Made with no flour or oil, these Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins make for a deliciously healthy breakfast or snack!
I used to be a meticulous planner. Lists. Schedules. Spreadsheets. Flow charts… The whole nine yards. Planning was my security blanket and helped keep the control freak in me from causing too much of a fuss. But no matter how carefully I planned things out, time and time again I realized that life takes one look at your carefully made plans and pretty much laughs in your face. Things have a way of happening whether you want them to or not.
Case in point… I was hoping to visit Jo this past weekend to cheer her on while she ran the Banff marathon — that was the plan. Needless to say, I wasn’t in Banff this past weekend. The how or why isn’t all that important or interesting (*cough*rescheduled.appointments*cough*) — what matters is that it’s good to remember to be flexible and learn to make the most of things even if they don’t go your way… which is why I used the extra time at home to make muffins…
Oh, and while we’re on the topic of broken plans and muffins, I’m totally blaming these guys for the fact that I didn’t manage to get my body image post up yesterday like I planned — they took up all my spare time. Or not.
What really happened is that I sat down to write it on a few occasions, but the words just wouldn’t come. I probably could have forced something out, but it’s a topic that’s near and dear to my heart, so I wanted to make sure I said everything I wanted to say. It’s coming. I want to say tomorrow, but again… I don’t want to make and break plans. Instead, I want to talk about these muffins…
They’re Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins, and if that combo sounds familiar, it’s because I based them off a banana oat Greek yogurt pancake recipe that I posted a while back and that you guys really seemed to enjoy. The combo is definitely a keeper, though… It’s also not almond butter, oats, and honey, making this the second recipe in a row that I made without turning to my favourite combo ever, so I hope you’re proud of me. I also hope you’re hungry [and in the mood for muffins]…
So let’s talk deets. These muffins aren’t your average muffins… mostly because they’re made without flour or oil. Instead, they have oats to give them shape, and yogurt to keep them moist. This results in a muffin that’s a little on the denser side, yet is still incredibly soft and pillowy (see above). Also… there’s chocolate… a healthy amount of it. This is necessary to balance out the fact that the actual muffin itself is incredibly healthy — like “healthy enough to eat for breakfast” healthy. I suppose you could go ahead and replace the chocolate with something like blueberries or walnuts, but this girl needs her cocoa fix or things start to get ugly. Either way, these guys are keepers.
Happy eating!
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Banana Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: 12 muffins 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup (225 g) plain Greek yogurt
- 2 medium ripe bananas (200 g or 1 cup mashed)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups (160 g) rolled oats (old fashioned or quick)
- 1/4 cup (50 g) brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup (85 g) chocolate chips, mini or regular
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F (204C) and prepare a muffin pan by spraying the cavities with cooking spray or lining them with paper liners**. Set aside.
- Add all the ingredients except for the chocolate chips to a blender or food processor and process on high until the oats are broken down and batter is smooth and creamy. Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
- Pour batter into prepared muffin pan, filling each cavity until it is about 3/4 full. Optional: sprinkle a few chocolate chips over the top of each muffin.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the tops of your muffins are set and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool in pan for ~10 minutes before removing. Store in an air-tight container for up to a week.
Notes
** If using paper liners, you’ll want to spray them with cooking spray as well, since the lack of oil in these muffins could make them stick to the liners after baking.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
Looking for more Greek yogurt muffin recipes? Try one of these!
Double Chocolate Greek Yogurt Muffins
Apple Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
Blueberry Oat Greek Yogurt Muffins
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Yes please. Why do chocolate chips make everything better?
walnuts or pecans for me but you would die if you ate either so it’s totally accepted to choose chocolate chips lol 😉
your food photos are honestly so amazing. they make me want to eat everything! ): if you ever decide for whatever reason to move to Toronto, I will gladly be your food tester hahahaha
Amanda – I wish you would come and cook for me, those muffins look ridiculously amazing, like something you would get from a high end deli. And made with greek yogurt too? I can’t imagine the creamy goodness!
Oh my gosh, this sounds PERFECT. I have a muffin every Monday (I have to get up really early on Mondays to meet with a trainer, so two breakfasts are necessary), and I was running out of my current stash of muffins. I think I found my newest batch!
