Date and banana muffins, no added sugar!

Date and banana muffins, no added sugar came about because, after a cooking class, I had excessive dates and um...excessive squidgy bananas. So I baked. That was 2016. They are still a lunchbox favourite around here!

Great flavours

Dates and banana mini muffins, those two ingredients, they are like a match made in mini muffin heaven! If you haven't tried the combo before, trust me, you are missing out. These mini muffins contain no added sugar and are perfect for the lunchbox. They are sweet enough to feel indulgent, despite the lack of added sugar.

No cake liners

I used a silicone mini muffin pan for these because I really prefer my muffins to not need cupcake wrappers, especially for the lunchbox as that basically means rubbish that needs to be thrown out. And for the larger ones I used my RACO Aerolift muffin pan because it always works!

How to blend

You need a food processor or a high powered blender to blend the dates. You can try a stick blender too if you have one.

Kid approved

Now the kid test, Miss 10 loved these, they are her favourites at the moment. I've been making these date and banana muffins over and over again for lunchboxes ever since I made this recipe.

Ingredients:

• 2 bananas brown and ready to throw out!
• 1 egg
• ½ cup dates, soaked in ½ cup of hot water
• 2 cups self raising flour
• ½ cup coconut oil
• 1 tsp vanilla paste

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Combine the dates and hot water.
2. Pour the dates and the water into a food processor and blitz until the consistency you want. We like some chunks in ours.
3. Mash the bananas, egg, coconut oil and vanilla paste together in a large bowl.
4. Add the flour and date mix to the bowl and mix well.
5. Spoon into mini muffin pans (makes 24) or normal muffin pans (makes 12).
6. Bake for 15-18 minutes (mini) or 20-25 minutes (normal size.

Top tips:

• make sure you use brown bananas
• soak the dates until the water turns cloudy and brown, usually about 5-10 minutes
• if the mix is too dry add a tablespoon of water
• the recipe makes 12 large muffins or 24 mini

Freezer friendly

They are freezer friendly and hold up really well on defrosting, which is so important if they are going to be a lunchbox item, because otherwise what are you going to do with 24 mini muffins?

Looking for other no added sugar lunchbox treats?

• strawberry oat bars are my kids favourite
• these mini blender muffins are awesome
• apple oat muffin have no added sugar
• these banana and cinnamon vegan cookies are delicious

or more ways to use brown bananas?

Date and banana muffins, no added sugar!

Date and banana muffins, no added sugar! Perfect for the lunchbox and ideal for an afternoon snack. Yummy and freezer friendly. Kid favourite!

4.5 from 20 votes

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Course: lunchbox

Cuisine: Modern Australian

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes

Total Time: 23 minutes

Servings: 24 mini muffins

Calories: 197kcal

Author: Kylie

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Ingredients

• ▢ ½ cup dates soaked in ½ cup hot water
• ▢ 2 brown bananas mashed
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla paste
• ▢ ½ cup coconut oil melted
• ▢ 2 cups self raising flour

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
• Pop the dates and the water into a food processor and blitz until chopped up well, It takes about 1 minute. Stop when they are a consistency that you like, we don't mind some chunks.
• In a large bowl, mix the mashed banana, melted coconut oil, vanilla paste and egg together.
• Add the flour and the dates mixture.
• Pour into mini muffin trays.
• Bake at 180 degrees for 15-18 minutes.

Notes

Makes 24 mini muffins or 12 normal muffins. Or 12 mini and 6 large.

Recipe video

Nutrition

Serving: 2muffins | Calories: 197kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 255mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g

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