These Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins are perfect for adding to school lunches, breakfast or afternoon snacks!
My boys are total muffin monsters and absolutely love them! I don’t think they’ve ever met a muffin they didn’t like so we tend to make a lot of different varieties.
These banana muffins are a great way to use up bananas that are starting to turn.
Did you know that you can freeze a banana as well? That’s another great way to save a banana going black. Then just thaw the banana when you are ready to bake with it!
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins
Easy muffins the kids will love in school lunches, for breakfast or snacks
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1/4 cup flax
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large ripe mashed bananas
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine flour, oats, flax, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In large bowl, beat the egg. Stir in milk, oil and vanilla. Add the mashed bananas and combine thoroughly.
- Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper baking cups or spray with baking spray. Divide the batter evenly among them.
- Bake at 400 degrees F for 18-20 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 317Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 307mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 4gSugar: 23gProtein: 5g
Can You Freeze These Banana Muffins?
You sure can! These Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip muffins are easy to freeze and a great way to get ahead of the game for the busy school week. You can make a double batch of the recipe so you have some now and some for a couple of weeks down the road without any extra effort on your part.
How to Freeze Muffins
- Cool muffins completely before wrapping and freezing.
- To freeze, wrap securely in foil or place in freezer bags. Label all packages with the name of the recipe and the date. Baked products should be stored at 0°F or lower. Muffins can be stored frozen for up to 3 months.
- When ready to use, pull muffins out of freezer and thaw completely at room temperature, or heat frozen muffins in the microwave to eat right away.
- To microwave, place unwrapped muffin on napkin, microwave-safe paper towel or plate. Microwave on HIGH about 30 seconds for each muffin.
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they look delicious!! I never bakes with oatmeal, I need to give it a try!!
Mmmmm….. 12 of those would last about half an afternoon at my place.
agreed 12 is never enough, especially in a family of 5! lol
You just can’t go wrong with a banana muffin. I like to add oatmeal to mine as well. Now I’m hungry…
These look delicious!
Oh yum! That sounds delicious, thanks for sharing this recipe.
I have to tell you that your photo in this post is your BEST food photo ever! It seriously looks professional! GREAT job!!! What’s your trick?!
I am going to make these tomorrow morning for breakfast/snack! Thank you! Off to pin it!
awwww you are so sweet! a good camera is key and also a piece of white bristol board can do magic!
these looked so good, that I just had to make them today…and they are delicious! Thanks so much for posting the recipe
That is so good to hear!! Enjoy!
can i skip flax and substitute it with something else?
yes, just leave it out. no need to sub in something else
The chocolate gives it a whole new taste
I made these turned out great, muffins never last long in this house
So glad you liked them! Muffins go really fast around here too!
These look so delicious… I can’t wait to indulge in them for breakfast! The combination of oatmeal, banana and chocolate sounds perfect!
we love muffins and these look really yummy, can’t wait to try them, thx
I love the combination of banana & chocolate! Yum!
My newest grandson loves bananas .He mashes them into his mouth because he can’t eat them quick enough so he will enjoy these muffins when I make them.
I don’t normally eat muffins, but when I do it’s Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip muffins.
Stay hungry my friends.
hooray no zucchini! 😀
I have to make this for my boys. They really love muffins.
I made these tonight. They are SO good and my lil guy likes them!! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness!!!!! These look so yummy, I think I will make these soon! I love chocolate with bananas!!!
These look fantastic! Thanks for the recipe!
Made some adjustment to this, turned out quite amazing. Substituted the oil for butter, skipped the flax seed and baking soda, also added tblspn of cinnamon powder and baked them as 6 jumbo miffins instead of 12. Was so moist and tasty. Baked at 190 degrees for 25 minutes.
cinnamon sounds lovely!
I think my kids would love these – need to try it out!
These look great thanks!!
saving this recipe
Cant wait to make these with my kids, they love chocolate and banana.
These are a fav in our house
This recipe sounds so good and I’m going to make it. I’ve already printed it. I think I’m going to try whole wheat flour because that’s what I usually prefer. I hope they still turn out !
Wonderful recipe. I am always looking for new muffin recipes.
This recipe looks very delightful. I copied the recipe down in order to make this on the coming weekend. I thank you for sharing this today.
I do a lot of baking in our house and these muffins look very good. Thanks for sharing.
was just pondering if I should make banana bread and going to make these instead!! Love that there are oats in them too
Will be making these, look tasty
These look both healthy and yummy.
They look lovely
Ah ! One of my favourite kinds of muffins
You can’t go wrong with a recipe that includes chocolate & banana, they sound really yummy, thanks!
Looks delicious! My kids would enjoy these
They look great and I could have them now for breakfast.
I find adding oatmeal gives texture (which can be lost if you need to go nut free).
I like this recipe, because it seems to have less sugar than the other ones I have tried Will make these today
I love this recipe and sometimes add walnuts
These are my favourite muffins!
Those look delicious!
I love baking with oatmeal
That looks so amazing!! Perfect for lunches!
They look yummy & appear to be a healthier kind of muffin!
These look awesome, going to make the for Christmas morning
great idea
My breakfast this morning!
The grandkids really enjoy these.
My kids love these muffins!
I totally tried adapting my banana muffin recipe by adding oats and it didn’t work that well – I should try this recipe instead!!!!
We make this one all of the time, it should work perfectly!
Thanks for the recipe. I’ll be trying these out this week since oatmeal is supposed to help with breast milk production.
Great recipe, good instructions
I rushed making them and forgot 2 ingredients.. oil and sugar and despite forgetting them. They still turned out really good. When I get some more ingredients I’ll definitely be making them again and make sure to add the oil and sugar haha!
I added walnuts to my latest batch,so delicious!
There is nothing more satisfying than a banana muffin, add oatmeal and chocolate and you have heaven.
I made this some time ago and we love them. I make a big batch nearly every two or three weeks. Yum!
I have to make this for my boys. They really love muffins.
I hope to make this soon for my family. Looks delicious.
This looks so good. My daughter and I love muffins. Definitely will have to double the recipe though.
The addition of oatmeal helps make this muffin healthy and tasty.