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Flourless Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins (Big Batch!)

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Flourless Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins: When you create a muffin that the entire family loves to eat, you make a big batch and you share the recipe with the world!

Now, of course, I always put together a “big batch” of whatever I’m making because we have a large family. But even though we have a lot of kids, not all of them have teeth or eat much yet. So we don’t need as big of batches of steak and broccoli at this point. Muffins though?

Must. Make. Muffins. In. Big. Batch.

We go through muffins like crazy around here. Our just-turned-one-year-old only has a few front teeth, but she is good at gumming her little nibbles of muffins and she loves them! Our 2-year-old and 3-year-olds LOVE muffins. Our six and eight-year-olds love muffins. Our teens and adults love muffins. Well. We go through a lot of muffins around here.

Here are more muffin recipes!

40 + Real Food Muffin Recipes

Muffins Freeze WellYum

So that’s why I’m giving you a Big Batch recipe for these Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins. If we’re going to dirty up some dishes, why not make a big batch of something that freezes well? When I make these muffins, I set them out for today’s snack and tomorrow’s breakfast. Then, whatever is remaining goes into the freezer to pull out for another day!

I love that these muffins are flourless. I love that all of these ingredients go into a blender and are mixed up so easily. And of course, I love that these are moist and taste so delicious!

You can make them gluten-free (if you use GF oats) and dairy-free (if you use coconut oil and coconut or almond milk).

Flourless Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins

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Flourless Chocolate Banana Blender Muffins (Big Batch!)
 
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 4 eggs
  • ½ cup milk
  • 4 overripe bananas
  • ½ cup melted butter or coconut oil
  • 3 cups whole rolled oats
  • ¾ cup brown sugar or sucanat
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ cup chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
  1. Put all ingredients (except for the chocolate chips) into a blender, beginning with the liquids.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Fold in chocolate chips.
  4. Pour into 24 paper-lined muffin tins.
  5. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean.

 

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16 Delicious Flourless Treats

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I am a wheat eater and a gluten consumer. I use freshly ground flour several times each week. Even so, I love making Flourless Treats for a change of pace. After all, we all get plenty of grains in our diet. Making treats that are flourless is a great choice for all of us!

The beauty of this list of Flourless Treat recipes I’m sharing is that every single one of them tastes like something special. These recipes don’t include weird ingredients that make them seem “healthy.” Not that any of us are opposed to eating healthy, of course. It’s just that some healthy treat recipes are strange and awkward and leave the consumer wanting an actual cookie that isn’t made with banana paste and finely ground chicken feathers. Or some such.

So please, my friends. Enjoy the following delectable recipes that no one will suspect to be “out of the norm.” All will eat these and be delighted. They will share them with their friends, saying, “Hey, you’ve got to try this cake!” Meanwhile, over in the corner, you will be chuckling over the fact that once again, you pulled off the “I made treats without flour in them and nobody suspected” trick.

Not that we’re trying to be tricky. I mean, we can’t help it if our healthier food tastes just as good if not better than their less healthy counterparts. There’s nothing we can do about this. Making great food in healthy ways is simply what we do now. We can’t even help ourselves.

Without further ado…

16 Delicious Flourless Treats

  1. Flourless Brownie Muffins (my very favorite!)
  2. Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies
  3. Super Moist Flourless Brownies
  4. Chocolate Cheesecake Fudge
  5. No Bake Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
  6. Low Sugar Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
  7. No Bake Cookie Cups 
  8. Honey-Sweetened Flourless Peanut Butter Bars
  9. Low Sugar Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
  10. Flourless Fudge Cookies
  11. Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
  12. Honey-Sweetened No Bake Cookies
  13. The Most Amazing Flourless Cake
  14. Flourless Peanut Butter Bread
  15. Flourless Peanut Butter Muffins
  16. Flourless Pumpkin Muffins

P.S. Every single recipe on this list is a perfect choice to make for your friends and family members who eat Gluten Free. Only beware of the recipes which include oats, making sure to use GF oats!