Banana muffins are a weakness of mine…just the scent alone gets me giddy! Have you ever tried adding in coconut chips to your banana baked goods- they are a game changer. Now excuse me while I go wrap some bananas in newspaper to speed up the ripening process ;)!
Coconut chips?! No! But that sounds amazing! I wonder if I can find those around here… I’m not huge on shredded coconut because of the texture, but chips might be a whole other story…
Planning and me have our own dedicated storybook. By nature, I’m a planner because that means factoring out the unexpected and always knowing what’s next, checklist point by checklist point. Only life doesn’t always feel inclined to follow along my plans – or anybody’s?? – so that alone makes me feel I need to get more easy-going with plans. <- That's what two consecutive weeks of train travels and the expected unexpected delay included do to you 😀 .
Walnuts are a no-no for me, blueberries are good but tend to make for soggy muffins so chocolate chips are the clear winner. As always.
Travelling is great when it comes to forcing us to loosen up, eh? I know it’s what helped me the most when it came to getting over my Type-A-ness.
The texture of these buggers really grab the eye..I love a dense yet pillowy bite! Chocolate chip would be my first choice – especially in a pairing with banana – but a giant (bakery) bluebuerry muffin is a good one too.
I was huuuge on planning..these days however, my reckless side has been coming to life 😀 .
I was a planaholic 😉 then I stopped and decided to go with the flow. Too much control isn’t good right? Perfect excuse to sit back and relax for a bit! 😉 Yummy recipe, buttt I’d have to find substitution for greek yogurt and eggs 😛
I go berserk if I don’t have a plan to follow. I’ve been trying to loosen up, but at the same time, if it works for me, do I really need to? I feel so much more productive and happy when I have a sort of blueprint in my mind of how things are going to go.
Blueberries ALL the way!
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Oh WOW, these look amazing!!! And thankfully, they look super easy to make 🙂
I’ve never baked with Greek yogurt before! I definietly should give it a try! These sound (&&look) delicoussssss!
It’s actually a pretty great sub for butter or oil, especially if you don’t want to go the applesauce route!
I made these yesterday and they came out great. What percentage fat yogurt do you recommend? 0%, 2% or full fat? Thanks!
I am a rather big planner and controller. It comes in handy sometimes but for the most part it is a pain and I am working very hard to go with the flow and let go of control. My boyfriend is the opposite and luckily balances me out and tells me when I am being ridiculous…
Dense, yet moist and soft muffins – my favourite kind of muffin 🙂
These are a few of my favorite things <3 So excited to give these a go in our kitchen!!
It seems like when I plan things, I have less of a chance of doing them. I am not sure if it’s the fact I am practically telling myself, “You must do this!” and rebelling against… myself?? Yeah, I don’t know. Lol I just know if I have a set list it’s probably going to take more time to check things off than a mentally noted list of things. :o)
Who the eff wouldn’t put chocolate chips in these? Crazies.
These sound amazing! Can’t have yogurt anymore (including Greek) because it upsets my stomach, but maybe since it is baked…it could work. Will definitely have to make them, and if they don’t settle, then Matt has a whole bunch of muffins to eat!
these look relish, as per usual spoons
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try them out!
I am a huge planner. I get super stressed when things aren’t planned out. I hate flying by the seat of my pants!
😆 I gotta admit that I can’t listen to someone use that expression without busting out laughing… and I’m not even sure why. But thanks for the giggles 😉
I love the combination of bananas, oats, and chocolate chips…all day, eerry day. All the noms.
YUMMMMMMMM.
Those muffins look so fluffy 😯 . I just want to use one as a pillow at night so I can simultaneously get the best night of sleep ever and eat in my dreams.
What am I even saying 😆 .
Fantastic as always, love!
Yum! I made greek strawberry shortcake muffins this weekend. Kinda similar but anything banana + chocolate has my heart. 🙂
I literally just took a break from work and threw these muffins in the oven! I didn’t have chocolate chips, but I did have butterscotch chips- I am sure they will be as equally delicious 🙂
Confession: when I was younger, I actually preferred butterscotch chips to chocolate ones. I need to pick up another bag of them!
