Sugar Free Chunky Monkey Muffins feature the tasty combination of bananas, peanut butter and chocolate chips in a tasty muffin.
It takes about a half our to make these moist and flavorful muffins, which also have no added sugar in them.

Chunky Monkey Style Muffins.
Inspired by a popular ice cream, these muffins feature the popular flavors of bananas, peanut butter, and chocolate chips.
The result of these popular flavors is a moist and flavorful muffin that can be enjoyed as a healthier alternative for breakfast or as a snack.
Did you try my recipe for Sugar Free Banana Muffins
That recipe for banana muffins is a popular one as the bananas add moisture and flavor. Both this Chunky Monkey muffin recipe and that banana muffin recipe are delicious sugar free muffins ideas that are easy to make.
This recipe uses all purpose flour. You can alternatively use a gluten free all purpose flour that measures like regular flour for a gluten free muffin.
What to know about baking banana muffins.
Bananas are added to baked good for many reasons.
The obvious reason would be for the delicious flavor of a banana.
Here are great reasons to add bananas to your baked goods.
Bananas can enhance the texture of baked goods.
As a substitute ingredient, bananas can be used in place of eggs or oil.
Lastly, bananas add natural sugar to a recipe, making them a nice addition to recipes made with no or low added sugar.
For best results, use bananas that are soft and ripe.
This will make it easier for them to blend in with the other ingredients.
Before adding the bananas to your mixing bowl, remove the skin and mash them up. You can use a simple potato masher to mash your bananas.
Tips for making chunky monkey chocolate chip banana muffins.
When selecting bananas to use in this recipe, it is best to use bananas that are very ripe. This is because softer bananas are easier to mash for a recipe such as this one.
More helpful tips for you.
- Make these muffins even more authentic Chunky Monkey. Add chopped walnuts to the muffin batter for both flavor and texture.
- While my banana chocolate chip muffins were made in a standard muffin size, you can make your muffins another size such as mini muffin or giant muffin size. However, you may need to make adjustments as needed in baking to compensate for the size difference.
- When combining your wet and dry ingredients together, do so until just combined. There may be lumps and that is okay as the lumps will most likely bake out.
- For a healthier and more chewy muffin, sub in a half cup of oats for a half cup of the flour. Rolled oats work well in muffins.
How to store banana chocolate chip muffins
Chunky monkey muffins should be stored in airtight container. If properly stored, they should keep for about two days at room temperature or up to three months when frozen.
Here are some similar recipes that you may also like.
- Sugar Free Banana Berry Bread
- Easy Sugar Free Banana Cream Pie
- Sugar Free Banana Bread Pound Cake
- Strawberry Muffins with no added sugar.
- Sugar Free Banana Cream Poke Cake
- No Added Sugar Crustless Apple Pie
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About this recipe for banana chocolate chip muffins (Chunky Monkey)
This is a recipe for banana chocolate chip muffins made with no added sugar.
To make this recipe we will combine together the ingredients and then bake the muffins.
How to serve chunky monkey style muffins.
- Serve these muffins warm with a pat of butter down the center and a glass of milk or cup of coffee on the side.
- Add a dollop of Sugar Free Whipped Cream on top of the muffins and enjoy.
- Chop the muffins into bite sized chunks to add to Sugar Free Vanilla Ice Cream.
Ingredients needed to make banana, peanut butter and chocolate chip muffins.
- Flour. Regular all purpose flour was used to make my muffins.
- Baking Soda. Added as the leavener for this recipe.
- Salt. You can omit this if you are using salted butter.
- Butter. Your butter should be softened to room temperature.
- Peanut Butter. Use sugar free creamy peanut butter to keep this recipe as low in sugar as possible.
- Sugar Alternative. Use a granular sugar alternative that measures like sugar and that can also be baked with.
- Eggs Your eggs should be at room temperature.
- Milk. Regular or almond milk can work in this recipe.
- Vanilla Extract. Added for a flavor balance.
- Bananas. Use really ripe bananas that have also been mashed.
- Sugar Free Chocolate Chips. You can add additional chips to the tops of the muffins just before baking.
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Expert Tip๐ You can use a food processor, potato masher, or fork to mash your bananas. However, leaving a few small chunks of banana can add to a more interesting texture to your muffins.
How to make Sugar Free Chunky Monkey Muffins
Prep: 20 minutes
Yield: about 24 muffins
- Preheat your oven to 325 and prep your muffin pan well for nonstick. If you have not mashed your bananas, do so now.
- In a large bowl, use a whisk to combine together your flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Next, in a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and peanut butter until blended. Then add the sugar alternative and beat until creamy.
- Add the eggs, milk, and mashed banana to the large mixing bowl and mix until just combined. Then add in the dry ingredients from the first bowl with the wet ingredients to the mixing bowl. Do not over-mix.
- Use a rubber spatula to fold in the chocolate chips.
- Fill the muffin cups about โ full as the muffins will expand while baking. Then bake for 20-25 minutes or until the muffins turn golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Note that melted chocolate on the toothpick should be ignored when testing the doneness.
- Remove the muffins from the oven and let them sit for a couple of minutes in the pan before transferring them to a cooling rack to further cool.
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Expert Tip๐ You can freeze leftover muffins by first wrapping the cooled muffins in foil. If you wrap them individually and then place them into a freezer-safe zip top bag, you can enjoy the leftovers individually as well!
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Sugar Free Chunky Monkey Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cup Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ยฝ cup Salt
- ยฝ cup Butter
- โ cup Peanut Butter - sugar free
- ยพ cup Sugar Alternative - see post for details.
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 Bananas - mashed
- 1 cup Sugar Free Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 and prep your muffin pan well for nonstick. If you have not mashed your bananas, do so now.
- In a large bowl, use a whisk to combine together your flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Next, in a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and peanut butter until blended. Then add the sugar alternative and beat until creamy.
- Add the eggs, milk, and mashed banana to the large mixing bowl and mix until just combined. Then mix in the dry ingredients from the first bowl with the wet ingredients in the mixing bowl. Do not over-mix.
- Use a rubber spatula to fold in the chocolate chips. Fill the muffin cups about โ full as the muffins will expand while baking. Then bake for 20-25 minutes or until the muffins turn golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Note that melted chocolate on the toothpick should be ignored when testing the doneness.
- Remove the muffins from the oven and let them sit for a couple of minutes in the pan before transferring them to a cooling rack to further cool.
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