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Easy Flourless Pumpkin Muffins

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If you can’t have wheat in your diet, you will love the Flourless Pumpkin Muffins recipe I am about to share. But even if you CAN have wheat in your diet, I always recommend that we should cut back on eating so much wheat and grain to give our digestion a little break. So these muffins are for you too. :)

What’s great about these muffins, besides the fact that they are flourless and deliciously pumpkin-y is that they are also filling and super nourishing. These include creamy almond butter, which makes these Flourless Pumpkin Muffins such a great start to the day!

Truly, can you believe these don’t have flour in them? They look so normal! (Hmmm, that’s what people have said about my children. “Really? Your kids are homeschooled? But they act so normal!” Ahahaha! Can you even believe it’s possible?! But I digress…)

I mix these muffins in my Blendtec, simply because it means I can throw them together so quickly. I blend the batter, then pour it into prepared muffin tins. Easy and awesome!

Easy Flour Pumpkin Muffins

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Easy Flourless Pumpkin Muffins
 
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Serves: 18
Ingredients
  • 2 cups creamy almond butter
  • 15-ounces pumpkin puree
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup sucanat or brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons Pumpkin Spice OR 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ½ teaspoon nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Blend all ingredients together in a blender or with a hand mixer until smooth.
  2. Scoop batter into 18 paper-lined muffin tins.
  3. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

*Find the recipe for our Pumpkin Spice mix here. Or substitute: 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg in this recipe.

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Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins – Perfect for a Lunch Box!

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Would someone please stop me from eating all of these Flourless Brownie Muffins?

Just kidding. I’d actually like to keep eating them.

And also, I can let the kids eat all the Flourless Brownie Muffins they want because there is no reason to hold back on these. Want a brownie for breakfast? Sure! Want three more brownies? Okeedokee. Ran out and need to bake more brownies? Shucks, don’t mind if I do.


It’s been so interesting to me since I posted these Super Moist Flourless Brownie and Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownie recipes. SO MANY people have had trouble with them turning out dry and crumbly. (This is the opposite of moist – what in the world?! I am baffled.)

I’ve been trying to trouble shoot and solve the mystery of this, because these recipes turn out great for me every single time! Is it my oven? It can’t possibly be that my oven works in these recipes and all other ovens don’t. Is it the temp? The time?

I do believe it’s the time. I shortened the baking time in the instructions, hoping that will make a big difference. I believe the trick to turning out perfect Super Moist Flourless Brownies is to pull them out of the oven when they are slightly underdone. If they bake too long, they will become dry and taste like burned nut butter. Meh.

So during my time of tweaking and trouble shooting, it occurred to me that I should try baking this recipe in muffin cups. Perhaps that would turn out Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins, I thought. Maybe if this recipe was baked in muffin cups, we could bake them for less time and avoid drying out our brownies.

Well, as it turned out, once again these Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins turned out perfect for me! So perfect, in fact, I had a difficult time staying out of them. “I just want one more. I can quit any time…”

As for baking time on these Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins, I’m going to recommend 12-15 minutes. They may look slightly underdone when you pull them out. But this is what will keep them gooey and delicious!

Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins

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Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins - Perfect for a Lunch Box!
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups (12-ounces) Peanut Butter or Almond Butter
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
  1. Stir all ingredients together until well combined.
  2. Scoop batter into 12 paper-lined muffins cups.
  3. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 12-15 minutes. (Remove them from the oven when they are just slightly underdone so they come out moist!)

I felt this recipe was worth sharing in the middle of my Lunch in a Jar series simply because these Super Moist Flourless Brownie Muffins are perfect for your Back to School Lunchbox! They are filling, nourishing, and fun!

Other Lunch Box ideas shared so far in this series:

Great add-ins to your Fruit with Dip Lunch in a Jar

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The Most Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe

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I am about to introduce you to The Most Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake.

Why do I sometimes share flourless treat recipes? Because we can all stand to eat fewer grains. (But apparently I’ve decided that chocolate is still a necessity.) It’s also fun to bless the gluten free or grain free eaters among us. And I promise you this: EVERYONE will be blessed by this Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake recipe!