I need to stop reading your blog within an hour of me making lunch. These look fabulous.
😆 I can only read blogs at certain times of the day as well 😉
I am ALL about the muffins these days… gotta add these to the list. I’ve never tried adding greek yogurt!! Oh, and chocolate chips are my faveeee… I add them to anything that sits still.
I’m a crazy control freak with planning BUT sometimes I like going with the flow, especially with traveling. I like to just explore and see what I can find (with the help of Yelp, of course)
Yay, I love muffins! Lately, I’ve been on a muffin kick, so this sound perfect to add to the rotation AND you can never go wrong with chocolate and banana. Such a yummy combo!
I love baking breads/muffins with greek yogurt! So delicious!
These look delish I love using yogurt in breads/muffins/cupcakes, its sooo good!
I want to eat these through my computer screen- they look so good! If I could just make sure I have ripe bananas. I usually eat mine before I see a single brown spot, because brown spots are the worst.
!!! Just gonna have to pretend you didn’t say that — spotty bananas are my favourite!
Those look great. I am definitely a chocolate chip person! Who would pick walnuts over chocolate?
These look amazing…and I love that I usually have all the ingredients on hand!
Omg so many times I plan to post something and then I’m like no… no not yet. It’s not ready yet… just a few more days hahah and then it’s like 5 weeks later. You are not alone! These look amazing per the usual lady!
Now muffins…THIS is something I can get behind. No matter how terrible of a pastry chef I am, even I can whip up some batter and pour it in a tin! These look so good (I’ve been saying that for days now since you first posted the picture).
So I think you totally don’t give yourself enough credit… Pastries got nothin’ on you 😛
I am absolutely a planner, but I’m getting better at just going with the flow. Like you, I’ve realized that things rarely go according to plan anyways, so I might as well just let the pieces fall where they may.
I’m pretty sure chocolate is my favourite add in to everything. Especially banana muffins 😉
And now I need breakfast because these muffins are making me hungry!
Yup, these are keepers. I think I need to pick up some bananas to make these stat!
Baking is not my strength but I’m willing to gives this banana oat muffins all I got in me.
No flour? No oil? Win. Win. Win.
I love food that you can just grab and go, ya know? You’re late for something but you’re hungry and you don’t want to eat junk food out, or for that matter spend money that you don’t have on junk food out for me (or the kids). They can snack on these in the car and be happy!
I love adding mini chocolate chips to muffins, especially banana or pumpkin muffins. These look delicious! I love that I have all the ingredients on hand. Those are the best kind of recipes IMO.
Mini chips > regular chips… always
Good call not forcing the body image post. NOOO sense in that. I don’t think anyone will mind waiting a bit for that post if you keep posting things like this. 😉 I love both blueberries and choc chips with my muffins, that’s a tough decision.
In the past I have preferred planning but lately I am totally enjoying just going with the flow!
As much as I love chocolate chips, I love having nuts in my muffins, it gives some great texture and a nice crunch! Can’t wait to try these out as soon as my bananas ripen up a bit 🙂
I am pretty organized which I think makes me a natural planner – however- I am really good at being spontaneous and just going with the flow and not making too many plans in advance…Chocolate chip muffins from Dunkin Donuts will always have a special place in my heart.
Mmmmm, banana + chocolate = winning. I’ve got some chocolate chips right now, but I keep eating them by the handful….
#storyofmylife. One for the recipe, two for my face 😉
That’d be three of us there already then. I can’t remember the last time I baked with chocolate chips yet I keep buying a box for that very purpose every other week and they miraculously disappear…
Do you happen to have the Nutritional Facts for this recipe? I would like to calculate how many points for Weight Watchers!
Hi Lynne! I don’t have the specifics, but you can use the recipe calculator at My Fitness Pal to figure it out — http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/calculator
Hi! I’m doing weight watchers also… I put all the ingredients into the points tracker and then divided by 12 (to make 12 muffins). It comes out to 3 points plus per muffin!
They are 152 calories per muffin, 27 from carbs, 4 from fat, and 4 from protien, 97 from sodium, and 15 from sugar.
