So glad you enjoyed them. I’m so grateful for your rating and experience. 🥰❤️
Easy, fast and delicious. I have been trying to find no sugar recipes and this is great
I’m so happy this was a success for you Helene!
Hi there, thx for the recipe. Simple to make and quite good, although mine were a bit dry. Would adding applesauce help to make them more moist and still keep them healthy? Thx.
Hi Wendy, I would actually try using oat flour here and try adding a bit less. Different brands of oats can yield different results so my guess is that. You can even try a different type of flour in this recipe too and experiment <3
So easy and quick to make! I made them just as is and they tasted great. Toddler loved them too! I’m excited to try different variations. Thank you!
Awesome, Vinita! Thank you so much – so glad they were toddler approved! That’s the best!! ❤️🥰
These are quick, simple, healthy and taste great. Thank you
You’re welcome, Craig! Thank you for the feedback and rating! 😊
These look very easy to make, does matter if I use regular Peanutbutter??
Hi Bernadette! Yes you can use regular peanut butter. Happy baking!