I’m finding that flourless=moist. How about that? Want more of our family’s favorite flourless treat recipes? Here you go!

11 Flourless Treat Recipes

Now how about the most Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake?

I will warn you that while most of the recipes I share now are 1-step, simple as can be recipes – this Flourless Chocolate Cake is a bit more involved. Worth it? Oh, it is so worth it. I got this recipe years ago from my friend Kim and it is truly incredible!

The Most Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake

The Most Amazing Flourless Chocolate Cake Recipe
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 12 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) plus 3 Tablespoons butter, cut into chunks
  • 1¼ cup sugar or sucanat (more or less to taste)
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 Tablespoon milk
  • 1 Tablespoon honey
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375°. Butter a 9-inch spring form pan, then line the bottom with a circle of parchment paper. Butter the paper, and set the pan aside.
  2. Place two-thirds (8 ounces) of the chocolate and 1 cup (2 sticks) of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Stirring often, melt chocolate with butter until completely blended. Remove from heat and transfer to a large bowl. Add sucanat and mix well. Add eggs one at a time, whisking well after each addition. Sift cocoa into bowl and stir until just blended.
  3. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until cake has risen and top has formed a thin crust. The cake should be just firm in the center when done. Cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto a plate, removing sides of spring form pan. Remove and discard parchment paper and set cake aside to cool completely.
  4. While waiting for the cake to cool, make the chocolate glaze. Melt remaining 4 ounces chocolate and 3 tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat, then stir in milk, honey and vanilla. Set aside to cool slightly.
  5. When cake has cooled, pour glaze onto the center. Using a spatula or the back of a spoon, smooth the glaze very gently along the top and sides of the cake. Chill cake, uncovered, for 30 to 60 minutes before serving to set the glaze and make the cake easier to slice.

 

Doesn’t that look fabulous? It is super rich and oh so chocolaty. Save this recipe to use at your next special occasion. Or next Thursday is fine too. :)

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Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies

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Like the old saying goes, when life gives you Super Moist Flourless Brownies, switch the almond butter for peanut butter and turn them into Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies.

I admit that I often get on recipe kicks at my house. We discover a new recipe we love and we make it thirty times in forty days because we can’t get enough. (Sometimes, but not always, I exaggerate.) So it is with both varieties of these Super Moist Flourless Brownies. They are so incredibly good that we have gone through a ridiculous amount of Almond Butter and Peanut Butter in the past month and a half.

There goes the grocery budget.

Well, only sort of. After all, both of these brownie varieties are super wholesome and full of protein. So I’ll put out a pan of these for breakfast (no one complains, mind you) and because they are so rich and filling, there’s no need for me to add meat to the meal. Therefore, we’re subbing nut butter for bacon on days like this. Money-wise, it’s kind of a wash. Taste wise, well, we love our bacon, but the trade off is brownies. So everyone is happy.

If you’ve tried the Super Moist Flourless Brownie recipe (only 5 ingredients!) you’ll look at this one and notice that the only difference is a direct exchange of peanut butter for the almond butter. It’s too easy!

But here’s the thing: The tiny ingredient switch makes for a significant flavor change. This Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies recipe really turns out a treat with the awesome peanut-butter-chocolate taste so many of us love! The Super Moist Flourless Brownies recipe made with almond butter taste like regular, but amazing, brownies.

So we love both. A lot. Like, I’m buying cases of Almond Butter just so we can make brownies. I can’t help it.

Make Your Own Nut Butters

I consistently make Homemade Peanut Butter, which does save a few pennies, but mostly just produces the most amazing peanut butter in the whole wide world. This one is super creamy and spreadable, our favorite. This one is made with straight peanuts, also incredible. Both are nourishing.

I have experimented with making Almond Butter but for the most part, I buy it already made.

Whether you make or buy your nut butters, I recommend using unsweetened, natural butters in these recipes.

Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies

Super Moist Flourless Peanut Butter Brownies
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups (12-ounces) Peanut Butter
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
  1. Stir all ingredients together until well combined.
  2. Spread batter into a buttered 8x8 inch baking dish.
  3. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 18-20 minutes. (Remove them from the oven when they are just slightly underdone so they come out moist!)

 

Can you believe, these brownies have taken the place of my Fat Bombs for now? Depending on the day. I guess it’s apparent I really like my chocolate and my peanut butter, in all its healthy forms.

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Low Sugar Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

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If we can make Low Sugar Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies, then surely we can add a little cocoa powder and make Low Sugar Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies, dontcha think??

It’s too easy.

I had the grand idea of baking these in muffin cups so that they’d take on the look of a peanut butter cup. Too bad that didn’t really work.

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They look kinda cute in the muffin liners, but they didn’t really flatten enough to take on the shape of a peanut butter cup. We ate them anyway. It wasn’t a problem.

Low Sugar Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Get my Homemade Natural Peanut Butter Recipe here. You’ll be amazed at how delicious homemade peanut butter tastes (and how easy it is to make)!

Low Sugar Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter CookiesYum

Low Sugar Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
 
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Serves: 15-20
Ingredients
  • 2 cups natural peanut butter
  • ⅓ cup sucanat, honey, or brown sugar
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
Instructions
  1. Mix the ingredients together until smooth.
  2. Use a small or medium scoop to place dough balls on a cookie sheet, about two inches apart.
  3. Bake in a 350° oven for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are lightly browned.
  4. Allow them to sit on the cookie sheet for a few minutes before removing them to cool on a rack.

The flavor of these cookies is super delicious. These will give you a great chocolate peanut butter fix, without all the sugar or even flour!

I know I just shared this low sugar cookie list last week, but when it comes to cookies and cutting sugar, I want to be sure you know I have your back.

More Low Sugar Cookie Recipes

I get many of my best ideas from YOU. What other cookie recipes should I play with to see if I can create a low sugar version?

 

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Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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What’s great about having a recipe that is flourless? If you have run out of flour, you can still make this cookie.

Profound.

But there’s more.  Because these don’t have flour in them, they turn out super moist and chewy. Trust me when I say that there is much yum in one of these cookies. (Or in three or more of these cookies if you just can’t control yourself.)

And…if you’re someone who eats gluten free or you’re baking for someone who eats gluten free, these cookies fit the bill. I have no idea what the phrase “fit the bill” means. Are we talking about a dollar bill, or the bill of a hat? Or maybe we’re talking about a duck? I went to school with a boy named Bill. As far as I know, he can eat flour. But I’m guessing he would still really like these cookies.

Anyway, I should look up the phrase “fit the bill” someday when I have spare time, which will be never, since I typically spend my free time rambling about ducks, hats, and my classmates who like cookies. Come to think of it, I don’t remember Bill ever wearing a hat.

Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip CookiesYum

1 cup natural peanut butter (I use homemade)
1 cup sucanat or brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Cream together peanut butter, sucanat, egg, vanilla, and baking soda. Fold in chocolate chips.

Place 1 1/2 inch balls of dough about two inches apart on a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Bake in a 350° oven for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cookies will firm up as they cool, so do not overbake. Allow the cookies to sit on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Makes about 18 cookies.

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You will love how easy these cookies are to make. If you need to, you can prepare this dough up to five days in advance, pulling out the dough and baking as needed. How very handy. You can also mix up the dough, shape it into balls, and freeze them unbaked. Then, when you need a cookie fix or you need to quickly bake cookies for an event, all you have to do is put them on a pan and bake them as directed.

I’m telling you, if you’re looking for an easy, delicious cookie, these really hit the nail on the head (because I just hate to use the phrase “fit the bill” twice in one post).

And for the record, I couldn’t resist. I took the time to look up where the phrase “fit the bill” comes from. Turns out, “Fit the bill” is a British, American and Australian idiom which means to have the qualities or experience which are needed. Thank you online search engine. I already understood what it meant. I just didn’t understand its origin.

Well, I guess we’ll never know. Maybe I should just ask Bill. He was, after all, our class Valedictorian.

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