97 from sodium?? That sounds like a bottle of soy sauce!
Hi Amanda, for the banana Greek yogurt muffins, can I use Greek banana strawberry yorgurt? I ran out of plain ones.
Definitely! They’ll just have a slightly different flavour, but banana strawberry is an awesome combo 😀
Calorie count for a muffin?
Hi, can any one tell me how I would count this on the 21 day fix diet plan?
Did you get an answer???? I would like to know as well?? Thanks
Has there been an answer for the 21day fix count yet. Also interested…
Would love to know this too!
This is just an educated guess but I am counting as 1/2 red, 1/2 purple and 1/2 yellow for 2 muffins…
Hi sorry to trouble you. Just a quick one..you have a lot if recipies for muffins and breads that ask for plain greek yogurt. What percentage greek yougurt do you use..i.e. nonfat or 2 % or full fat??and can all types be used in your recipies?
Thanks
Any idea of the calories for this per muffin? I looked on my fitness pal and with chocolate chips its 191 or so. Seems high, but probably worth it. They look yummy!
Hi Jen! That definitely seems a little too high. A handful of readers have calculated the nutritional info, and 1 muffin comes out to be around 120 calories.
I just made these and calculated 139 with ingredients so ya 120-140 I’d say
Hey Amanda!
I love this recipe! Do you think it would work to substitute unsweetened applesauce for the greek yogurt?
Thanks!
Lauren
Hi Lauren! You -could- sub in applesauce, but the muffins would probably come out denser and not as fluffy.
Could I use plain yogurt as opposed to plain Greek yogurt?
That should be fine, Greta.
Hi, I just found this recipe while looking for something new to do with bananas. The fact that it said one could use either a mixer or food processor really appealed to me as well – less things to wash. I used whole rolled oats, because that’s what I had, and I used my Vitamix. Just thought I’d let you know that the Vitamix had a hard time handling the recipe. I had to use the high speed cycle, which heats up the ingredients, and even then it was difficult. So I’d like to say that one should definitely use a food processor, because a mixer just won’t be able to handle it.
Also, I didn’t find the muffins to be fluffy, but rather dense. That didn’t matter though, everyone loved them and found them very satisfying and not at all blah the way gluten free usually is.
I had the same difficulty.
This recipe worked out really well. To make it even healthier I added honey (2/3 cup) instead of the brown sugar and instead of the choc chips I added a cranberry and raisin mix with pecan nuts. It turned out really well though chocolate will always be best 🙂
Look delicious!!
Can you just use oat flour instead of the rolled oats? If so, amount?
You definitely can, Dawn. It would be ablaut 1 3/4 cup oat flour.
What type of muffin pan is used here? Is it a mini muffin pan or regular one? Thank you so much! These look delicious.
Just a regular one here, Rebekah!
Can the brown sugar be substituted for Stevia?
I don’t have much experience baking with stevia so I can’t say 100% sure, but I think so. You would probably have to decrease it to a few tablespoons though.
And what if I sub the sugar with 1 more ripe banana?
I’ve never tried it, Emma, so I can’t say 100% for sure. It might work, but the texture of the finished product would be a little different.
Emma,
I subbed another ripe banana instead of the sugar, and mine turned out just perfect. Still the same amount and looks like the same consistency/texture!
Do you have a recipe for peanut butter banana muffins similar to your oatmeal banana chocolate chip muffins?
Sorry Sutton, I don’t! I’m allergic to peanut butter so I don’t use it in any of my recipes.
These muffins are amazing – I tried a number of muffin recipes before I settled on this recipe. I have been using this recipe for the past year. I was looking for something healthy for my husband to take to work. I’ve started changing up the recipe and use 1/2 the required sweetener but use blackstrap molasses instead of honey. I have put Nutella in the middle of the muffin, have cut up apples real fine and put some in, sometimes add flax seed meal, put a bing cherry on top (my husbands request). He now eats these in the morning instead of store bought cereal bars. So much healthier!!!
Banana recipes always top my favorites’ list. Theres so much that you can do with the bananas and they shouldnt be going to waste simply because one thinks they are overripe. Bookmarking this recipe.